{"id":40704,"date":"2016-10-03T16:15:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=40704"},"modified":"2016-10-04T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T14:21:18","slug":"riverbats-make-a-difference-oct-22-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/03\/riverbats-make-a-difference-oct-22-30\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Operation Riverbats&#8217; week of service begins Oct. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40707 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr.jpg\" alt=\"operriverbatsbanner_9394100990_lr\" width=\"1591\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr.jpg 1591w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr-768x131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr-1024x175.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/10\/OperRiverbatsBanner_9394100990_lr-150x26.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1591px) 100vw, 1591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Faculty, staff, and alumni: Register to participate on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givepulse.com\/group\/116015-Operation-Riverbats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Riverbats<\/a> webpage.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Austin Community College faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to spend a week giving back to their community as they connect with fellow Riverbats at the second annual Operation Riverbats October 22-30.<\/p>\n<p>Classes, organizations, friends, and individuals can share the Riverbat spirit through more than 80 volunteer opportunities with more than <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/sl\/riverbat-pride\/operation-riverbats\/\">40 organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In its inaugural year, Operation Riverbats volunteers spent two days boxing meals for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalareafoodbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital Area Food Bank of Texas<\/a>, preparing lunches at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caritasofaustin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caritas of Austin<\/a>, leading a game hour at the <a href=\"http:\/\/frontsteps.org\/what-we-do\/arch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Resource Center for the Homeless<\/a>, and sharing dinner and activities with families and children through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationhomeless.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for the Homeless<\/a>. This year, Operation Riverbats has been expanded to give the ACC community more opportunities to help their neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Heather Campbell, Student Life coordinator, at 512-223-6264 or email volunteer@austincc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty, staff, and alumni: Register to participate on the Operation Riverbats webpage. 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