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• Sample activities: donating blood, assisting at blood drives and events, providing office support • Donations accepted: blood and platelet donations, monetary gifts • 4300 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin • www.weareblood.org Yellow House Foundation The nonprofit provides a recovery community for people struggling with substance abuse. • Sample activities: helping to attain funding Yesterday’s Gone The organization provides transitional housing for abused women, their children and their pets. • Sample activities: providing transportation, peer support or child care; performing maintenance work; decorating for the holidays • Donations accepted: select gift cards, items from Amazon wish list • Latest news: received donations of two new tiny homes • yesterdaysgone.org • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • Latest news: building a larger location • 804 Leander Drive (future location) • www.yhfoundation.org
• Sample activities: watching and interacting with children who attend the organization’s Parent Night Out events • Donations accepted: monetary gifts, material donations on an as-needed basis • 14125 W. Hwy. 29, Ste. B203-113, Liberty Hill • www.dwellingplacetx.org Ladders for Leaders The nonprofit connects high school students to internship programs and job soft skills programs. • Sample activities: conducting interviews for the program, preparing students for job interviews, providing resume support, working events • Donations accepted: sponsorships, office space, monetary gifts • www.laddersforleaders.org Leander ISD PTA Clothes Closet The organization provides free, gently-used clothes to all students in Leander ISD. • Sample activities: sorting donations, organizing bins, tagging and hanging clothes, doing inventory, helping families sign in, finding sizes or items, helping with check out • Donations accepted: gently-used, school appropriate clothing; closed-toe shoes; new socks and underwear • 324 SW Drive, Leander; 6500 Sitio Del Rio Blvd., Austin • www.lisdptacouncil.com/clothes-closet Reset Mentoring The organization works with Williamson County youth in the justice system to teach them life skills and equip them with the tools they need to move forward. • Sample activities: working events, adopting a teen to shop for during the holidays, providing meals • Donations accepted: items from Amazon wish list, monetary gifts • Latest news: expanding its advanced life skills classes on cooking and finances • 1110 Egger Ave., Round Rock • www.resetmentoring.org Williamson County Children’s Advocacy Center The organization aims to provide hope, healing and justice to children who have been impacted by abuse, violence and exploitation. • Sample activities: greeting families; arranging stuffed animals, blankets, snacks and the family resource room; preparing for community education sessions, planning fundraising events • Donations accepted: individually-wrapped snacks, blankets, stuffed animals, monetary gifts • 1811 SE Inner Loop, Georgetown • www.wilcocac.org
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Opportunities for Williamson and Burnet Counties The organization is the official community action agency for Williamson and Burnet counties. It works to empower children, families and seniors to achieve and maintain independence by partnering with area organizations to provide education, nutrition, and community support. • Sample activities: delivering meals to seniors through the Meals on Wheels program, reading to children at a Head Start location, answering phones, filing paperwork • Donations accepted: children’s books, monetary gifts • 604 High Tech Drive, Georgetown • www.owbc-tx.org Reveal Resource Center The food pantry, clothes closet and diaper ministry aims to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the Cedar Park community. • Sample activities: distributing food, clothing and diapers in a drive thru setting • Donations accepted: nonperishable food, gently-used clothing, diapers River City Hope Street The organization works to fight poverty and hopelessness in adults through spiritual development, workforce training and education. • Sample activities: teaching English as a second language, citizenship or trade classes; performing administrative tasks; coordinating and working events • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 1150 S. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park • www.rivercityhope.org Unchained Foundation This organization’s mission is to bring comfort, connection and memorable experiences to critically ill adults by helping them fulfill dreams, achieve bucket- list items and preserve legacies. • Sample activities: assembling and delivering care packages, planning events, providing administrative support, organizing donation drives, helping with social media, visiting recipients to offer companionship • Donations accepted: blankets, socks, snacks, self-care • 1150 S. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park • www.revealresourcecenter.com
Education and children
Austin Steam Train Association The association seeks to preserve, interpret and recreate the experience of steam-era railroading. • Sample activities: providing passengers service as a vintage train car attendant; managing on board volunteers as a crew chief; providing office support; studying to be a student brakeman • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • Latest news: received the donation of a vintage 1929 train car called the Boonesborough in September • 401 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. C100, Cedar Park • www.austinsteamtrain.org CASA of Travis County Volunteers advocate for children who’ve experienced abuse or neglect in Travis County. • Sample activities: spending 15-20 hours a month getting to know a child, their family and situation; gathering information to make recommendations to a judge in their best interest • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 7600 Chevy Chase Drive, Ste. 200, Austin • www.casatravis.org CASA of Williamson County The nonprofit advocates for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe and permanent homes. • Sample activities: serving as a court-appointed special advocate assigned to child and family, working special events, fundraising • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 2100 Scenic Drive, Ste. 110, Georgetown • www.casawilco.org Dwelling Place The organization seeks to support foster, kinship and adoptive families through material needs and services.
items, gift cards, monetary gifts • 263 Housefinch Loop, Leander • www.unchainedfoundation.org
United Way for Greater Austin The nonprofit advocates for the health, education and financial literacy of all area residents. • Sample activities: mentoring students, working at its free tax center, assisting with special events, performing social media and administrative tasks
Housing and preservation
Baker Sanctuary The 715-acre sanctuary provides a woodland habitat for endangered songbird the golden-cheeked warbler and is open to volunteers and members of Travis Audubon, excluding some public events. • Sample activities: maintaining trails, removing invasive plant species, cleaning the park • Donations accepted: monetary gifts
• Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 1111 N. I-35, Ste. 220, Round Rock • www.unitedwayaustin.org
We Are Blood The blood supply organization serves more than 50 medical facilities and EMS agencies across 10 counties in Central Texas.
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