Save the Date: Friday, August 2
Mark your calendars! Join us on Friday, August 2 from 5 – 7pm at the Turner-Roberts Multipurpose Center for the Colony Park Back to School Bash.
This summer, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, Colony Park Neighborhood Association and partners will be planning a fun-filled event to help families get ready for the 2019–2020 school year. This will be a great event you don't want to miss!
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Get Care Near You
CommUnityCare Health Center is offering free health screenings, resource information and eligibility services for health coverage:
June 3, 14, and 17
9:00am–1:00pm
Barbara Jordan Elementary School
6711 Johnny Morris Road
Austin, Texas 78724
Information for our Ramp-Up Schedule can be found here.
This Ramp-Up Schedule is to notify residents the "clinic on wheels" is rolling into Colony Park soon. Starting June 24, CommUnity Care will offer primary care, preventive care, vaccines, and lab services inside a mobile clinic–recently purchased by Central Health. The forty-foot clinic features built-in exam rooms, a lab, and a waiting area that can seat up to four people.
To schedule an appointment for primary care services, patients should call (512) 978-8760. For a detailed schedule, please view the flyer here.
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Let's Celebrate
In celebration of National Homeownership Month, BCL of Texas is hosting a Home Buyer Fair.
Saturday, June 1
9:00am–1:00pm
Gus Garcia Recreation Center
1201 E. Rundberg Ln
Austin, Texas 78753
The event will include a virtual reality home tour, kids' activities, prize drawings, and free lunch for the first 150 attendees. Families will have the opportunity to visit with real estate agents, loan officers, down payment assistance providers, homeownership counselors, and home inspection providers. No matter where you're at on your journey to homeownership this event will help.
Register here!
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Yum!
Austin ISD is offering free breakfast and lunch meals during the summer:
June 3 – August 9
Time: Vary
Location: Vary
*For more information, please click here.
Children need nutritious meals to learn, grow and thrive—even when school is out. Through the Summer Food Service Program, AISD will serve free breakfast and lunch to local children and teens ages 18 and younger, regardless of economic status. Participants will enjoy a nutritious meal without any registration or identification requirements. Kids simply show up at a participating site to receive a healthy meal.
Austin ISD will be closed from July 1–5, 2019, meals will not be served at schools during this time.
Click here to view a map of Austin ISD Summer Meals sites.
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Lights, Camera, Action
During the summer, Mobile Loaves & Fishes invites you to free movie nights at Community First! Village. Bring your family and friends to enjoy a special screening and don't forget to grab your chairs and a blanket! While there, you can explore Community First! Village and enjoy your favorite movie snacks from the Community Grille. Movies begin at full dark and/or approximately an hour after event start time, depending on the season.
When: Every Friday
Community First! Village
9301 Hog Eye Road, Suite 950
Austin, TX 78724
For more information on the Community Cinema, click here.
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It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
The Austin Public Library is your free ticket to fun activities from June through August. You can also join the Summer Reading Program.
- Pick up a reading log at the Library or download and print one.
- For every 20 minutes you read, color in a section. Or if you prefer, list your books on the back.
- Return your completed log to any of the Austin Public Library's (21) locations between July and August, 2019.
University Hills Library
4721 Loyola Lane
Austin, TX 78723
For more information on the University Hills Library activities, please visit here.
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Fun, Fun, Fun!
Dotti Jordan Recreation Center still has space open in their Summer Teen Camp!
Please visit Austin Parks and Recreation Department website for more information and opportunities for the summer.
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