About us
Austin Acts of Kindness exists to help the local community... We show kindness by volunteering at charitable events, and also by educating the public, gathering resources, and raising funds.
There are plenty of groups to volunteer with... Why choose us?
• We work for a wide variety of causes - education, mental health, hunger, homelessness, the environment, and many more.
• We are independent - not associated with a specific company, religion, age, or marital status. If you leave your company, have a milestone birthday, or change your relationship, you are welcome with us.
Typically AAK partners with an established organization, and we provide staffing and community support for a specific event... Characteristics of our volunteer events:
• Benefits the public or a non-profit organization which helps the general community.
• One time events... There is not an ongoing commitment, although we often like to return.
• No special skills, training, tools, extensive orientation or background check is needed... On-line registration with the sponsoring organization and brief task-oriented training is typical.
• Can use a flexible number of volunteers... AAK cannot guarantee a specific turnout - unfortunately volunteers recruited via social media can be flaky. Don't be that person - Please honor your RSVP.
Check out our Calendar. We hope to meet you at an upcoming event!
Upcoming events
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Volunteer at It's My Park Day
Schieffer Tract, 3404 Hycreek Dr, Austin, TX 78723, USA, Austin, TX, USJoin us at Austin Parks Foundation's big volunteer event - It's My Park Day . Hundreds of volunteers will grab shovels and rakes, and work to improve parks and greenbelts throughout the city. There are dozens of events around Austin - choose one that's near and dear to you - or join up with us on one that needs lots of help - Schieffer Tract Wildflower Meadow .
We'll be picking up trash, moving rocks, installing fences, planting wildflower seed, and building strong community support for a deserving neighborhood park.
Volunteers MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE on the GivePulse website: https://www.givepulse.com/event/937184-schieffer-tract-wildflower-meadow
Bring / wear sturdy shoes and clothing, gloves, water bottle, sun protection. APF will have a variety of tools on hand. Children are welcome if supervised by their parents.
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Online Webinar: Managing Your Emotions
·OnlineOnlineAdvance registration needed - see below.
### Who’s in charge: you or your emotions?
We can’t stop difficult feelings from arriving - frustration, worry, anger and sadness are all part of being human. However, although we can't choose what we feel, we have more control than we realise over what happens next.
At this special event from Action for Happiness , leading emotion scientist Professor Ethan Kross will share insights from his bestselling book Shift. He’ll explore why some of the most powerful ways to change how we feel are outside our heads, and why building your toolkit in the calmer times means you’re ready when the storm hits.
Ethan will guide us through some of his favourite tools. These include coaching yourself through tough moments with distanced self-talk, finding the sights, sounds and tastes that reliably lift your mood, and working out who to turn to when you’re struggling. Whether you’re going through something big, or just the ups and downs of everyday life, this event will leave you with simple, science-backed tools you can use straight away.
### About the speaker
Ethan Kross is a professor at the University of Michigan, in both the Department of Psychology and the Ross School of Business, where he founded and directs the Emotion & Self-Control Laboratory. His research looks at how the conversations we have with ourselves shape our health, performance, decisions and relationships. It has been published in leading journals including Science and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Ethan is the two-time national bestselling author of Chatter and Shift, which have been translated into over 40 languages. His work has featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and Harvard Business Review, and on CBS, Good Morning America and NPR. He has also taken part in policy discussions at the White House.The event will be hosted by Dr Mark Williamson from Action for Happiness.
You MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE at https://actionforhappiness.org/managing-your-emotions . You will then be emailed instructions on how to join the Zoom webinar. The event is Live at 7 pm in London, which is 1 pm in Austin. A recording will be made available on the AFH website.
2 attendees
Volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul food pantry sorting
St. Vincent de Paul, 901 W Braker Ln, Austin, tx, USJoin up with United Way for Greater Austin volunteers to sort food shipments from the Central Texas Food Bank at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Central Texas. We will be unloading, sorting, stacking, and storing food as well as bag dry goods/produce. St. Vincent de Paul distributes 1300-1500 boxes of nutritious foods to their neighbors every Saturday, so it takes a lot of hands and hearts to get the food ready for distribution.
Volunteers must sign up in advance at https://volunteer.uwatx.org/opportunity/a0CPB00003FUkBQ2A1/monthly-food-pantry-sorting-at-st-vincent-de-paul .
You will be emailed further instructions closer to the event date.
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Past events
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