TRAVIS COUNTY
Food bank to make home deliveries
The Central Texas Food Bank has partnered with Austin Public Health’s neighborhood services unit and Amazon on a new home delivery program.
The program will provide families with children and adults ages 60 and older with a monthly box of healthy, shelf-stable groceries, delivered directly to their homes. Launched as a pilot program June 1, the service delivers a box with enough food for 25 meals.
All groceries are free, with Amazon donating delivery services through its Amazon Flex transportation network, which makes contactless deliveries directly to clients’ homes. Austin Public Health provides caseload management, screening and participant enrollment.
The program, running through the end of 2021, is open to Travis County households with children and households with adults ages 60 or older who are in need of food assistance and experiencing barriers to attending in-person food distributions. Participants will receive a recurring monthly food box with approximately 30 pounds of healthy shelf-stable groceries including oatmeal, pasta, corn flour, dried beans, canned protein and fruits, and vegetables delivered to their doorstep. The three partners hope to expand the program by extending food delivery to veterans and people with disabilities, and increasing the number of delivery days.
To determine eligibility and/or to enroll: centraltexasfoodbank.org/home-delivery-program.
Courtesy of Central Texas Food Bank
GEORGETOWN
Cast ballots for library sculptures
The Georgetown Public Library is inviting the public to cast ballots for the People’s Choice Award in its sculpture exhibit.
The show includes a People’s Choice Award decided by library visitors, who cast votes for their favorite three pieces out of the 78 pieces in the show. To cast a vote, people can pick up a ballot in the lobby and place it in the ballot box no later than 5 p.m. July 31. The sculptor of the piece with the most votes will be awarded the People’s Choice Award and a cash prize at a reception in the library on Aug. 15.
Prizes determined by this year’s exhibit juror, Graeme Durant, curatorial assistant at Umlauf Sculpture Garden + Museum, include first, second and third place and also three honorable mentions. These will be announced Aug. 15 with the People’s Voice and Librarian’s Choice awards. Prizes are funded by the city’s Arts and Culture Board.
The library will also host a sculpture demonstration featuring several of this year’s sculptors demonstrating various techniques and processes from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 11 in the library lobby, 402 W. Eighth St., Georgetown.
For more information: georgetown.org.
From news reports
WWII VETERANS’ BIRTHDAYS
World War II, Korean war and Vietnam war veteran Dean Caswell of Austin turned 99 on Saturday.
We print birthdays for World War II veterans from Central Texas on Sundays. Email the name, birth date and current hometown to [email protected].
