hosted by Generation SERVE on Family Volunteer Day
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Austin Families Give Back
Austin Families Give Back, hosted each year by Generation SERVE on Family Volunteer Day, is held at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex! Family Volunteer Day is a national day of service that celebrates the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the world. Generation SERVE will host our 4th annual event to provide families the opportunity to learn about giving back to our community while participating in hands-on service activities to benefit nonprofits across Austin, VIRTUALLY! Austin Families Give Back 2020 will look very different this year! Instead of gathering in person, we will engage 250 families across Austin in at-home projects tied together with virtual events and learning. Like our previous Austin Families Give Back events, we want to encourage families new to volunteering to try their hand at a few projects for our nonprofit partners while learning more about how they can be part of helping build a better Austin. You’re never too young or too old to learn about helping and about your community! This event is normally set up as a large service fair where families with children of all ages are able to learn about our community's needs and sample service projects to support organizations that fall under the categories of Animal Care, Children, Education, Environment, Health & Wellness, Poverty, Refugees and Senior Support. Each attending family receives a Holiday Giving Guide that includes a variety of ways to give back and support the needs of our community during the holiday season! This event takes place on Family Volunteer Day, a national day of service that celebrates the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the world. It is held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday season with a day of giving and service. |
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Thank you to our generous 2019 supporters!
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The Rust Family |
Points of Light and generationOn
The Brannen / Dollinger Family
The Freeland Family
The Weber / McRoberts Family
Service Area Underwriters
Animals
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Children
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Environment
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Health & Wellness
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Poverty / Basic Needs
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Seniors
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Media Supporters
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We are currently seeking sponsors for Austin Families Give Back 2020!
Interested in learning about the benefits of sponsorship?
Learn about Business Sponsorship here.
Learn about Individual Sponsorship here.
Learn about Underwriting a Service Area here.
Contact us at development@generationserve.org for more information.
Interested in learning about the benefits of sponsorship?
Learn about Business Sponsorship here.
Learn about Individual Sponsorship here.
Learn about Underwriting a Service Area here.
Contact us at development@generationserve.org for more information.
LOOKING BACK: Our Impact at Austin Families Give Back 2019
On November 23, 2019, Generation SERVE hosted our 3rd annual event to provide families with the opportunity to learn about giving back to our community while sampling hands-on service activities to benefit more than 30 local nonprofits in Austin. We welcomed around 280 families at the event with children from ages three to seventeen!
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Animals Made 55 leashes for newly adopted dogs at Austin Pets Alive! Made 183 dog toys for sheltered dogs at Austin Animal Center Made 230 yarn cat toys for Austin Humane Society Made 49 "Adopt Me" bandanas for Central Texas SPCA |
Children Wrote 76 notes of encouragement for parents served by Any Baby Can Assembled 80 toiletry kits for Carrying Hope Made 20 fleece blankets for For Every Child, Inc. Decorated 14 birthday banners for Pop-Up Birthday Created 96 balloon buddies for children served by STARRY Children's Home |
Education Created 100 holiday cards for clients of AVANCE-Austin Made 300 donor cards for Colin's Hope Assembled 150 healthy snack bags for Communities in Schools Assembled 250 resource guides and 100 art guides for Inside Books Project Assembled 100 volunteer folders for Jeremiah Program Austin Decorated 100 cards and 100 gift bags for Partners in Parenting |
Environment Processed hundreds of buttons and fabric for Austin Creative Reuse Assembled 217 native grass seed ball kits for Keep Austin Beautiful Provided environmental education to attendees from Austin Parks Foundation |
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The coozies filled with brochures are a GIANT help to us and will be for months to come, and the Holiday Cards actually brought some staff members to tears. They are perfect. Thank you very much for reaching out to us to be a part of this event, we hope to participate again next year! " |
You ALL are so awesome. We can't thank you enough. The wrapped puzzle books for our senior citizens are fabulous and they will be so thrilled when we show up on Christmas Eve to deliver the books. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! " |