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We’re still getting loads of calls from Hurricane Ike evacuees. People want to know if they can go home, how to access services and help. You can help them this week!We need volunteers at the 211 Texas Call Center all week. Shifts are from 9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00-5:00pm, 5:00-11:00pm & 12:00am-7:00am. To sign up for a shift, go to www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Thanks,MandoDirector, Hands On Central Texas

The calls are still coming in strong and we need lots of help. Sign up to help Hurricane Ike evacuees with our 211 Texas call center. Go to www.handsoncentraltexas.org to register! Thanks,MandoDirector, Hands On Central Texas

Here’s our latest update… VOLUNTEERS2-1-1 Texas needs help this weekend to help Hurricane Ike evacuees.The biggest needs are for tonight, midnight-7am & Saturday, 5-9pm, 9pm-12am & 12am-7am! !Sign up to volunteer now with 211 Texas! The Red Cross also needs help at the shelters. Training and a background check is required. Click here for more information. INKIND DONATIONSThe Capital Area Food Bank is taking emergency donations including bottled water, granola bars, canned meats (pop-top lids), peanut butter & diapers. Click here for more information. CASH DONATIONSClick here to give! Thanks for your help!

We were just informed that the 211 Texas call center needs to stay open 24 hours this weekend! So we’re going to need lots of help! The biggest needs are the 9:00pm – 12:00am and 12:00am – 7:00am shifts. Please help if you can! To register for day or night shifts, go to www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Thanks,Mando

We just got the word that 211 Texas and OneStar Foundation’s Donation Management Center need help with volunteers! Enclosed is the information. Please help if you can and/or spread the word! 2-1-1 Texas – Disaster Response Volunteers2-1-1 Texas, a program of United Way Capital Area, provides free statewide, 24-hour access to health and human services and disaster information through its multilingual helpline.2-1-1 Texas needs Disaster Response Volunteers to answer crucial calls. United Way Capital Area is taking a leadership role in ensuring the strength of 2-1-1 Texas. One way we’re doing that is by recruiting Disaster Response Volunteers. Disaster Response Volunteers relay information on shelters and evacuation routes. They direct people who wish to volunteer or donate goods to the agencies that can help them do so. 2-1-1 Texas needs volunteers who are caring, compassionate, creative problem solvers who want to directly help the public while working in a comfortable, professional setting. Bilingual speakers are especially valuable. Volunteers need: 10 Disaster Response – State-wide Donations Call CenterThe OneStar Foundation needs help with volunteers for the State-wide Donations Management Call Center. Volunteers will be serving as call operators taking calls from individuals and businesses interested in making donations in response to Hurricane Ike. There is a mandatory training for this volunteer opportunity scheduled for Thursday, September 11 from 10:00-11:00am at the OneStar Foundation office at 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 900, Austin, TX 78702. Volunteers needed: 100 To sign up for these two opportunities, please go to www.handsoncentraltexas.org. Thanks,Mando Armando RayoDirector, Hands […]

On September 5 we had a busy day here at United Way Capital Area and Hands On Central Texas! We had more than 500 people from organizations across the community volunteering their time to projects for more than 32 agencies. The occasion started with a kickoff event at Alamo Park. The keynote speaker was Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who got everyone “fired up” about their projects and talked about the huge impact volunteers make on the greater Austin community. Other speakers included David Balch, President and Chief Professional Officer at United Way Capital Area, Mando Rayo, Director of Hands On Central Texas and Jan Monney, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Business Operations at Freescale Semiconductor (photographed above). The LIVE UNITED theme was present among everyone! Give. Advocate. Volunteer. Volunteers showed support by wearing the LIVE UNITED t-shirts. Throughout the day volunteers engaged in activities that ranged from upgrading childcare facilities, playground construction, helping out food banks, creating literacy materials for Austin ISD students, assisting students with job search to painting, deconstruction of homes and garden work. A special thank you to our signature sponsor Freescale Semiconductor. Other sponsors of the event included Austin Coca-Cola, Clif Bars, City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Office and Alamo Recreation Center. And, thank you to all of the teams who participated in Day of Caring and embraced the idea of LIVE UNITED. This was an incredible show of community support! Check out the Day of Caring Slideshow! Thank You. […]