At regular intervals during the evening, they repeated the mantra: “No one should face serious illness alone.”
Art and Tanya Acevedo
That’s all Care Communities needs to keep our attention. Started for patients with HIV-AIDS, the group now provides trained teams of staff and volunteers to meet the daily needs of those with life-threatening cancer as well. And half of their clients also now survive.
Ivy Kim and Jennifer Lynn Larson
Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Austin, several hundred backers gathered for the iCare Gala to salute three leaders who have made a difference in our shared health. Kerry Tate, for instance, is well known in business, charity and civic circles. For a long time, she’s been the wind beneath the wings of the Mamma Jamma Ride which benefits multiple Austin-area cancer-related charities.
Kerry Tate and Dawn Moore
Jesus Garza, of course, has been among the city’s most influential leaders, having earned top managerial stints for the City of Austin, Lower Colorado River Authority and Seton Healthcare Family.
Jay Billig, president of the Whole Place residential design firm, has supported a full array of Austin worthy causes.
In the past, heroes like these might work in relative obscurity. Thanks to Austin’s endless thirst for kindness to strangers, their labors are no longer ignored for long.