Finding Community: Receiving Support and Comfort
May 3rd, 2024
Lori Felan, age 75, has lived in her home in East Austin for nearly 50 years. While new superstores and developments have been built around her, she and her …
I was recently given the opportunity to help the iACT Hands on Housing Program. As an AmeriCorps volunteer with the Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, I spend most of …
This weekend Hands on Housing has the privilege of painting 8 homes in the Austin area. Erna Berry is one of our sweet homeowners who will …
Alb and Emma Brown are one of the lovely homeowners who will be in our Hands on Housing Spring Blitz event next month. I had the …
Mr. Ponce, (83 years young), was referred to us by Meals on Wheels when a case manager found his home with gaping holes in the exterior siding, and unwelcome …
Moving from being Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project to working in Hispanic ministry at St. James Episcopal Church in …
This article was written by iACT’s Outreach Specialist Alyssa Haney.
Willie Mae Brown has seen and done much and had many people in her life that spans nearly 94 years. But for this widow, and many other seniors, loneliness now …
Helen Miller has always been self-sufficient, but 11 years ago, an abscess on her spinal cord left her partially paralyzed and unable to work. This has forced her to support her large family—she is caregiver to five children—on just her …