Ten years ago, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities awarded Casa Marianella its very first grant to provide medical case management, medical care, medical equipment, transportation and housing for 50 sick and injured homeless immigrants living in our shelter as well as health education classes for Casa Marianella residents and members of the immigrant community at-large. [...]
April was a great month for fundraisers, volunteering, and general love for Casa Marianella and our home for women and children, Posada Esperanza! Here is just a few of the organizations and people we would like to spotlight this month. José Maldonado José Maldonado caught our attention on Instagram - he is an avid crocheter who took [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Casa Marianella has received the permit we needed in order to build our new Casa Salaam house for immigrant families in need. The Casa Salaam property was bought last year by Casa Marianella to house two parent immigrant families, the first of its kind in Texas (likely in the [...]
Dylan Bladen of the Boy Scouts has generously collected 13 bikes, repaired them, and donated them to Casa Marianella as his Eagle Scout project. Casa Marianella would like to extend a sincere thank you to Dylan Bladen and the Boy Scouts for their generous donation to the Casa Bike Program. Residents of Casa who are [...]
We’re not too far away from #GivingTuesday (November 27), a harmonious global day of donating, fueled by social media and the power of the Internet! "As a global movement, #GivingTuesday unites countries around the world by sharing our capacity to care for and empower one another." This year, Casa is participating again, and we could [...]
We are thrilled to announce that we are launching a new Hosting Program in October, which is open to residents of the Austin community! Our Hosting Program is an extension of our current residential program at Casa Marianella. We are asking Austinites to open their homes to 1-2 residents for 3 months after they have [...]
We spoke with one of our wonderful ESL teachers, Camille, about her extensive involvement with Casa Marianella and what she has gained from teaching and interacting with people from all walks of life. What first prompted you to start teaching ESL? I was told about how refugees come from very bad situations in their home [...]
The Power of Community Thank you to everyone who came out to support our efforts to clean up the backyard of Casa Salaam - our newest home for two-parent immigrant families. It has been a long road, but Casa Salaam is finally open to immigrant families, with our first family already moved in. Casa Salaam, [...]
Cutter, a well-loved former Casa ESL teacher, recently left Texas for 2 years to travel to Colombia with the Peace Corps. We are very proud of Cutter and the positive change he is making in our world. Our ESL Coordinator asked Cutter a few questions about his experience volunteering at Casa Marianella, and we are pleased [...]
We are proud to announce that Amy Knop-Narbutis, a 6-year Casa ESL teacher, has been selected for Leadership Austin's Emerge program! This inspiring program provides leadership training and collaboration opportunities for emerging community leaders in Greater Austin. In 1979 Leadership Austin was founded—by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce (GACC)—with the mission of providing leadership [...]