AUSTIN, TEXAS – To engage the public and help achieve the City’s immediate goal of keeping 50 percent of trash out of landfills by 2015, Austin Resource Recovery is asking Austin residents to pledge to recycle. …
Impact Austin is an incredible nonprofit organization here in town that combines annual donations from members and gives multiple grants of more than $100,000 each June to local, worthy causes selected by its members. Manos de Cristo was one of …
This new video from our friends at Sacred Heart Community Clinic is a must-watch. Take five minutes and hear the story of how this amazing organization operates, how they started and why they do what they do. May 2013 Legend
Intergenerational Day is TOMORROW! Bring the whole family and join RecognizeGood Legend award partner Youth2Seniors for their primary fundraiser from 1P-5P – build teddy bears for patients at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, bowls for Austin Empty …
This week’s Volunteer Spotlight features Pat Capin, who’s volunteered with Gold Ribbon Rescue (GRR) for over eight years. Founded in 1998, GRR provides a network for sheltering, rehabilitation and placing Golden Retrievers in permanent homes in Central Texas. The …
Dr. John Oswalt, co-founder and a driving force behind HeartGift Austin, was recognized as our RecognizeGood Legend in December 2010. HeartGift was created to provide funding, coordination of care, and medical services for children with Congenital Heart Disease …
Today’s Spotlight shines on Little Helping Hands, an Austin non-profit group that’s been providing family-friendly volunteer opportunities since June 2009. Families with children as young as 3 years old can visit the Little Helping Hands website (LittleHelpingHands.org) …
You might have never heard the term ‘hippotherapy’ before. But the children and adults in the Austin area who have seen its results during treatment for things like cerebral palsy, stroke, and even speech impairment would surely swear by it. …
The heart of RecognizeGood is to simply say “thank you” to those doing good things. Today’s Spotlight focuses on Citizen Generation, an organization created around the belief in the city of Austin as a national leader in philanthropy – …
A small story – a photo and a blurb, really – from the Stateman’s “Community News” sections arrived on the RecognizeGood desk last week. A student at Dripping Springs High School, named Cambria Sawyer, collected $300.00. She planned to …