In June, more than 100 high school students from all over central Texas participated in the annual Health Sciences Summer Camps hosted by Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. The week-long camp featured hands-on science experiments,...
With high rates of postpartum depression and anxiety in the United States, Austin Infant Care is on a mission to support all families and make it accessible. They offer daytime, overnight and travel care along with breastfeeding support to parents of newborns. ...
Dive into a good book this summer. The Round Rock ISD Pop-Up Library will visit local parks and other locations throughout the district and distribute books to community members. At Pop-Up Library locations, all levels of readers have access to a wide variety...
Bank of America announced that four students from the Austin area have been selected for its Student Leaders program, an eight-week, paid summer internship providing students with first-hand experience in serving their communities. As part of the program, the...
Austin Creative Reuse (ACR), a local non-profit organization, received an education program grant from Impact Austin at its annual meeting in June. The award will fund the ACR Materials Mobile, a mobile pop-up where busy educators can “shop” for high quality,...
For five years, Girl Scout troop 42435 has been learning, growing and challenging each other. Now they’ve taken on a new service project that helps Austin’s homeless community. In May, the girls worked with Mobile Loaves and Fishes to bring food to homeless...
This week Austin Family magazine got the chance to enjoy Kalahari Resort’s three brand new water features: Bugs Burrow, a fun water-play area with nine bug-themed slides just for kids, Adventure River where all ages can float down over 900 feet of their new...
The Austin Parks Foundation (APF), Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD), Neighborhood Partnering Program (NPP), and Highland Neighborhood Association (HNA) are proud to announce a new fitness area at TA Brown Neighborhood Park located in District 4 is now...
Through June 30th Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co. is partnering with local Austin animal rescue, Austin Pets Alive!, for their Rescue Roast initiative. This means that 100% of all profits from the sale of the Rescue Roast blend will go toward funding Austin Pets...
You might think finding a guidebook focusing solely on the best kid-friendly venues in Austin would be easy. But you would be wrong. That’s why Annette Lucksinger, former Austin Family Magazine editor wrote her own guidebook, called “Exploring Austin with...
Take me out to the park! Texas State Parks and Minor League Baseball teams around the state are teaming up to bring the ultimate day/night doubleheader opportunity for visitors to spend a day at a state park and a night at the ballpark. Five minor league teams...
AUSTIN – Each year on the first Saturday in June, anglers across the state pack their tackle boxes and get their fishing poles ready for the Texas tradition of Free Fishing Day. This year, Free Fishing Day lands on June 3 and Texans can fish on any public waterbody in...
