Community Engagement Initiative
The Community Engagement Initiative, presented by United Way Capital Area and Hands On Central Texas is a new and innovative approach that brings people together to address our community’s most critical issues. Our goal is to have a diverse community of engaged volunteers doing meaningful, hands on community work.
By 2010, United Way Capital Area & Hands On Central Texas aims to:
- Engage 100,000 Central Texans in solving our community’s most pressing issues
- Recruit and train 100 Public Innovators
- Recruit and train 300 Volunteer Project Leaders
Community Engagement Blog
Get Involved.
Five ways to get involved in Central Texas now.
1
Invite a friend, neighbor, family member to attend a school board meeting with you.
2
Organize a book drive with your family, co-workers, school, club or faith community
3
Read to children in your family, at your library, or with a local non-profit engaged in child care or literacy.
4
Purchase school supplies for a local school to distribute to children who need them.
5
Enroll your child in a summer reading program at the local library.
