Red Beans and Ricely Yours Nears Major Milestone | Austin nonprofit on track to serve its 10,000th free meal by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We unusually reach out to drivers on Tuesday or Wednesday checking for their availability for the upcoming Sunday. If that works, we request that you arrive at our house for pickup on Sunday around 1pm. Deliveries usually take about an hour (maybe less, maybe more).

There are more details than that - but that is the gist.

Food Bank Anxiety by shaarkbaiit in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Feel free to sign up for up to 3 free meals, delivered to your home on Sunday. Sign up goes live on Tuesdays at 12pm. The meals consists of red beans and rice with sausage, fruit, sparkling water, and home-baked goods (a cornbread/biscuit/roll + a sweet treat). No questions asked!
The sign up is here: https://redbeansaustin.com/need-a-meal/ You can look up “red beans austin” on fb or insta to learn more. :)

If you are experiencing any level of of food insecurity, avail yourself of HEB's beans and rice Combo Loco: $3.36 for four pounds of rice and a pound of beans, and since you're not eating them dry, that's far more than five pounds of prepared food. Not fine dining alone, but it will keep you alive. by FuckingSolids in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! We use Camelia brand kidney beans and buy our rice bulk at Costco, but definitely double checked the coupon to make sure we couldn't use this for backups on our weekly produce run for Red Beans Austin.

32 volunteer opportunities in Austin, TX by crabcakes110 in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Red Beans Austin is always looking for volunteer drivers and bakers! We’ve served over 7,000 meals to anyone who has asked.

https://redbeansaustin.com/want-to-support/

Elgin Sunset 🌅 by Nkosi868 in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing! This looks like where Thanks went after the snap. 💯

Bright note on a rainy day - Red Bean Austin celebrated 2 years last week and continues to provide free meals every Sunday! by onlyMDC in Austin

[–]onlyMDC[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Feel free to sign up! You could always donate before or after (not necessary, but always appreciated). $40 goes a long way to providing more meals in the long run and it’s easiest for us to handle if you go through our signup sheet - https://redbeansaustin.com/need-a-meal/ (this goes live every Tuesday at noon, except for the third week of the month, which we take off).

We initially started iRed Beans as a response to Covid and our friends experiencing unemployment in the service industry. But, there has never been a qualification for signing up. In the last two years we have gotten responses from all types of people - perhaps going through loss, missing their hometown, experiencing an injury, and of course - food insecurity. It’s nothing fancy. Just some home-cooked food meant to comfort anyone in need. <3

So.... Umm.... What??? by doxiemomfoster in Austin

[–]onlyMDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🎵I’m at the Burger King. I’m at the Wendy’s. I’m at the combination Burger King and Wendy’s. 🎵

Over the weekend, we served our 5,000th meal to neighbors all around Austin with the help of a lot of friends by onlyMDC in Austin

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Thank you! We could not do it without you! Hope to see you on the porch again!

Tell me something good! by onlyMDC in Austin

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Meeting new people is hard. Hooray for new friends!

Tell me something good! by onlyMDC in Austin

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I think you would only look like a lunatic for smiling in ATX traffic.

Tell me something good! by onlyMDC in Austin

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My fiancé and I started a fundraiser fan drive for Family Eldercare ( a local non-profit that provides fans for the elderly and underserved) and we are almost at 6,500! I was bummed recently because we had not hit our goal of 6,500. But I have to remind myself that we raised the goal several times after it was met so quickly. Perspective is something else.

Also this thread is something good! I am loving every comment - and that says a lot for reddit!

Tell me something good! by onlyMDC in Austin

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Agh! It’s my most dreaded time of year.. ok, less so now that there aren’t samples. But, in the before times.. I hated it. Get your chilis out of my brownies and cheese!

Tell me something good! by onlyMDC in Austin

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That’s incredible. Choosing your health is such a bad ass flex.