Thank you for your donation and supporting the work of the Salvation Army through the 2020 Amplify Austin. This year we raised $31,335 through the generosity of 157 donors, allowing us to receive the entire matching grant from Carl C. and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation of $30,000. Your support during Amplify Austin makes a major impact on the lives of people who need it the most in our community.
Amplify Austin is our city’s annual community-wide day of online giving, with our community donating $12.3 million in 2020 for hundreds of nonprofits. This 24 hours period of online giving provides an easy and fun way for our entire community to give together while helping nonprofits.
We Shelter
Your donation will help support men, women, veterans and children who are experiencing homelessness in our community. The Salvation Army is the largest provided of shelter in Austin. We operate three shelters in Austin: the Downtown Shelter and Social Services Center (242-beds), the Austin Shelter for Women and Children (91-beds), and the newly opened Rathgeber Center for Families (212-beds).
We work with clients to link them to long-term housing opportunities. Clients, while they are working on their self-sufficiency goals with their assigned case manager, have the option of staying in residence between thirty to ninety days. We are here to help meet their needs so they can learn to meet their own. The services we provide are comprehensive and we work with every member of the family. We provide individual and family therapy as well as groups. We have outings and activities in the evening, and an onsite licensed teacher for tutoring and enrichment activities.
Because of your donation, you are a part of major impact on the lives of people in need in our community. There are so many stories of families (with children) and individuals who need help and turn to The Salvation Army of Austin for shelter. meals and other services.
We are all one crisis away from needing a helping hand. the people we serve are daughters, sons, mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, neighbors, teachers, business owners and friends that have experienced that crisis, and now they need the HAND UP that we can provide.
Our Mission
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.