Austin for Austin
Our community is resilient, strong, creative, and caring.
We created this space to highlight Austinites' efforts to connect, unite, support, and keep one another safe during this difficult time.
Whether you are helping as an individual, with friends, neighbors, as part of a community of faith, or a business, please share your stories to inform, empower and inspire. No act is too small or too big.
We’re all in this together, just six feet apart. ATX for ATX.
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Central Texas Food Bank
Austin residents face enormous uncertainty because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Central Texas Food Bank remains open and ready to assist with food access needs. The best way to help right now is to go to centraltexasfoodbank.org and donate. Folks can also host a virtual food drive or Facebook fundraiser for us. And they still need volunteers. If you’re healthy and not in a high-risk group, please consider helping out. Go to www.centraltexasfoodbank.org and click on “Volunteer”. Thank you!
10 months ago
ACAN in Action! — 3/3 We are all in this together 💕💕
We at Austin Chinese American Network are working hard to help those in needs during this pandemic. Part three of three: Encourage youth to run for Covid-19 relief fundraising. To fight against covid-19, not only we need to keep very strict social distancing, but also to stay healthy by exercising regularly. So why not do it for a good cause? Raising money for Covid-19 relief efforts by running! Together, with love, compassion and hard work, we’ll get through this.
10 months ago
Call for Volunteers to Help Deliver Food to Vulnerable Prompts Big Response
Organizers of a recruitment drive for volunteers to deliver pre-packed bags of food to those in need say they received an "incredible" response this week. The recently launched Good Apple Stay Home Stay Healthy Program, which delivers fresh produce and shelf stable items to the elderly and immune compromised, managed to secure more than enough drivers for the days ahead. Read more about the program at: https://goodapplefoods.com/covid-19
10 months ago
Austin diaper bank gives thousands of diapers to families affected by pandemic
The Austin Diaper Bank held its second public diaper distribution event Friday, April 3 to help those who have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first distribution event last month, 21,000 diapers have been given out to over 500 Central Texas families. Donations to the Austin Diaper Bank can be made on its website at https://www.austindiapers.org/donate-dollars.html. Full story from KXAN: https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/austin-diaper-bank-gives-21000-diapers-to-over-500-families-affected-by-pandemic/
10 months ago
Austinites run errands for strangers stuck at home during coronavirus pandemic
With the help of social media, some Austinites are lending a helping hand to the elderly and those self-quarantined. From KVUE: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/austinites-run-errands-for-strangers-stuck-at-home-during-coronavirus-pandemic/269-e8fce846-1098-4260-becd-8bb78776634a
