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 […]
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Posada Esperanza Kitchen Supply Drive
For the month of August, we will be holding a kitchen supply drive for Posada Esperanza. Posada has a fairly urgent need for pots, pans, utensils, and a variety of other kitchen supplies. These items are given to families as they transition out of Posada in order to help them settle into their new home. We will begin accepting donations […]
Resource Center in Kenya
For those of you who know Teesa in our community, she works for an organization called Comfort the Children International. CTC International works alongside the community of Maai Mahiu, Kenya to provide resources that create sustainable change. Their initiatives, focused on educational, environmental, economic, health and community development, directly impact the community as a whole. They’re currently raising funds for […]
Posada Esperanza Donations
Posada Esperanza is a homeless shelter for immigrant single mothers with children located on the east side of Austin. We will be collecting donations over the next couple of weeks of the following items: tuperware plastic drinking cups shampoo/conditioner laundry detergent specific needs for some newborn babies and other residents (click for more details) Donations can be brought to Space […]
Technology Drive for Kenya
Comfort the Children International (CTC International) is a 501(c)3 non-profit working alongside the community of Maai Mahiu, Kenya to provide resources that create sustainable change. CTC’s initiatives, focused on educational, environmental, economic, health and community development, directly impact the community as a whole. Rafiki Link, one of the education initiatives, builds 21st century skills among students through global collaboration online. […]
Posada Esperanza Donation Drive
Posada Esperanza is a full service transitional housing program for immigrant mothers and children escaping domestic or cultural violence that strives to create a nurturing environment for the children while their moms work to achieve self sufficiency. The shelter is located in east Austin and currently houses 10 families from Central America and Africa. The immigrant community is one whose […]
Central Texas Fires
The devastation in Bastrop and Central Texas has been a truly heartbreaking and saddening event for all of Austin to witness. As neighbors to a city desperately in need, the Vox community is planning on lending a hand in very tangible ways. Through the Austin Disaster Relief Network, we will be adopting a family in need by providing food, clothing, […]