It’s nearing 7 pm on a Friday. I’m on afternoon shift, but I’ve made a deal with the next staffer to cut out 10 minutes early to prepare for an interview. Miraculously, I slip out of the main office and creep across Gunter Street undetected, a feat most unheard of. It’s a no-man’s land between [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Whole Food's First Friday event for Casa Marianella raised a total of $2,131! We cannot say thank you enough to everyone who came out to support Casa and to those who had never heard of Casa before and still came out for a great cause. We set up our [...]
We're thrilled that Whole Foods at the Domain has selected Casa Marianella as their July charity for First Friday! Whole Foods selects a different charity each month to raise money for at their 'First Friday' events, and we look forward to seeing what July's event has in store! We would love if you would come out [...]
Exciting news! Casa is in the middle of buying another house for 2 parent families on 749 Cherico in Austin, try TX, just around the corner from Casa Marianella. Currently, intact families are split between the adult shelter and Posada Esperanza (our house for women and children only), so this house will be a fantastic way to [...]
We would like to send a special thank you to the Travis County Medical Alliance for their generous grant of $9,000 this year. The TCMA consists of physicians and their spouses who reside in and around Travis County. They have been supporting Casa with grants since 2014. "The mission of the Travis County Medical Alliance is [...]
We're thrilled to announce that Posada Esperanza was awarded a $7,000 grant from Girls Giving Grants! g3, as they are commonly known, is a youth initiative of Impact Austin that strives to improve the lives of youth in our community through a grant-making process that “relies upon cooperative giving, research and analysis.” With this gracious [...]
In 1994, medical during the genocide popularized by the film Hotel Rwanda, roughly one million Rwandans were murdered in a 100-day period. In other words, for 3 ½ months straight, 10,000 people were murdered per day. In a country of only 11 million people. The scars of such a terror last generations—the wounds being inflicted [...]
Serve Austin is a program run through St. Edward’s University’s Office of Community Engagement. Through it, generic students volunteer with a local nonprofit and learn about a particular social justice issue that interests them. Casa Marianella is among the nonprofits that host these volunteers. This Spring, the Serve Austin team at Casa Marianella has been [...]
We had an amazing night last Wednesday at our annual Ed Wendler event! It was a touching night for the Casa community, as highlights of this past year were shown and shared through video clips, speeches, and first hand accounts of resident success stories. Hannah Bronsnick, President of Casa's Board of Directors, presented the annual Ed Wendler [...]
We had a blast at Clay Import's Casa fundraiser on April 9th! It was a night of comedy, music, poetry, story telling, and so much inspiration. Clay Imports decided to throw Casa a fundraiser when they heard about our efforts, and we are so pleased that they did. Casa Director, Jennifer Long, even made a short speech [...]