Vote for Your Community Grant
Two local groups--GirlStart and Hound Makerspace--have been named finalists in the second annual Find Your Fire Community Grants program. Bernzomatic, a company that makes handheld torches, hosts the program for community-minded maker projects involving the use of a...
College Student Incubator
In October, Austin+SocialGood announced its rebranding to SocialGood.us, a national platform for social innovation, impact and entrepreneurship. It also announced the creation of LevelUp Institute, an incubator for low income, first-generation college students. The...
Westcave Anniversary Book
In time for gifting the nature lover in your life, Westcave Preserve has released Discovering Westcave: The Natural & Human History of a Hill Country Nature Preserve in celebration of the Westcave Outdoor Discover Center’s 40th anniversary. The book, by S....
Theatre-Based Learning
In October, educators from Shakespeare’s Globe in London, England, spent two weeks visiting classrooms in Round Rock as the beginning of a 10-year theatre-based language arts program. The program is the result of a nearly $49,000 grant from Round Rock ISD’s Innovative...
Foster Care and Adoption
Family Link at Legacy Ranch recently opened its newest location, the Legacy Austin Children's Home, in south Austin. Founded nearly 10 years ago by Executive Director Mariah Wilde, Family Link is a Christian based foster care and adoption agency providing placement...
Mother-Friendly Worksite
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity solutions company, announced its recently-earned designation as a mother-friendly worksite. The company's Austin and Irving, TX, locations earned the award through the Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program, administered by the...
No Place for Hate
On Nov. 15, the Anti-Defamation League Austin held its No Place for Hate Youth Summit at UT's Royal-Memorial Stadium. Participants included more than 550 seventh and eighth grade students and educators from 55 local middle schools. The event works to empower students...
Handmade for the Holidays
Eighteen local mom entrepreneurs have teamed up to offer fellow busy mothers a family friendly shopping experience with free bloody mary cocktails, coffee, locally made gift-ready items, on-site kid activities and holiday photo mini sessions. Shop and mingle with...
Tutankhamun Exhibition
The treasures from Egypt’s legendary boy king land in Cedar Park at the Texas Museum of Science & Technology (TXMOST). The traveling exhibition opens on Saturday, Nov. 12, and brings to life the enigmatic, opulent age of 18th Dynasty Egypt with a collection of...
STEM Education
On a cloudy afternoon in November, Anne Fyffe’s 3rd grade class pulses with activity as students collaborate in small groups to meet her weekly Figure It Out Friday challenge. Some of the students try to talk through their ideas while others immediately begin...
Run with the Heroes 5K
On Sunday, Nov. 13, community members and law enforcement officials come together to participate in the 9th annual Run with the Heroes 5K at Camp Mabry (2200 W. 35th St.). The race starts at 8 a.m. on the Parade Ground. Awards will be presented to the top three...
Robotics Team
The robotics team at St. Gabriel’s Catholic School recently visited ARM, Inc., to present the team’s work. “The team learned that it takes passion and vision to make these programs available for their enjoyment and that, without many area volunteers, there wouldn’t be...
