On Saturday, May 7th, Vox will be raising funds to support Refugee Services of Texas and Equality Texas by participating in a joint bake sale and plant sale at Vesper. As we grieve and mourn what is happening in Ukraine, the plight of refugees from Afghanistan and other parts of the world, and the recent Texas policies threatening transgender children […]
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Urban Roots Tool Drive [Dec 12]
Our local partner this year is Urban Roots, which is a farm-based youth leadership organization in East Austin where they use food and farming to engage and help in the lives of young people while also providing food for the local community. We will be hosting a donation drive to help provide Urban Roots with more gardening tools and supplies. Please […]
Inside Books Volunteering [July 11]
Did you know that our longstanding partner, Inside Books Project has a significant backlog of book requests as a result of the pandemic? With this in mind, we want to begin building our mutual aid culture by helping the folks who also call Vesper home. To do this, we are looking for a team of up to 15 volunteers who […]
City Wide Cleanup [Apr 8]
When: Saturday, April 8. 9-11am Where: Mabson Field, 13th & Alexander Sts. We are partnering with the McKinley Heights Neighborhood Association in the Keep Austin Beautiful city-wide cleanup. Our cleanup location is Boggy Creek, a precious natural resource that runs right under 12th St! If you would like to join in, please rvsp on our Facebook event page, or click […]
RSTX Welcome Team Training [Jan 28]
**Please note the updated time for this event** This Spring 2017, Vox Veniae will be participating as a Welcome Team with Refugee Services of Texas (RSTX). If you signed up previously, Welcome Team training happens Saturday, January 28, at 1pm at RSTX (500 E St. Johns Ave. Suite 1.280 Austin, TX 78752) Please register in the RSTX Volunteer Hub before […]
East Austin Community Fall Festival
When we started Space12 in 2008, we saw Space12 as blank canvas for the Vox community to be good neighbors and engage the community. Our hope was that one day, folks who grew up in the community would see Space12 as their space as well. Seven years later, we have a friend from around the corner throwing the largest fall […]
Boggy Creek Cleanup [Feb 22]
On Saturday, February 22 from 9-11am, we will be joining with the McKinley Heights Neighborhood to clean up parts of Boggy Creek behind Mabson Field which is just down the street from Space12 (map). The plan is to work in small teams and with gloves and garbage bags provided to pick up as much small trash as possible. This will […]