Have you participated in one of our Community Service Projects or attended one of the Educational Events this year? If you haven’t, you’ve missed great opportunities to serve in our community and great opportunities to learn and enhance your knowledge and skills.
Del Randall chairs our Community Service Committee, and she and her committee have worked diligently to plan and coordinate outstanding community service projects this year. These projects provide you an opportunity to serve in our community on behalf of EWTG. Community service is a “volunteer” in action. An individual who participates in community service is volunteering their time, efforts, and skills and is also making a commitment to others who have a need or a mission. Time is a precious gift to give but giving from your heart in service to others makes you prosperous!
Volunteering at one of our EWTG community service projects helps keep you and EWTG connected with our community. You may never know how you have impacted someone’s life. Thank you, Del and your committee, for volunteering your time and efforts in planning opportunities for EWTG to make a difference in our community! Several community projects included:
· Capital Area Food Bank - In May and June, the EWTG Community Service Committee collected healthy, non-perishable food from EWTG members for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) to help provide meals to those in need.
· For the Children - For the Children is a volunteer-run organization where 100% of the donations go to purchase school supplies to place in the hands of Austin area elementary school children. In August, EWTG members helped to distribute much needed school supplies to designated elementary school representatives.
Mindy Eppler Wilkins chaired our Education Events Committee this year until she relocated to Oregon. Mindy and her committee planned a number of new and exciting educational events. EWTG educational events provide opportunities for members to learn about our history and community and to enhance their skills. Thank you, Mindy and your committee, for your time and efforts in planning new and exciting educational events! Several education events included:
· Ballet Austin Studio Spotlight - Members and guests enjoyed an informal tour that gave a behind-the-scenes look at choreography and elements from an upcoming production while it was still in the works.
· Texas Music Museum, Inc. - Take a walk through Texas Music History! Members and guests toured the Texas Music Museum here in Austin. The tour included two Texas music history exhibits – an extended Austin spotlight exhibit: "Contributions of East Austin African-American Musicians to Texas Music" and the "Tejano Music: Spotlight on Austin."
· Harry Ransom Center Tour - Members and guests participated in a guided tour of the Harry Ransom Center. The Ransom Center houses 36 million literary manuscripts, one million rare books, five million photographs, and more than 100,000 works of art on seven floors. The Center has a reading room for scholars and galleries which display rotating exhibitions of works and objects from the collections. The tour included the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed from movable type on a printing press and the exhibit, "The King James Bible: Its History and Influence.”
· Story Circle Network - “Getting to Know Ourselves: The Power of Story.” This event, a mini-writing workshop, provided members an opportunity to hear Jeanne Guy, who, after a successful 25-year career in office management and business development, re-storied her life and uses her experience and insight to inspire others to write their stories.
Thank you Community Service and Educational Events Committees!
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