Last year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas (BBBS-CT) provided over 82,000 hours of mentoring to 1,588 children in Travis, Williamson, McLennan and Brazos counties. This year, they've teamed up with the Neighborhood Longhorns Program (NLP), and are currently recruiting and pairing UT students with children at AISD elementary schools for a one-on-one mentoring relationship. Volunteers are needed to provide educational and social support through mentoring and tutoring for kids ranging from 6 to......

We like pizza. We also like carnivals. We hate clowns, but that is entirely our issue. Anyway, Home Slice Pizza will celebrate their one-year anniversary this Saturday with a big honkin' carnival from 12-5pm and will donate the proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas. According to the Home Slicers, you can expect: -An old school pizza eating contest for one full year of free Home Slice pizza. -An amazing display of......

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering one-on-one mentoring relationships for children throughout Travis, Williamson, McLennan and Brazos Counties, was recently awarded a contract for $50,000 to provide services specifically for children in the 78744 zip code. Under the "Youth of Promise Community Youth Development" contract and partnered with Palm Elementary, BBBS seeks to match 75 adult mentors with youths in the 78744, an area that's been shown to......

This Saturday, our preferred HQ, Progress Coffee is throwing an Indie-pop dance party with DJ Mel, Household Names, Go Nova, Black Before Red and Benko. We're really looking forward to dancing in the streets at this one, and we love that they have added that "Pink attire is suggested." We rise to any occasion that we can sport our pink threads which will go splendidly with Progress's bubble machine and pink lights. Beer and......