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This fall, Life Is Better With Friends, founded by local mom and children's book author Birgit Sund, partnered with Book Drive for Kids, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing book ownership for children through free book fairs, community programs, and Pop‑Up Bookshops across the Austin area.

After learning about the incredible work Book Drive for Kids is doing in our community, Birgit decided to organize a book drive in support of their mission. As the author of My Friends and I, a friendship memory book for kids ages 5–12, she knows firsthand how much thought, heart, and creativity authors pour into their books and how passionate they are about supporting literacy and helping put great stories into the hands of young readers. With that in mind, she reached out to her community of children's book authors from across the nation and invited them to donate copies of their books.

The response was overwhelming, resulting in a fantastic collection of books for Austin-area children to discover, choose, and take home.

The holiday season is typically associated with joy, love, and generosity. However, for many children in foster care or residing in homeless shelters, this time serves as a stark reminder of the difficulties they face. It is in these moments that acts of kindness and generosity shine the brightest. 

Here is a list of local organizations that are looking for Holiday sponsors this year.

Each year, thousands tune in to the Wildflower Center’s live “owl cam” to watch Athena lay her eggs, incubate them, and (fingers crossed!) raise her owlets.

This year has been an emotional roller coaster. After laying two eggs in early March, the first owlet sadly didn’t make it. Then, as temperatures dropped, it looked like the second owlet hadn’t survived either — and Athena appeared to have abandoned the nest.

But then… a tiny miracle. A camera caught the slightest movement. The baby is alive!!

It's never too early to start thinking about summer camps. Especially when registration for some summer camps are already open or closing soon or when they're free.

Free camps? Yes, there is such a thing as free camps. We've done quite some research to find camps in and around Austin (up to a 4 hr radius) that are not a financial burden to families, especially families that already have enough to worry about.

Amplify Austin Day (March 4-5) is a Central Texas tradition. Since 2013, I Live Here I Give Here has been organizing this annual giving event. Amplify Austin Day has raised over $120 million for hundreds of local nonprofits across our 7-county region thanks to the power of collective giving. 

Through the platform AmplifyATX.org, people can discover new local nonprofits to support. With over 700 participating nonpofits, we know it’s not always easy to decide where to give. Luckily, AmplifyATX.org makes finding organizations simple! Each nonprofit is organized by a “cause category.” You can search different causes from animal care and the environment to education and children. Once you select the causes that mean most to your family, you’ll be given a list of matching nonprofits. 

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