Support our Springs!

High on Austinist's list of things we love about this city are our countless lakes, springs, and rivers. Diving into Barton Springs is the perfect remedy for a scorching summer day, and in any season Town Lake provides the ideal backdrop for an early morning run. On a higher level, we feel that natural resources like these serve as the cornerstones of our outdoor community. Without them, we'd likely be as desolate and dry as, say, everywhere else in Texas. Consider just for a second Austin stripped of our hiking trails, swimming holes and green fields and you quickly see that we'd be giving up a significant part of our identity, as well. That's why we're happy to have the Save Our Springs Alliance, whose chief purpose is to protect these environmental resources (namely, the Edwards Aquifer, Barton Springs and the greater Hill Country region).

And they need your help. In order to help finance the organization and inform the public about their mission, they're holding a silent auction tomorrow at Jo's Coffee on South Congress. Taking a look at the list of auction items, we think it's clear that the local community has banded together to help these guys out. We're particularly keen on the handcrafted Czech glass and Swarovski crystal necklace (Mother's Day is coming up, folks. Be nice to your mom!). So don't bid against us.

Save Our Springs Silent Auction
Jo's Coffee, 1300 South Congress
Sunday, April 24th 11am-3pm