Archives: June 2009

Long live chocolate

By Amy | June 22, 2009

Three of my favorite syllables in the world: chocolate. It takes zero convincing to get me into a chocolate shop, so a visit to Viva Chocolato! is just made sweeter by the company’s commitment to give back to the community. They support Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Center for Child Protection, and they’ve raised $25,000 [...]

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Street corner advocacy

By Amy | June 2, 2009

I’ll never forget the first time I really thought about homelessness. It was during a monologue by a guy who’d worked with the homeless, describing the hardest part of their situation. “It’s not being hungry most of the time. It’s not sleeping outside when it’s freezing,” he said. “It’s being invisible.” So when Austin non-profit [...]

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