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Foster Care & Adoption Expo
Saturday, November 22, 10AM - 2PM
2500 Bee Caves Road
Come get more information on foster care and adoption. Talk to our partner agencies who will have booths set up for more information on the process and what to expect. Location: Park Hills Baptist Church.
Keep Austin Bizarre This holiday season visit the Keep Austin Bizarre annual shopping event. Keep Austin Bizarre is a warm, family atmosphere designed to enhance your holiday shopping experience. Featuring local vendors, talented Austin artists, designers, and small businesses, delicious food/drinks, live shows and performances to entertain you, with us holiday shopping means celebration and family fun! It will take place this Holiday Season from December 12th to the 23rd, from 11am to 11pm at the Palmer Events Center.
Carton of Caring The lesson of “giving not getting,” begins with the Caring Corners® Mrs. Goodbee™ Talking Dollhouse from Learning Curve Brands. The dollhouse is actually two unique gifts in one – a gift for the child to keep and a gift for her to give away. The first gift is the dollhouse, which helps children learn social and emotional skills in a fun, interactive way through imaginative play. That second gift – the giving part – comes to life with the Carton of Caring Donation Program. Children are encouraged to fill Mrs. Goodbee’s “Carton of Caring” (the box the dollhouse comes in) with gently-used clothing and toys and donate them to any of the 2,200 Goodwill stores nationwide and in Canada. Central Texans can drop-off their donations at any of the area’s 38 locations.
There is no better time to get children involved in the art of giving back than during the holidays. Donating is a simple caring act that can help expand a child’s world from ‘”me”’ to “we.” When children donate their Carton of Caring, they will receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Goodwill Industries and earn a special online code that “unlocks” a Caring Corners web game available only through donation.
“Carton of Caring” clothing and toy donations will be sold in Austin Goodwill stores, with proceeds helping to fund Goodwill’s job training programs and support services in the community. “Children can feel good because their donations will help people earn a paycheck and support themselves and their families,” says Jerry Davis, President and CEO of Goodwill Industries Of Central Texas. “Most importantly, the experience of giving lets preschoolers learn firsthand the satisfaction of helping others in their community.”
Find your local Goodwill at www.austingoodwill.org or call 512.637.7100.
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