Season for Caring raises $1.3 million, but Austin families, nonprofits … – Austin American-Statesman

A new year. A fresh start.
This morning, the 11 featured families in the Statesman’s Season for Caring program start the year with new hope, new possibilities.
Since the American-Statesman launched its 24th year of Season for Caring over the Thanksgiving weekend, the community has come together to raise $1,194,825 in monetary donations and an additional $11,686 in in-kind goods and services. The $1,312,511 total is the third-most at this point in the campaign. It’s the sixth year the Statesman’s charity program has crossed the $1 million mark.
Since 1999, Season for Caring has donated $18.3 million to local nonprofit organizations to help featured families first, but then help thousands of other people throughout the year with such basic needs as rent, utilities, transportation, medical care and groceries.
The community got to these numbers by meeting the Sheth family’s $500,000 match, a $250,000 gift from Pat Munday, and numerous other monetary donations from $5 on up from individuals, families and groups of friends or co-workers.
Learn more:How to help families through the Statesman Season for Caring program
The giving doesn’t need to stop with the ball drop on New Year’s Eve. Money and in-kind donations collected through Jan. 31 will help the nonprofit agencies and families in the 2022 program.
Here are some of the help the donations have already given to this year’s featured families — and their lingering wishes that remain:
Find the daily coupon in print on Page 8E or go to statesman.com/seasonforcaring.
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