If you’re looking for some fun this weekend, join LifeWorks and Captiv8 Promotions at Stompin Grounds Coffee and Cocktail Lounge at 8PM for the “Anything But Clothes” Fundraiser and Holiday Drive! This night of fashion will feature attendees constructing attire from recycled and repurposed materials including bubble wrap, newspaper, cardboard, and magazines!
If that doesn’t sound like enough [...]
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October 22, 2009
Meet Colbie Caillat
LifeWorks has meet and greet passes! Each donation you make to LifeWorks today, Oct 22, will enter you into a drawing for a chance to win passes to meet Colbie Caillat.
Winners will be notified by phone and will be invited along with a guest to meet Colbie after tonight’s performance at Stubb’s. Drawing will take place after 5pm.
Enter now.
A special thanks to [...]
September 30, 2009
A Day for Improvement
On Friday September 25 2009, lives were changed. Some staff began as early as 6 AM to prepare for teams arriving to help with LifeWorks 5th Annual Home Improvement Challenge. Apartments may have been renovated, but at days end, the real improvement was in the lives of LifeWorks clients.
The Clients:
LifeWorks clients live in a supportive housing program offering subsidized [...]
September 2, 2009
Sixth River Architects Accepts a Challenge
Not only has Sixth River Architects accepted LifeWorks Home Improvement Challenge, they have begun a project of their own. Sixth River has started a blog chronicling their adventures leading up to the Home Improvement Challenge. Check out their blog to see design ideas and glance at pictures of what has been donated.
You don’t have to be a member of an awesome architectural firm to [...]
August 4, 2009
LEAP’s “Back to School” Donation Drive and Happy Hour
Wednesday, August 5th, 6 – 8 pm
Malverde, 400 West 2nd St
LEAP invites you to sip sangrias and learn more about LifeWorks Teen Parent Services Program (TPS) while helping less fortunate teenagers get excited about the upcoming school year! In support of TPS, LEAPers are asking all happy hour attendees to bring a donation from the list below (cash and gift cards are [...]
July 28, 2009
Milkshakes for Money
Join us this Saturday, August 1st at Elevation Burger in the Arboretum
and cool off with a delicious milkshake. Fifty cents from every
hand-crafted milkshake sold from 2-4 p.m. will be donated to LifeWorks.
The family fun day is being hosted by Elevation Burger along with
Blanton Art Museum and Fergus’s Funhouse. The event is free to the
public and [...]
July 16, 2009
LifeWorks to Benefit from Toni Bravo’s Upcoming Production
LifeWorks’ own Brett Barnes will be performing in A Glimpse of Heaven With Eyes Closed at the Long Center. Before every production, Brett will give a short lecture on homelessness in austin. Part of the proceeds from the show will be donated to LifeWorks to help youth and families in crisis.
WHO: Toni Bravo’s Diverse Space Dance/Theatre and [...]
June 4, 2009
LifeWorks Photography Exhibit
George Brainard LifeWorks Photography Exhibit
George Brainard’s LifeWorks photographs are on exhibit through June 30 at the Oak Springs Branch of the Austin Public Library, 3101 Oak Springs Dr. The exhibit features selections from an ongoing series of portraits Brainard has taken of homeless youth. The exhibit is free and open to the public. To see examples of [...]
May 26, 2009
Transforming LifeWorks Transitional Living Shelter
Forget sleeping in on a Saturday! Over 30 volunteers from New York Life Insurance’s Long Term Care Division (LTCD) rallied together on Saturday, May 16th to transform LifeWorks Transitional Living Shelter.
Volunteers gathered at 8:30a.m. as the shelter’s residents were still sleeping. After a brief introduction by Brett Barnes, LifeWorks Director of Development, the transformation got [...]
