AUSTIN YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
AYLA Community Service Days 2021-2022
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he Austin Young Lawyers Association Community Service Days Committee kicked off the 2021-22 year volunteering their time at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Green Corn Project, and We Are Blood. LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER On Aug. 28, 2021, AYLA volunteers showed up to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Founded in part by Lady Bird Johnson in 1982, the center promotes its mission to inspire the conservation of native plants through its internationally recognized sustainable gardens, education, outreach programs, and research projects. Volunteers showed up bright and early to beat the summer heat to help clear out weeds and spread mulch in the family garden area. Not only did AYLA members volunteer their time, they also got to learn about native plants, bugs, and the different areas of the Wildflower Center. GREEN CORN PROJECT On Saturday, Sept. 25, the Community Service Days Committee was happy to volunteer with the Green Corn Project for one of their dig-in volunteer opportuni-
ties. The Green Corn Project’s purpose is to educate and assist Central Texans in building organic food gardens so that they can have access to nutritious, affordable food. For this dig-in, volunteers helped clean the garden at Rosewood Elementary School and prepare the soil for the students to plant vegetables this fall. WE ARE BLOOD The October Community Service Days event supported the local blood bank, We Are Blood, on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. The We Are Blood Bus parked in front CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: We Are Blood AYLA volunteers: (from left) Blair Leake and Ryan of Hilgers House for Malsbary; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center AYLA volunteers: Callie Haley, Jenna Malsbary, Amy donors to hop on, doBefield, Blair Leake, and Emily Morris; Green Corn Project community volunteers and AYLA volunteers Meghan Kempf, Allison Fink, Wendy Rodriguez, and Jenna and Ryan Malsbary; The We Are Blood nate, and go enjoy the truck arrives, ready for AYLA volunteers to donate much-needed blood. rest of their Saturday. AYLA and Austin Bar members, friends, and family needed. AYLA hopes to have the dinate for the 2022 MLK Day of who were eligible signed up We Are Blood mobile bus back at Service, or have ideas for one of to donate blood and help save Hilgers in January 2022 as part the monthly service volunteer lives. We Are Blood not only of the Twelfth Annual MLK Day events, please email Debbie Kelly AUSTIN LAWYER provides blood to Central Texans, AL AL of Service. at debbie@austinbar.org. but also helps when there are If you would like to join natural disasters or emergencies the Community Service Days nationwide and donations are Committee, help plan and coor-
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