SAIVA

🌟 Your 10 minutes can help create a healthier future for Asian & Asian American communities in Austin! 🌟

📢 Virtual volunteering opportunity
The University of Texas at Austin & SAIVA are conducting a confidential community health survey to better understand primary healthcare needs in Austin, Texas.

✅ Takes only 10 minutes
✅ 100% confidential
✅ Gift card upon completion

🔗 Participate here: [https://tinyurl.com/healthyaustin]

Please share with friends and family in the Austin Asian & Asian American community! 💙

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Thank you to all the volunteers and donors that make this possible!

Looking to earn volunteer hours and get more involved in your community? This is a great way to do both—while connecting with others and making a real impact.

For AANHPI Heritage Month, SAIVA is hosting 7 free gatherings across Austin and online — designed for elders, youth, families, and everyone in between.

FREE and open to the community. Registration is required.

📅 Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 – 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Special Woodlands, North Austin, TX

✨ Free and open to the community
⚠️ Limited spots — registration required!

Register: https://slp.keepfluent.com/saiva-south-asians-international-volunteer-association-w7petskrbt/saiva-austin-event-service?lang=en
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 512-347-7722

Introducing FABRIC: A Month of Weaving Generations Together

This May, in honor of AANHPI Heritage Month, SAIVA is hosting seven free gatherings — across Austin and online — designed to bring our community closer together.

We named this initiative FABRIC because that's what community is: not a single thread, but the careful weaving of many. Every elder is a thread. Every volunteer is a thread. Every child is a thread. And when we gather intentionally, we make something stronger than any of us alone.

Here's what's happening in May:

🌱 SUN MAY 10 · 8:00 – 11:00 AM · Special Woodlands
Youth Community Garden Volunteering — Plant. Tend. Belong.

🎨 TUE MAY 12 · 12:00 – 2:30 PM · Blanton Museum
Art Museum Afternoon with Lunch — with Equity Through Arts and Vietnamese Community of Austin

🧘 WED MAY 13 · 10:15 – 11:30 AM · Online (Zoom)
Virtual Yoga — Elder-Friendly with Dhila

🪡 THU MAY 14 · 10:00 AM – Noon · Round Rock
Sustainable Fabric Decorating with Dell (VOLUNTEER SLOTS AT CAPACITY: Please no more sign-ups)

🪨 FRI MAY 15 · 1:00 – 2:00 PM · Conlley-Guerrero Center
Volunteer Activity — with Iranian Austin Professional Association

🎲 MON MAY 18 · 10:30 – 11:30 AM · Online (Zoom)
Virtual Bingo Together — Play. