Quick Facts
2 months of Serving + 1 day of Celebration in East Austin.
2 months of service goes from Sept. 26 to Thanksgiving. HopeFest Celebration is on Oct. 26 from 9:30 am 3 pm.
HopeFest Celebration is at Reagan High School (click here for directions). Service area is 2 mile radius around Reagan in northeast Austin.
HopeFest is sponsored by churches and organizations all over Austin. To learn more, click here.
How to Help
We need:
We need:
1. Gently used children’s books
2. Gently used children’s clothing (ages 0-11)
3. New children’s bicycles
4. Used cribs and strollers (in good condition)
We are also looking for business partners and sponsors who can help with food or other donations for the HopeFest celebration.
e-mail hopefest@austin.rr.com
to arrange drop-off or make a donation.
1. Hundreds of volunteers are needed for the HopeFest celebration on Oct. 26.
2. We are looking for church groups to take on a service project in partnership with an east Austin church, school or other organization.
3. Join in one of the planned prayer walks in the service area.
For more info, go to the
“How to Volunteer” page.
Contact Us
You can get information about HopeFest ’13 or current volunteer opportunities by contacting us at
You can also contact one of the following facilitators:
Coordinator – Barbara Bucklin
261-3091
East Austin Coordinator – Allen Weeks
653-4935
Health & Dental- Julie Weeks
797-4847
Music Coordinator – Sabine Foster
905-5493
Volunteer Coordinators – David and Cyntreva Paige
918-809-2377
Hispanic Ministries – Marivel Reyes
293-2117
Prayer/Evangelism- Marivel Reyes
293-2117
Thanks to the many churches and volunteer groups who helped out with HopeFest ‘12:
Austin Baptist Association
Austin Bridge Builders Alliance
Austin Hispanic Ministerial Alliance
Austin Stone Community Church
Above Grounds
Agape Family of Churches
Christian Business Network
Christian Women”s Job Corps
College Heights Baptist Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Glad Tidings Church
Great Hills Baptist Church
Hill Country Bible Church
Hope Chapel
Hope in the City
Hungry for God
Iglesia El Shaddai
Lakeway Church
Luke 4:18 Ministries
Memorial Methodist Church
Messiah Lutheran Church
Mission Possible
Partners in Hope
PipStart
Promiseland Church
The Storehouse (Round Rock)
University Methodist Church
Victory Ministries
Westlake Bible Church
Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Wholly Committed Ministries
Young Life Urban
Our thanks also to the following agencies, non-profits, organizations and businesses that made HopeFest ’12 possible:
African-American Quality of Life Initiative
AmeriCorps
Amerigroup Corp.
Austin Area Dental Hygienist Society
Austin Community College
Austin Fire Department
Austin Police Department
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center
Austin Public Library
Austin Regional Clinic
Carousel Pediatrics/Orthodontics
Catholic Charities
Child, Inc.
City of Austin Child Safety Program
City of Austin Community Care Dept.
City of Austin Health and Human Services Dept.
City of Austin Maternal & Child Health Program
Consulate General of Mexico
The Dream Center
El Buen Samaritano
Family Connections
Fiesta Supermarket
Godsend Empowerment Academy
Huston-Tillotson Health Connection Project
Insure-a-Kid (Seton Family of Hospitals)
J.J. Pickle Elementary School
Joseph Nipper
Keep Austin Beautiful
Ornamental Iron
OSHA
Our Voices (Family Connections)
PAPA (Political Asylum Project)
Prevent Blindness
Reagan High School
SafeKids Austin Coalition
The Shepherd’s Guide
St. David’s Community Health Foundation
St. John Neighborhood Association
Seton Health Plan
Seton Human Resources
Superior Health Plan
Texas Access Alliance
Texas Communty Care
Texas Workforce Commission
Travis County Underage Drinking Project
Wells Fargo Bank
WIC
Worker’s Defense Project
