Austin Street Center

Our new shuttle = more free rides for the homeless in our community!! THANK YOU H-E-B and North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) for funding our new wheelchair-accessible shuttle that expands our Connector Project and provides transportation to #unsheltered individuals. Those receiving rides are taken to locations such Parkland Health Hospital, the Social Security office, The Salvation Army, and other organizations that assist with housing, employment, and so much more. By having transportation to these services, vulnerable individuals receive the help they need to get back on their feet. Also, shoutout to other longstanding partners of the Connector Project: City of Dallas, OurCalling, The Stewpot, DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) - thanks for making this program possible! #grateful #dallas #philanthropy #nonprofit #socialimpact

🕺🏽Party for a Purpose at our 10th Annual Spring Event – No Place Like Home 🕺🏽 Tickets and sponsorships are NOW available for this exciting evening! Don’t miss Austin Street's annual cocktail party with special bites & sips, live entertainment, and a silent auction featuring unique experiences – all supporting our mission to provide safe shelter and basic needs for the #homeless 🎟️ What: Purchase your sponsorship or tickets at: https://shorturl.at/bw9Vy 🗓️ When: Thursday, May 8 | 5:30 – 8:30pm 📍Where: 2616 Commerce Event Center, Dallas, TX ❓Why: This event helps raise funds so that Austin Street can continue to help break the cycle of homelessness for our unsheltered clients. Thank you to last year's Presenting, Housing, Evening, and Shelter level sponsors: - The Addy Foundation - H-E-B - Magic Mind - Nancy Ann & Ray Hunt - Alison Doherty - KBC Advisors - Michelle McArtor - Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dominium - Ashlee Kleinert & Chris Kleinert - Frank Mihalopolous - Rod Washington & Cheryl Washington - CenterPoint Properties - Highland Park Presbyterian Church - Southwest Airlines #dallas #event #fundraiser #support #nonprofit #philanthropy

🚨 DFW, our community’s homeless population needs your help this week 🚨 Austin Street has been working tirelessly to manage Temporary Shelters across the city and also on our own campus. This week, we’re continuing to operate several safe places for unsheltered individuals and we have URGENT needs. Please turn to your organizations, civic groups, and friends to help our shelter with: • BLANKETS to keep our clients warm as wind chills will be down to single digits soon. Please drop off at 2929 Hickory St. Dallas, TX • SNACK PACKS are needed to offer guests with protein-packed sustenance. Donate what you can at: https://shorturl.at/Bd3y9 • ONLINE DONATIONS go a long way and help us provide resources that will continue to save lives. Give at: https://lnkd.in/gFmdD893 • OTHER ITEMS such as sweat pants, hygiene items, socks, and more can be delivered to us via our Amazon Wishlist at: https://shorturl.at/XgOhC • VOLUNTEERS are essential to completing this work. Help check clients in, pass out meals, and connect with neighbors to make them feel seen & heard! Sign up at: https://shorturl.at/tXmuf Please let us know if you can extend help in any of the above ways – we are counting on your compassionate hearts to keep our winter shelters running 💛 #winter #dallas #dfw #giveback #support #nonprofit #philanthropy

Our clients have full hearts & tummies thanks to the American Airlines 2nd Annual PB&J Sandwich Drive! At the end of January, the Indian Employee Business Resource Group (IEBRG) at American Airlines celebrated the New Year and 76th Indian Republic Day by giving back to Dallas’ homeless community. With coordination from Charities2Love, volunteers from across American Airlines worked together to prepare 1,350 sandwiches AND wrote notes of encouragement & #kindness for Austin Street clients. We're grateful for this group of changemakers who are making a meaningful difference one sandwich at a time! #community #dallas #volunteering #givingback #nonprofit #makingadifference

Thankful for the #partnership of the Dallas Mavericks & Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers who hosted the annual Winter Warm Up at our shelter! These two organizations have partnered with Austin Street for many years to make sure our residents have a warm coat and special meal during the cold season. This weekend, the Mavs brought 260+ coats and had player PJ Washington, members of the D-Town dance crew, and a few ManiAACs at the shelter to pass out much-needed winter gear to our clients💙 After receiving coats, residents were treated to a Raising Cane's meal and the Mavs organization helped serve. Our neighbors were so grateful for their jackets, tasty tenders, and an overall exciting afternoon! #dallas #partnership #nonprofit #community #givingback #philanthropy

We Sheltered People AND Pets from the Winter Weather!🐶🐈🦎 Austin Street is grateful for Dallas Animal Services & SPCA of Texas who helped us shelter dogs, cats, and reptiles while our Temporary Winter Shelter was open over the past 2 weeks. Our #partnership ensured that the pets of our guests were well taken care of and they provided: 💦 pet food & water ✨ clean kennels and enclosures 🐕 plenty of exercise & health care 💞 lots of love! We recognize that lack of space for animals can be a barrier for guests seeking shelter from the streets, so we’re happy to accommodate individuals AND their companions! #collaboration #dallas #northtexas #winterweather #nonprofit

We asked & #Dallas donated!! 🤩🥹🫶🏽 When our Temporary Winter Shelter opened last week, we needed help providing basic necessities to our guests, and the outpouring of donations was miraculous. With help from volunteers and team member Candace (pictured above!) hundreds of donations were collected, opened, counted, and dispersed. During the winter storm last week, we received: 💕 Over 6000 feminine care products 🫧 3000 tide pods 🩲 1600 pairs of underwear 🧼 900 bars of soap ☃️ 750 blankets 👖 650 sweatpants 🧖🏽♀️ 520 bath towels 🧥 320 coats 🫶🏽 and more! We're beyond grateful for all support, and we can’t thank everyone enough. As more alarming weather approaches this week, we hope these items will carry us through this next winter storm. Comment if you or your organization wish to get involved during this next cold spell! #winterweather #northtexas #donations #nonprofit

🚨 Important Update: Austin Street has opened a temporary shelter on our campus to provide care for vulnerable individuals as DFW experiences dangerous weather🚨 In partnership with the City of Dallas, OurCalling, and other local organizations, our temporary inclement weather shelter will provide refuge for more than 350 individuals daily and offers a shuttle network, medical care, 3 meals a day, and more. Want to help our unsheltered neighbors? • To #volunteer, sign up at: https://bit.ly/405fRS6 • To #donate to these lifesaving efforts visit: https://bit.ly/40anIOl • To #purchase items from our Amazon Urgent Needs Wishlist head to: https://amzn.to/3W9xTS0 Please share this post out into the community and help us #savelives 💙 #dallas #winterweather #northtexas #nonprofit #winterstorm #shelter

Intake is open at the temporary inclement weather shelter at Fair Park - Grand Place and the Austin Street team is ready to serve our unsheltered neighbors through the freezing cold temps ❄️ Want to help? Make a monetary or in-kind donation: austinstreet.org/weather Sign up for volunteer opportunities: https://lnkd.in/gN3NZrNY

This story will fill you with warm & fuzzy feelings 🥹 Aditya I. is a Plano teenager who’s volunteered at Austin Street for 6 years by serving meals to our homeless neighbors. Aditya is now taking his kindness a step further and will run the BMW Dallas #Marathon to raise funds for our shelter and help provide necessities for those less fortunate. He’s an inspiration to other young volunteers and we're grateful for his commitment to giving back! 👏🏽 Aditya has almost $1000 raised for Austin Street Center – if you’d like to help out, visit his GoFundMe page at: https://lnkd.in/gwM7eQKc #youth #dallas #nonprofit #goodnews #helpothers #volunteer