Community Relations Committee

2005 - The Year in Review

Your Community Relations Committee would like to give you a brief overview of the activities and contributions which ALA has been involved in this year. Our goal has been to give something back to our community with our time and money and to involve as many people as possible. Here are the projects and organizations we have helped to date:

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July
Austin Resource Center for the Homeless
operated by Front Steps
Briefcase Drive -
ALA donated 42 briefcases collected from our member law firms

August
Habitat for Humanity
Served lunch for Habitat workers

October
Habitat Blitz Build
Served dinner for Habitat workers who built a house in just 7 days

November
Habitat for Humanity Legal Build
ALA Community Challenge Weekend Project
Eleven ALA members, four business partners, one spouse of ALA member and two co-workers of ALA member for a total of 18 people spent a Saturday working on two houses, one of which was the Legal Build House In addition, we donated $500 for new gardening tools. We also gave the recipient family a housewarming gift of beautiful pottery dishes to enjoy in their new home.

December
Holiday Contributions
Contributed $500 to each of the following organizations:
- Salvation Army
- Austin Children's Shelter