Come help HAMM!

HAAM Benefit Day, presented by Whole Foods Market, is a uniquely Austin event where businesses donate 5% of the day’s proceeds to HAAM to support musicians’ health. Musicians, most of whom are HAAM members, perform throughout the day at retail stores, outside stages, music venues and more. The event runs from 6am to well past midnight and community members are invited to shop, eat out, listen to great live music and enjoy!

HAAM uses more than 150 volunteers from the community to staff information tables at the businesses during the musical performances.  The volunteer informs the public about HAAM, our mission, and why we need their support.  Volunteers collect donations and pass out information. Volunteers attend one of two orientation sessions a few days before HAAM Benefit Day.

If you are interested in volunteering for HAAM Benefit Day on Tuesday October 4, please check out the open shifts on Volunteer Spot here: http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/3823456345325680114

Please also sign up for one of two brief orientation sessions (1hr or less) on the Sunday or Monday before, where you’ll get a free HAAM t-shirt, your donation box, and materials for your shift.

If you have questions or need more information, please contact Kristina Winters at kwinters@healthallianceforaustinmusicians.org.

Apps for Change – Help Green Ribbon Schools

Hey Gang!

Friend of the Blog Steve Amos pointed this cool Nokia (Yes! Nokia) contest out to us this weekend.

Can you help support Green Ribbon Schools when you get a second?

Steve writes: This app would integrate with the core features on www.greenribbonschools.org, allowing students and teachers to use their mobile phones to create projects, collaborate, capture media and publish the results of their many earth friendly and student health activities.

Mobile phones should not be left at the school doors, but rather embraced as a valuable tool in the process of learning and doing great things for the planet. With this app students could unite around a project, capture pictures and videos of their activities on the phone and then upload the files and build the publishable results pages right from their phone…providing  immediate unifying and inspiring action.

http://www.ideasproject.com/login.jspa — to register

http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/3866 – to vote for Green Ribbon Schools  – adding a comment on the importance to support educators with meaningful mobile apps, while helping our environment, will be super

http://ideasproject.com/community/challenges/apps_for_change – leader board

National Child Abuse Prevention Month – Spread the Word

The folks from CASA Travis County want you to know it’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. And that it isn’t as well-known as October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month or February’s National Heart Month and they want to change that.

This April they need your help to get the word out! To do so, they’re offering up a few ready-to-use messaging options for social media:

·         Head to our Facebook page to check out our new Share This app. There will be new messages rotating in every 3 days this month, and all you have to do is click to “donate a status” to the cause - http://www.facebook.com/casatravis?v=app_103890722979364

· For Twitter, blog post and Facebook notes, check out the April messaging template on our website – http://www.casatravis.org/messaging.aspx

· You can also change your profile images on Facebook, Twitter, etc to a blue ribbon – http://images.sodahead.com/slideshows/000003389/blue-ribbon-30564826701_xlarge.png

Hey Austin Dads!

Hey ATX daddies: Is there a special little princess in your life? Here’s the chance to give her that special night she’s always dreamed of- all dressed up, dancing with daddy, a King and a Fairy Godmother to go with it! Benefitting local non-profit, Wonders & Worries, The Wonder Ball is a highly anticipated community event that gives fathers and daughters a magical evening complete with dinner, dancing, a wish-granting Fairy Godmother, two balloon lagoons, face painting and much more. 

The Wonder Ball is held at Palmer Events Center on April 30^th from 5:30 to 9:30. Tickets are $100 for one father (or father-figure) and up to three daughters. You may purchase tickets or get more information at http://wondersandworries.org/wonderball.html. Also follow their blog site for the latest updates at http://www.wonderballdance.blogspot.com and see pictures from last year’s Ball at http://www.wonderballdance.com.

Wonders & Worries helps children cope when a parent faces serious or life-threatening illness. Their professional services are always provided free of charge to any member of the community, and are available in English and Spanish.