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The Big Give at KLRU Studios
In just two years, I Live Here, I Give Here has become an indispensable Austin institution …
Kim Miller Drummond and Karen Frost
As philanthropy reporter Andrea Ball has detailed, Patsy Woods Martin’s charity aggregator has demonstrated how to expand the circle of Austin donors. And its Web site is a crucial resource for the area’s top 300 or so nonprofits …
Andrea Rado and Emily Brown
So, despite the late hour, and six previous parties that Thursday night, I shot up to the University of Texas campus, found a lucky parking spot right in front of the Communications complex, and headed up to the sixth floor of the studio building for the Big Give …
Joshua Alcantar and Kelly Atkinson
Only a few dozen people remained. Volunteers were tidying up the remains of the silent auction. Valet parking dudes were finishing off the feed. But those who stayed at the KLRU “Austin City Limits” studio were transfixed by Austin’s own Elvis tribute band — Ted Roddy and the King Conjure Orchestra …
Will Hardeman and Caroline Collins
They danced and danced and danced, and the big band played as if hundreds were still in the room. Competing events? Who cared?
Brent Standefer and Melanie Burke
Meanwhile, Hospice Austin won a $10,000 charity competition (an increasingly popular way to spread the love). Without a doubt, Live/Give is here to stay.
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 11 of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 14 more posts to go.]
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