I always try to volunteer when I can. I decided to sign up and volunteer in the warehouse for…read moreCentral Texas Food Bank with my organization. It was well organized and fun. First, it was easy to sign up and register as a group. Secondly, they provided great details through email in preparation of the event regarding the dress code, parking and arrival time. In addition, the coaches were knowledgeable and provided us with an orientation before we began to ensure our safety and gave us guidance on the process. They were also friendly and funny. The event itself was relatively easy and not physically exhaustive. In 2.5 hours, we made a huge difference and sorted over 6K pounds of potatoes. We made a huge difference for the community in a short amount of time. I absolutely plan to return here and volunteer again.

I always enjoy volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank. I initially signed up for my volunteer…read moreshift online. There is plenty of parking and when you come in, you can check in for your shift at the kiosk and it prints out a name tag. The name tags are a nice touch so that everyone can meet the people that they are volunteering with on your shift. They had several volunteer options including in the kitchen area and also in the food distribution warehouse. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. They start and close the shift with detailed instructions about each volunteer position so you know what to expect. They also allow you to select a volunteer position that is matching your interest and skill level. On this particular occasion, I helped with moving tables and pallets and reorganizing the warehouse space for the weekend shifts. After completing this task, I was assigned stapling papers together with weekly menu instructions to put in each food basket to provide instructions to the families receiving food assistance. Then I worked at the bag station where I tied bags that were used to hold the produce. There were a variety of volunteer positions to choose from and the shift passed very quickly. The shift lasted for 3 hours and they are respectful of your time to complete the shift timely. There was a nice restroom and break room space for volunteers. Someone had prepared beef sliders for the volunteers and there were also coffee options. The process is clean and sanitary and the emphasize hand washing and wearing gloves. At the end of the shift they tell you how many pounds of food that you provided to families as a result of your shift. In our case it was 9K pounds. Overall a very enjoyable volunteer experience to provide food to families in the central Texas area.

Update: I volunteered at HHH for so long because we eventually transitioned into the foster/adopt…read moreprogram as foster parents. Much later, we adopted our kids with their unwavering help. There is no way to explain how hard that process can be, but Helping Hand was the best partner that we could have asked for in the journey. They do their absolute best to ensure you can support the kids that you invite into your house, which is no easy feat. And they hold your hand when it is beyond hard. I highly recommend checking out if they are a right fit for your fostering experience.

I have volunteered at HHH for 6 months now, and each week I go to read to the kids here, I…read moreappreciate the care and effort the entire staff gives to protect, and assist each child here, more and more. This is an incredible haven for children to get the care, therapy, and consistency they need, and I am so grateful to have gotten connected with this volunteer opportunity.

Austin Child Guidance Center provides a professional and caring atmosphere for children and…read morefamilies of all backgrounds to receive therapy. They accept insurance but also have a sliding scale pay option, which I really appreciate. I highly recommend their services!

Staff are knowledgeable, compassionate, and creative. ACGC is the cornerstone child and family…read moremental health organization of central Texas. They now serve young adults up to age 26!

Katherine Saldana She is one of the coldest people I've ever spoken to. She comes across as very…read morecondescending and impatient. If you don't immediately understand her question, she makes you feel unintelligent or small. I only spoke with her a few times over the phone, but every interaction left me feeling uncomfortable and dismissed.

Donate to them instead of scammy nonprofit businesses like Goodwill. They will use it for abuse…read moresurvivors not to resell Easy in and out donation the times I've been there. Remember to check their hours, not open all regular business work days but most

Where to start. I was in a bad situation when a relationship is broken. You end up starting from…read morescratch. I didn't have any confident to be on my own with my two beautiful smart boys whom I've raised for so long. When someone mention to me about TBCH, I was scared to reach out to them maybe because of being judged or rejected. Few weeks later, I had to take that chance and do it for my boys. Being a single mother isn't easy, people look at you differently, but now I understand. You become who you are and should be proud that you have desire's and can accomplished anything. TBCH is a AMAZING program for single mom's who is going through tough times. They help you get resources that you need, career choices, help you save, your able to pay off debit, education, counseling, daycare, food, church, and mostly a safe place to live. TBCH-I want to say thank you for the bottom of my heart saving me from my heart ship and stress I went through and helping my boys succeed.

They helped me and my family through a tough time. They were very kind to us. The rec is also a…read moregood place to take kids(7th-12th). The people there at the rec are so kind and they go for dinner on Friday and some breaks they go on fun adventures. I would 100% recommend it if you need somewhere to recoup.

