Heart House Austin

Heart House Austin is a free afterschool program dedicated to providing a safe haven and academic support to low-income children and encouraging them to become good citizens.

Description:
Heart House is the only daily program for school-age children in a neighborhood known for its high crime, high unemployment, and lack of affordable, quality care for children. At Heart House, children have access to caring adult mentors, homework assistance, art enrichment, computer learning, health and safety education, and literacy programs. Our program is activity based and lots of fun.

History:
Founded in 2000 by two volunteers, Heart House has helped over 600 school-age children stay safe and on-track during the hours they are not in school.

We now have two locations serving Austin!

Contact person: Shelly-Marie Rios, (email)

Office fax number: (512) 857-0488

Address:

7224 Northeast Drive Austin, TX 78723 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.hearthouse.org

Directions:

From IH-35, take the exit # 238B for US-290 E. From 290 E., take the exit for Berkman Drive. Stay on the access road for 290, drive through the light at Berkman and then turn at the 3rd. . . (more) For maps or information, please see http://www.capmetro.org/riding/trip_info.asp

Last updated on September 9, 2009