The line was long, the weather was muggy, but the volunteers were solid. Here’s your Austin Humanists at Work September Recap! The summer months are always challenging for people experiencing homelessness. Spending a majority of time outdoors can be
A bumper crop of backpacks and volunteers. This is your Austin Humanists at Work August 2018 recap. Last month we asked our donors and volunteers to help us out with a backpack drive. As the summer comes to a close
It was a cool and windy morning…it sounds like the opening line to a novel, but it’s what we encountered for our April giveway. Here’s the recap: A cold front came through Austin on Saturday, but it couldn’t stop the
It’s gettin’ warmer ’round these parts! A nice morning though for approximately 20 volunteers and 148 people served. March 18th was the tail end of South By South West, but saw a few new faces in and behind the line.
In addition to our volunteers being kind, generous human beings…they’re also quite reslilant and adaptable to change. Here’s the recap for our February 2018 giveaway. As a guideline, we try to set our giveaways to occur once a month
The weather turned humid and warm just in time for our January giveaway. We had awesome volunteers and a steady stream of fellow humans that we helped. This is your January recap! The week preceding our January giveaway was
We moved our last giveaway of the year to coincide with Christmas Eve to help those in need…and there were quite a few. Here’s the last giveaway recap of 2017! As we approached the end of the year, we wondered
New volunteers, a lot of donations and couple hundred folks came through the line. This is your October 2017 update. Midway through October, you would expect some cooler weather…even in Texas. However, the giveaway started out as most of our
First volunteers started showing up around 8:15 this morning. There’s a lot to set up before the line is opened to the people we serve each giveaway. Even though school has started for all of Austin and fall is right
When we think about our summer giveaways, we always know that the August giveaway is likely to be hot and humid. Well…this August did not disappoint. It was hot and humid, but our volunteers and donors showed their support and