MOD Pizza Charities
MOD Pizza recently announced the results of its annual Spreading MODness Week: More than $240,000 donated to over 165 charities supporting at-risk youth and families. MOD donated $1 from every pizza sold the week of November 22-27, 2016, at each of its 179 locations...
Social-Emotional Learning
Three Austin donors--the Buena Vista Foundation, the Klein Family Foundation and the Tapestry Foundation--recently announced their commitment to donate $2 million to AISD's Social and Emotional Learning initiative. The matching grant is an invitation to the Austin...
Support for Lower-Income Students
UT Austin has joined an initiative to expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates. The American Talent Initiative (ATI), supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies,...
Christmas Cabaret
The Price Center in San Marcos is celebrating the holiday season with three performances of “A Christmas Cabaret” in its beautifully decorated, historic 1910 Room this weekend. The high-energy, family-friendly, holiday-themed musical revue provides audiences with an...
Support for Children of Sick Parents
Wonders & Worries opened its first Williamson County office in Georgetown in October. The Austin-based nonprofit assists families with the stress of a serious or life-threatening illness to a parent or primary caregiver. “There’s not a playbook for a parent...
Give Adventure Program
Austin-based Kammok, makers of outdoor gear for the city-to-trail adventurer, has announced its holiday “Give Adventure” program, which donates 1 percent of its total revenue to local non-profits. This past summer, Kammok partnered with Explore Austin, a local...
Enrollment Change
Harmony Public Schools recently announced a shift in its application period. Parents can now apply for enrollment at Harmony School of Excellence from Nov. 1 through Feb. 10, 2017, for their students to join the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. The previous application...
Sensory-Friendly Nutcracker
Fathom Events is partnering with the Autism Society of America to bring alternative content to audiences with special needs, starting with the Bolshoi Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” on big screens across the U.S. for a one-night, sensory-friendly event on Dec. 19. In this...
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...
