11:00am - ,
Support beautification efforts with donations
Volunteer your time to support neighborhood efforts
Attend monthly meetings with experts & local candidates
Volunteer Opportunities
Nothing from December 21, 2024 to December 27, 2024.
Committee Opportunities
Neighborhood Beautification Committee
Chair: Caro Dubois
Objective: To develop, implement, and support efforts that strive to improve the physical and aesthetic environment of NACA.
Activities:
- Regularly attend the monthly Street Clean-up
- Recruit volunteers to help with various beautification projects
- Lead a park clean-up, gardening, or weeding event
- Apply for a grant to beautify our community
- Bring your own ideas for how to make our neighborhood a more beautiful place
Time Commitment = 1-2 hours per month
Health, Safety, & Wellbeing Committee
Chair: Jennifer Smith-Gonnabathula
Objective: To ensure a safe, healthy, quality environment for all the residents of NACA
Activities:
- Deliver Criminal Trespass Authorization forms to businesses
- Plan safety presentations
- Bring your own ideas for how to make our neighborhood a safer, healthier place
Time Commitment = 1-3 hours per month
Membership Recruitment & Engagement Committee
Chair: VACANT
Objective: To identify and engage potential new members, as well as steward existing members, in the residential, business, and non-profit segments of our neighborhood.
Activities:
- Lead or participate in the spring door-to-door member recruitment campaign
- Host a neighborhood social at a local restaurant, brewery, or park
- Host a National Night Out event
- Connect with new members to introduce them to NACA and opportunities to get involved
- Contact businesses about becoming Business Members and/or Neighborhood Partners
- Bring your own ideas for how to engage our neighbors in NACA!
Time Commitment: 1-4 hours per month
Outreach & Communications Committee
Objective: To share NACA and community news and events, volunteer opportunities, and success stories with the neighborhood.
Activities:
- Manage the NACA Facebook page
- Update the NACA website
- Newsletter editor
- Write stories for the newsletter
- Post newsletters to website
Contact current newsletter editors Mark & Terri Grayson – [email protected]
Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per month
Voter & Civic Engagement Committee
Chair: VACANT
Objective: To share opportunities to register to vote and learn more about ballot measures through information and discussions.
Activities:
- Become deputized as a voter registrar
- Contact Caro Dubois to learn more – [email protected]
- Help plan a candidate forum
Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per month
General Opportunities
Other Ways to Get Involved:
Attend monthly NACA meetings, suggest membership project ideas, and suggest presentation ideas for monthly meetings.
Support local schools by attending their events, inviting their students and staff to attend our events, collaborate on community projects, volunteer as mentor, and more.
Become a member in community gardens at local schools or North Austin YMCA.
Promote NACA meetings with yard signs.
Plan community events to bring community together.
Coordinate funding opportunities for local efforts, i.e. improving Walnut Creek Library .
Partner with a local church or organization to assist low-income households.
Partner with Settlement Home to support children looking for their forever home.
Volunteer to hold a Battery Oil Paint and Antifreeze collection and bring the items to Austin Resource Recovery.
Volunteer as precinct chair if position is vacant.
Event Calendar
2
April
Project Connect Briefing presented by staff from the Austin Transit Partnership followed by commentary by D4 Council Member, Chito Vela. […]
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11
June
(Rundberg to Parkfield) – meet at Quail Creek Park near the water fountain and main playground.
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9
April
Join us for Keep Austin Beautiful Day, a city-wide day of service spanning 100+ sites in 31 zip codes in […]
08:30am - 1201 Payton Gin Road, Austin
Made up of community residents, businesses, and property owners, NACA has been working to improve our quality of life, keep members informed of vital neighborhood issues, and advocate for the common interests of NACA residents since 1972.