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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, child care groups have put resources into informing and educating families about things like who essential workers are and how to receive government assistance. (Screenshot from April 21 videoconference)
Texas child care leaders discuss state of industry amid coronavirus
Nonperishables and cash donations will aid LT Senior Services, Lake Travis Crisis Ministries and Helping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood in the distribution of resources to residents in need. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Lake Travis-based real estate company organizes local food drive
The second annual Keep Bee Cave Beautiful Fun Run is now set to take place virtually. (Brian Rash/Community Impact Newspaper)
Lake Travis High School students plan virtual 5K to benefit Bee Cave’s parks
(Courtesy Lighter Loads ATX)
In the midst of coronavirus pandemic, one Northwest Austin organization continues to provide hundreds of showers for city’s homeless
(Graphic by Mel Stefka/Community Impact Newspaper)
Animal adoption, foster numbers up as Austin community comes together to support shelters
The Feed the City event will be hosted April 4. (Jay Jones/Community Impact Newspaper)
Feed the City works to support Central Texans living under the shadow of food insecurity amid COVID-19 outbreak
Central Texas Food Bank is anticipating an increase in need due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. (Courtesy Central Texas Food Bank)
Residents of the Lake Travis-Westlake area and beyond work together to provide relief in light of COVID-19 concerns
Churches, parishes and other religious establishments are reacting to the spread of the coronavirus in the Austin metro. (Joe Warner/Community Impact Newspaper)
UPDATED: How Austin-area religious organizations are responding to limits on mass gatherings
I Live Here I Give Here Executive Director Courtney Manuel (center) and board chair Kathy Smith-Willman (right) stand with St. David's Foundation Executive Director Edward B. Burger during Amplify Austin Day. (Courtesy Trent Lee Photography)
Amplify Austin Day raises $12.3 million for local nonprofits in 2020
About half of We Are Blood's supply comes from blood drives, held on mobile buses such as this one. (Courtesy We Are Blood)
We Are Blood seeks new and repeat donors as demand keeps pace with Austin’s growth
LT Senior Services is an organization formed to serve and engage with aging adults and their families in the Lake Travis community. (Courtesy LT Senior Services)
LT Senior Services announces partnership with local library
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$100 million gift from Dell Foundation will help low-income University of Texas students graduate from college
Hays County's first jail become a USO center for black World War II soldiers before it was turned into a museum. (Courtesy Calaboose Museum of African American History)
Calaboose African American History Museum offers lessons on San Marcos' past
Westlake's Young Men's Service League planted over 300 trees as part of its annual Ultimate Gift Project.
Mother-and-son volunteer group places over 300 plants along Austin's Butler trail
Tania Leskovar-Owens (left) and Maggie Sheppard pose with some of the items they will give to foster children in Central Texas.
Foster Angels of Central Texas gives normalcy to kids who need it most
More than 150 area organizations participated in a survey on philanthropy.
Report shows charitable giving increased in 2018 among Central Texas businesses