Daily Archives: 10/23/2009

(Community Matters) Today’s the Entrepreneurs Foundation’s Fall Service Day. We have 415 volunteers from 25 companies gathering at Zilker Park’s Rock Garden Picnic Area who will then fan out to the Botanical Gardens, Nature Preserve, the Nature & Science Center, the Pool and other areas of the park. They’ll log in over 2,500 volunteer hours (valued at over $50,000) today, on projects as diverse as thinning bamboo to creating a mosaic murals.

FSD ’08

Participating companies include Adlucent, Austin Ventures, Bazaarvoice, Boundless Network, Collider Media, Comerica Bank, Convio, CreditCards.com, Dell, DLA Piper*, Handmade Expressions, HomeAway, Manticore Technology, NVIDIA, Phurnace, PricewaterhouseCoopers*, QuickArrow, Sante Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, SiteStuff, Surgient, Thinkwell*, Troux Technologies, vcfo and Vinson & Elkins. Many thanks to our sponsors*

(Community Matters) It’s down to the wire – 48% to 48% in the campaign to overturn marriage in Maine. Supporters of LGBT equality can help by making remote calls. check out http://www.couragecampaign.org/CallForMaine

(Community Matters) Yesterday was historic, the first time ever fully inclusive legislation protecting members of America’s LGBT community passed Congress. On top of a terrific week when the President’s administration announced proposals for Housing and Urban Development to ensure its core housing programs are open to all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity AND that HHS will establish a national resource center to assist in providing services and support for older LGBT Americans.

Thank you Mr. President!