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2011 PUBLIC DONATION LOCATIONS
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Donations
Travis County Brown Santa depends on the generosity of individuals, groups and businesses in the community, like you, to provide items for people in need and those that are less fortunate than others. Since 1981, Travis County Brown Santa has helped thousands of people with more than half of those being children.
We accept all non-perishable food items in unopened containers. Some of the main items that are needed for every food box are; corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, instant potatoes, stuffing mix, cake mix and cake icing and a bag of sugar.
Donations can be brought to the warehouse located at 2400 Grand Ave. Pkway, Suite 106, starting Monday November 14th - December 19, hours of operation will be Mon-Thurs 12p-8pm, Fri/Sat 9a-7p and Sundays 12p-7p. Please do not leave monetary donations in the barrels. Monetary donations need to be brought to the warehouse or mailed to the PO Box. If you can not bring donations to the warehouse, the following are public donation sites:
2011 Public Donation Barrel Locations:
HEB's in Travis County- Nov. 28-Dec 20, 2011
Great Clips- 4477 S Lamar Ste. 550 (bring a new unwrapped toy get 2 dollars off a hair cut, hours of operation M-F 9a-9p, Sat 9a-7p, Sun 11a-6p)
Half Price Books, 2929 S. Lamar, US Hwy 183 & Anderson Mill, 2500 W. Parmer Lane, 5555 N. Lamar B105, (10a-9p)
All Travis County Offices/Buildings , (Nov. 28-Dec 14, 2011)
Travis County Sheriff's Office, 5555 Airport Blvd (Mon-Fri 8a-5p,
Moore Chiropractic ,(8301 Shoal Creek Blvd, Mon,Wed & Thurs 9a-1p & 3p-6p, Tues 9a-1p, Fri 9a-12p)
C-Bar Volunteer Fire Dept, 353 S Commons Ford Road
Steiner Ranch HOA, 12550 Country Trails Lane
Rae's Candy Store, 7708 Lohmans Ford Road, Ste. 105 (Mon-Sat 10a-8p)
Wells Branch Mudd Office, (3000 Shoreline Drive, M-F 6a-10p & Sat-Sun 1p-8p)
Westlake Fire Department, 1295 S. Capital Texas Hwy
Travis County Fire Rescue #2, 4010 FM 1327
Travis County Fire Rescue #1, 9019 Elroy Road
Cindy's Gone Hog Wild Bar & Grill, 5496 State Hwy 71 E
Anderson Mill Tavern, 10401 Anderson Mill (Sun 12p-2a, M-Sat 11a-2a)
Westwood Apartment Complex, 12403 Mellow Meadow Drive (Mon-Fri 9a-6p, Sat 10a-2p)
Travis County Credit Union, 1101 N IH 35 (M-F 830a-430p)
The Oasis, 6550 Comanche Trail (Sun-Thur 11a-9p,Fri/Sat 11a-10p)
Jonestown Police Department, 18304 North Park Dr
Regions Bank, 18643 FM 1431
Dollar General Store, 6600 FM 969 (Sun-Sat 8a-9p)
Dollar General Store, 4800 Ross Rd (Sun-Sat 7a-10p)
Capital Protection & Investigations, 15803 Windermere Drive #301 (9a-6p)
Rick's Cleaners, 8400 Brodie Lane Ste. 101 (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 600 W. William Cannon (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 13011 Shops Pkway, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 12218 fm 620 N #101, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 11126 Jollyville, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 5324 Cameron Road, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 7435 Burnet Road, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 4005 W Parmer Lane, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 13492 N US 183, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Rick's Cleaners, 3652 Bee Caves, (M-F 7a-7p, Sat 8a-5p)
Capital Cleaners, 2100 W William Cannon #A (M-F 7a-6p, Sat 8a-1p)
Capital Cleaners, 1202 FM 685 #B2 (M-F 7a-6p, Sat 8a-1p)
Capital Cleaners, 1408 S. 1st St (M-F 7a-6p, Sat 8a-1p)
Capital Cleaners, 512 W. Stassney Lane #116 (M-F 7a-6p, Sat 8a-1p)
Rollingwood Police Dept., 403 Nixon Drive
Body Business Fitness, 2700 W Anderson Lane #802
Cowboy Harley Davidson, 10917 S IH 35
Keller Williams Realty, 1335 E. Whitestone Blvd., Suite Z-200 (Mon-Fri 8a-5p)
Texas Custom Choppers, 2203 FM 620 N (Tues-Fri 9a-6p, Sat 9a-4p)
Atomic Tattoo & Piercing, 6028 N IH 35 (11a-1a)
Atomic Tattoo & Piercing, 13686 US 183 N (11a-1a)
Atomic Tattoo & Piercing, 309 W. MLK Jr Blvd (11a-1a)
Atomic Tattoo & Piercing, 5533 Burnet Road (11a-1a)
Old School Grill, 6301 W. Parmer Lane Ste. 601 (Sun 11a-9p, M-Thurs 11a-10p, Fri & Sat 11a-12a)
Four Points Family Chiropractic, 6618 Sitio Del Rio Blvd, Bldg 1, Ste 101 (Mon-Fri 7a-1p)
***PLEASE DO NOT place large donations in the bins at the public drop offs. Large donations need to be brought to the warehouse, if you do not have a way to bring a large donation to the warehouse please call 247-2682 and we will see what we can do to help.
Brown Santa gives toys to each child in the family from age 0 -14 boys and girls. Donations of books, puzzles, stuffed animals, new toys are needed for every age group. The ages that are less donated for are infants to toddlers (0-2) and 10-14 boys and girls.
Suggested donations for the older kids could be:
Wallets, electronics, bath gift sets, baske balls, footballs, soccer balls, purses, curling irons, hair dryers, hair straightners, ball caps, sock caps, hat and gloves sets, mittens, board games,etc.
Suggested donations for infants to toddlers could be:
Receiving blankets, bottle sets, teethers, rattlers, stackable rings , diapers & wipes, onesies, etc.
All donations need to be new and unwrapped. We do accept very gently used toys if all pieces are present and are in excellent shape.
Making Financial Donations:
Travis County Brown Santa also accepts monetary donations. All monetary donations assist in the purchase of turkeys and items not donated to complete toy and food boxes, overhead costs and assisting in expanding of our services.
This year Brown Santa is going to assist over 2000 familys which will be over 15,000 children and over 20,000 total people. Brown Santa also provides the familys a turkey and a complete Christmas dinner, which costs about $25.00 per family, this year Brown Santa needs to raise approximately $50,000.00 to cover the costs for these familys, who otherwise will not have a Christmas. Brown Santa is a 501 C 3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductable.
Your convenient options to make monetary donations are as follows:
You may mail your tax deductible donations to:
Travis County Brown Santa
PO Box 207
Austin, TX. 78767-0207
OR:
Use DONATE button below to make your secure on line donations through Pay Pal. You DO NOT have to have a PayPal account to make a donation through Pay pal. Once you click the donate button you will be taken to the PayPay website and read the instructions on how to proceed without having a PayPal account. It is a quick and easy process and you will be asked for an email address so that you can be sent a receipt for you donation. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES.
If you have any questions reference a donation please call Brown Santa at 24-SANTA (247-2682).
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