DRIPPING SPRINGS — Project Elf has been aiding community members in Dripping Springs for nearly four decades and this year, with more than 400 children to deliver gifts to, is no different. The Christmas program is part of Helping Hands, a nonprofit that began in 1986. Primarily a food pantry, the o...

AUSTIN -- St. David's Foundation announced two new funding opportunities to support organizations engaging in fostering healthier communities and increasing access to health care in Central Texas. The Community Driven Change and We All Benefit open calls will provide one-time, unrestricted grants to...

More than 100 Dripping Springs High School students and their mothers spent Saturday, Jan. 20, building 36 beds for Austin area children who do not have one of their own. The Young Men’s Service League of Dripping Springs has partnered with the nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build bunk beds an...

WIMBERLEY — For more than 30 years, Wimberley Crisis Bread Basket has been committed to helping neighbors by providing food and encouragement. The idea started back in 1986, when it was registered as a 501(c)(3) organization called Crisis Breadbasket. To help address food insecurity in the Wimberley...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — Books are meant to be shared. This is a motto that Dripping Springs High School junior Ramsey Hutton decided to encompass when she organized the Austin-based nonprofit Books for L.O.V.E, which ensures equal access to books for every kid. Books for L.O.V.E, Literac...

Hays County offers many volunteering options throughout the area to those who wish to give back to their community. Whether it’s donating food, helping to make sure a child is fed and protected or finding a forever home for our four-legged friends, residents in Hays County will find no shortage of o...