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10 Great Moments from 2021

You—our advocates, volunteers, donors, and friends—have made 2021 another year to remember. Family Eldercare staff spent an estimated 150,000 hours making meaningful connections with the 10,000 people we serve. As 2021 winds down, let’s celebrate some of the top moments you helped make possible.

  1. In February, amidst power outages and devastation, Family Eldercare employees and volunteers made thousands of safety checks-in calls and visits and distributed 1365+ donated meals for our clients during the dangerous Winter Storm Uri. Watch our Thank you video here.
  2. In March, we celebrated eleven honorees during our first ever Virtual Event-80 Over Eighty 2021. Because of the winter storm, we converted our in-person event to a virtual one. Watch the video or visit the Honoree Story & Photo Gallery here.
  3. In April, we celebrated the rights restoration of Michael who had been under our guardianship for many years. Read more about Michael’s journey here.
  4. In May, because of the generosity of donors from around the country, we established our Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Relief Fund. Read more about our efforts here.
  5. The Summer Fan Drive impacted 10,300 Central Texans in 15 urban and rural counties. Meet Connie and Cheryl who we met along the way.
  6. This Fall, thanks to the St. David’s Foundation, we expanded our partnership with Community First! Village to provide aging services to older residents recovering from homelessness.
  7. In September, we announced our initiative to build deeply affordable housing for older adults through a county-wide collaboration. Read more about it here.
  8. In October, through the efforts of our Financial and Housing Stability team, we secured benefits for 600+ older Central Texans with a value of benefits for our clients totaling 2.3 million dollars. Read more about our efforts to keep older adults stably housed.
  9. In November, it became official that our wonderful client Cheryl—who we met during the Summer Fan Drive–would be featured by the Austin American Statesman’s Season for Caring campaign. Read her Statesman profile here and an update here.
  10. So far this year, our Rapid Re-Housing team has housed 145 members of our community who were experiencing homelessness. Read more about Rapid Re-Housing here and here.
Left to right: Delivering groceries during winters storm check-in; Michael staring his rights restoration journey; our team at Community First! Village
L to R: Delivering groceries during winters storm check-in; Michael staring his rights restoration journey; our team at Community First! Village

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