Background Information: This organization offers housing for women and children who have…read moreexperienced homelessness. Some, not all, participants come from Domestic Violence situations, however, this is not a battered women's shelter. Their website boasts about how wonderful they are, but I am here to tell you it is all smoke and mirrors. I lived at one of the two properties they own so I have first-hand knowledge of how they run the program. The housing program gets housing subsidies from the City of Austin, is a Rental Housing Development Assistance Programs, and has some affiliation with HUD. It's worth noting, this organization had ZERO policies in place for anyone with a disability, which is required by law for an apartment complex. They knew my son was disabled because it was on my application for housing and not once did they ask about what he might need accommodations for. My son and I moved into Saint Louise House's Program April of 2020, right at the peak of COVID. At the time I moved in, we had been homeless for a year, so I was excited to have my own place again. I was quickly disappointed when I found out it had an extremely bad infestation with German Cockroaches that they failed to tell me about until after I moved in. I was told that it was treated recently, but additional treatments could not be provided until businesses started to open up and I understood this. However, I would have preferred to postpone my move instead of dealing with the disgusting roaches for what lasted approximately 8 months. When everything started opening up, management finally got pest control to come in and spray, however, it was just a general spray, not the proper one you need for treating German Cockroaches. For quite some time, I continued to email management letting them know the general sprays were not working and provided numerous pictures of all the roaches. It was at that time I got an email from the then program director stating that Robin Kampermann, the operations director, wanted me to submit a video of the current roach situation because pest control "had just sprayed my unit." By this time, I had sent numerous emails documenting the issue and told her I was under no circumstances going to provide a video. The infestation was so bad, I ended up having to repack my kitchen because the roaches were in my cabinets, refrigerator and in our food. Roaches carry many diseases as well as feces as they travel so roach feces were on my countertops and cabinets, inside the cabinets, my baseboards, floors and wall. This created not only a major health hazard, but a major inconvenience to me and my son, but management still dragged their feet for getting the proper treatments and did not care about the health hazard this caused us. As a result, my son and I ended up having to eat out for EVERY meal which exhausted all my savings of $1000.00. Management did not care one bit and made no resolution to refund my money, despite having all my receipts. I continued to send numerous emails complaining about the roaches and nothing was done about it. I even contacted the chairwoman at the time, of the board of directors for the program, Molly Trexler, to complain and she told me the board did not get involved in such issues. My son, who is disabled, was traumatized by the rampant roaches crawling everywhere, including the walls and floors in our dining room and throughout our kitchen. I called the Austin Tenants Council to see what could be done and was told that it was a reasonable request to move to another unit due to my son's disability. I requested numerous times to move to another unit and was turned down. Management expected me to live in a unit that was a health hazard. Laura Ward, the Executive Director of the program told me it was against their policy to allow tenants to move. She accidentally sent me an email intended for other management employees, and she attempted to recall her email, but was unsuccessful. In this email she stated that she would no longer be responding to my emails regarding this issue and that they should help me relocate somewhere else. Robin Kamperman, the Operations Manager, and bully of the organization essentially refused to provide treatment despite numerous photos of the roaches and feces and email requests I sent. I literally had to raise hell and get the city involved to get this issue resolved. Finally, they got the pest company to do proper treatments, although I was thankful, it was a big inconvenience. All my cabinets had to be wiped down with a particular solution before each treatment and because the treatment was toxic, I could not be in the apartment for 3 hours afterwards. See photos for the rest of the review.

Vincare does great work for our community and everyone here at Integrity Moving is honored to do…read morebusiness with this wonderful foundation! If you know any mothers that are struggling and trying to make it on their own, please call this organization!

This place is amazing everybody there were very nice. Miss Claudia has helped me tremendously. I…read moretruly appreciate you. Mary L

Whenever I think about how I can give back to the community this is the first place that comes to…read moremind! The staff greets you with a smile on their face, even if it's 8am or 4pm! I know the donations that I give here will be given to people in need and no strings attached or price. Please when you have clothing, baby items, shoes, food ... you can bring it here!

CASA ( Court Appointed Special Advocate )…read more Casa helps children who are abused and neglected. Let me repeat that, Casa helps children that are abused and neglected. They become involved in a child's life after it is determined that some form of abuse or neglect has happened! Casa of Travis County does a great deal to help children, in an expeditious, professional, yet caring manner. They do it with limited resources and a small army of volunteers. If your in the area drop by and find out how you can help. If your not in the area get in your car and give them a visit. If you can not go by their office check out their website and consider how you can help them. It's free, well it may cost you a little room in your heart but it wont hurt, I promise!

Great organization with a GREAT cause....volunteered for many events...everyone very dedicated to…read moretheir mission...