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Santa Claus is coming to town! For safe and socially-distanced Santa visits and photo ops for families, you can find him and his elves at Barton Creek Square Mall, The Domain, Lakeline Mall and Round Rock Premium Outlets until Christmas Eve. For...
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As a part of their Austin City Limits Music Festival Grants Program, Austin Parks Foundation (APF) granted a total of $130,000 in funding to enhance various Austin parks and outdoor community spaces. “Through all the change our city has seen over the...
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Each year, around the holidays, Austin’s Yellow Bike team, with the help of volunteers, puts together about 100 kids bicycles and delivers them to those who need them the most. In the short term, the goal is to bring the joy of receiving the gift of a bicycle during...
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As of Nov. 10, applications are being accepted for the 2021 St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship. This program awards monetary and comprehensive support to the bright young minds impassioned by the opportunity to tackle health care’s most pressing issues....
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Impact Austin voted to award its 2020 Social Innovation Grant in the amount of $40,000 to Black Mamas REACH (Racial Equity and Access for Collaborative Healthcare) Manor, a collaboration between Black Mamas ATX, The University of Texas Foundation, Austin Regional...
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Austin Angels, part of a national organization that serves children and families in the foster care system, will be hosting their first ever Give-A-Thon from Dec. 1-3. Funds raised will help the area nonprofit: continue to serve children and families by meeting...
Austin in Action
Impact Austin voted to award its 2020 Social Innovation Grant in the amount of $40,000 to Black Mamas REACH (Racial Equity and Access for Collaborative Healthcare) Manor, a collaboration between Black Mamas ATX, The University of Texas Foundation, Austin Regional...
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For months now, owners of Mozart’s Coffee Roasters on Lake Austin have worked with state and city governments and their own technology, production and service teams to create a glorious and socially distant 2020 “COVID Cautious Christmas Light Show” that will run...
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Holiday Tradition Continues The Downtown Austin Alliance will hold its 26th annual Downtown Holiday Stroll. This year’s event is designed to allow the community to enjoy the holiday season downtown in a safe and socially distant manner. The month-long festivities...
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Acclaimed BASIS Charter School Network Announces Location of Second Austin Campus The new ‘BASIS Austin’ will open in 2021, and is now accepting applications for grades 3-7 November 18, 2020 (Austin, TX) – The nationally-acclaimed network of BASIS Charter...
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Latinitas, Austin’s only bilingual STEM education nonprofit for nearly 20 years, gathered girls and teens of color for their first national Latinitas Startup Chica Conference. They joined other 9-18-year-old girls and teens from 15 states. Latinitas empowers all...
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Beloved Thanksgiving Day tradition benefits Caritas of Austin AUSTIN— This year is the 30th anniversary of the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot, Austin’s favorite Thanksgiving day tradition with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting Caritas of Austin. And YES, it is...
