Cutter, a well-loved former Casa ESL teacher, recently left Texas for 2 years to travel to Colombia with the Peace Corps. We are very proud of Cutter and the positive change he is making in our world. Our ESL Coordinator asked Cutter a few questions about his experience volunteering at Casa Marianella, and we are pleased [...]
Casa Marianella runs on the kindness of our volunteers. There are many volunteer opportunities at Casa allowing for a variety of programs with very flexible hours. Food shifts are one of the many opportunities to help out at Casa. Last Saturday, members of Texas Wesley were kind enough to serve lunch to our residents. They [...]
ESL Students Share Their Stories and Talents! We were so impressed with the amazing stories, photos and talents shared by our residents, ESL students and members of the Casa community- including a few of our ESL teachers and staff members! What we loved most was seeing the confidence exuded by our ESL students. For some [...]
At Casa Marianella, we're happy to discuss what it means for our residents to become 'self sufficient'. We use this term regularly to describe successful exits from Casa Marianella that lead to affordable housing and sufficient income. With the great city of Austin, TX becoming increasingly tough to find affordable housing in, our definition of affordable [...]
Bob Libal is the Executive Director at Grassroots Leadership, a wonderful Austin organization that works to help us obtain a more just and fair society where prison profiteering, mass incarceration, deportation and criminalization are no longer a reality. Casa Marianella and Grassroots Leadership have long enjoyed a friendly working relationship, and recently we spoke with Bob [...]
Are you happy the summer heat is subsiding a bit? We sure are! The Casa community had a wonderful time this past Sunday celebrating life, family, love, and hope at Convivio. We are so incredibly thankful for everyone's continuous support throughout Casa's history, and we look forward to many more wonderful Convivio celebrations to come. [...]
We had a blast at Convivio this past weekend, and it was such a joy to see so many members of the Casa community coming together to listen to some amazing Tejano music by Francisco Chávez and friends and enjoy delicious food provided to Casa by Aster's Ethiopian Restaurant. Some of our friends from the Hutto Visitation Group [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Whole Food's First Friday event for Casa Marianella raised a total of $2,131! We cannot say thank you enough to everyone who came out to support Casa and to those who had never heard of Casa before and still came out for a great cause. We set up our [...]
We're thrilled that Whole Foods at the Domain has selected Casa Marianella as their July charity for First Friday! Whole Foods selects a different charity each month to raise money for at their 'First Friday' events, and we look forward to seeing what July's event has in store! We would love if you would come out [...]
We had an amazing night last Wednesday at our annual Ed Wendler event! It was a touching night for the Casa community, as highlights of this past year were shown and shared through video clips, speeches, and first hand accounts of resident success stories. Hannah Bronsnick, President of Casa's Board of Directors, presented the annual Ed Wendler [...]