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• Sample activities: Become a mentor, join “Friends of Explore Austin” group • Donations accepted: monetary gifts, in-kind gear donations • 1211 W. 6th St., Ste. 600 PMB 184 Austin • www.exploreaustin.org Girlstart This nonprofit empowers girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. • Sample activities: lead hands-on STEM activities, serve as guest speakers, write inspirational note cards • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 1400 W. Anderson Lane, Austin • www.girlstart.org Greater Austin YMCA The organization will offer seasonal volunteer opportunities across the association’s eight centers. • Sample activities: Volunteers may find themselves anywhere from the creek banks of Camp Moody to the chambers of a courthouse with the Youth & Government team. • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • Address: 55 N. I-35 Frontage Road, Austin (Association Office address) • www.austinymca.org Junior Achievement of Central Texas Part of Junior Achievement Worldwide, the Austin chapter offers programs on career readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship to children and young adults. • Sample activities: student mentorship, event setup and teardown, program presentations, one-day program assistance • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • www.jacentex.org Manos de Cristo Manos de Cristo provides immediate needs like food and clothing as well as low- to no-cost dental services and procedures for individuals that are under- or uninsured. • Sample activities: teaching classes in citizenship, English and computer literacy; working in the clothes closet, food pantry and community garden • Donations accepted: food, seasonal clothing,
monetary donations, tamale sale with proceeds used to provide emergency food and clothes
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Communities in Schools Central Texas Communities in Schools of Central Texas works to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. • Sample activities: meet with students as a Mentor, Math Buddy or Reading Buddy • Donations accepted: monetary donations, corporate sponsorships, or coordinating an in-kind drive • 3000 S. I-35, Ste. 200, Austin • www.ciscentraltexas.org Con Mi MADRE The nonprofit focuses on developing social-emotional learning and college-readiness for students in sixth grade through undergraduate years and their families. • Sample activities: events assistance, guest speaking • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • 1825 Fort View Road, Austin • www.conmimadre.org Dress for Success Austin Dress for Success helps women and nonbinary people achieve economic independence by providing support, professional attire and development tools. • Sample activities: mentoring, career consulting, styling and inventory sorting • Donations: monetary donations and professional clothing accepted • 3000 S. I-35 Frontage Road, Ste. 180, Austin • www.dressforsuccessaustin.org Education Connection Education Connection works to improve childhood literacy rates by offering one-on-one educational support to children. • Sample activities: reading with students, practicing reading fluency, discussing stories and reading comprehension
• 4911 Harmon Ave., Austin • www.manosdecristo.org
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas The Central Texas Ronald McDonald House and Family Rooms offer a “home-away-from-home” for families facing a child’s illness, partnering with its Happy Wheels Carts to provide comfort items in hospitals, and the Healing Hearts program supporting bereaved families with burial assistance and grief support. • Sample activities: cooking meals or preparing sack lunches, snack kits, meals on the go and toiletry kits to pass out in hospital family rooms
• Donations accepted: monetary • 7000 N. MoPac, Ste. 200, Austin • www.rmhc-ctx.org
Food assistance
Central Texas Food Bank The food bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in Central Texas, serving over 93,000 people every week. • Sample activities: sorting food donations, assisting with the mobile food pantry, working in a community garden or kitchen • Donations accepted: monetary gifts Keep Austin Fed Keep Austin Fed is a food rescue organization that collects surplus food from businesses throughout Austin and redistributes it to communities facing hunger. • Sample activities: food rescue driver, food sorting and organizing at cooler hub, assist with community food giveaways • Donations accepted: monetary gifts • www.keepaustinfed.org • 6500 Metropolis Drive, Austin • www.centraltexasfoodbank.org
• Donations accepted: monetary • www.education-connection.org
Explore Austin The nonprofit combines mentoring with outdoor adventure to empower youth from economically disadvantaged communities.
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