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Our friend and neighbor, Shorty, wears many different hats in his active life. Shorty is a veteran, a gardener, a groundskeeper and a volunteer leader. He is even sometimes referred to as the Village “Sheriff,” but in his decade of living at Community First! Village, he is best known for being [...]

Give Now For more than 10 years, we have partnered with you to lift our neighbors off the streets and into community and home in Community First! Village. During this time, you have consistently demonstrated that you know what it means to love your neighbor. Because of you, our Village neighbors [...]

When you drive around Austin and look underneath our bridges and on our street corners, you can’t help but see our homeless neighbors struggling to survive. For many people, seeing this may feel like a hopeless situation. Yet when you come out to Community First! Village, and see our formerly homeless neighbors [...]

Please watch this short video to hear more about the many ways you helped provide for our Community First! Village neighbors and our friends still living on the streets of Austin this year!  When I walk around the Village and see the Christmas wreaths adorning my neighbor’s doors, I am [...]

In this season of miracles, let’s celebrate the many miracles that you and I get to participate in together. It is truly a miracle of God’s grace that this ministry, started 25 years ago by five friends and a formerly homeless man, continues to expand to meet the [...]

As a kid growing up in Texas, when I shook our Christmas themed snow globe and watched the glittery snow fall onto the scene inside the glass, I was dreaming of a “White Christmas.” For my neighbors experiencing homelessness, their dream is for a warm, safe and stable home surrounded by people [...]

Because of you, more than 105 formerly homeless neighbors have come home to Community First! Village - this year alone! You gave them hope and because of your generosity, they are home. They will spend the holidays safe, warm and surrounded by community.

For our homeless friends to truly settle, heal and transform their lives, they need much more than four walls and a roof to no longer be homeless. They need relationships. They need dignity and a renewed sense of hope. They need community.

Cultivating Relationships. Harvesting Community. Have you ever tasted anything more delicious than fruit and vegetables fresh from the garden? Recently, on a tour with some new friends through Community First! Village, I noticed our mulberry tree growing in Genesis Gardens was bursting with berries. I stopped, [...]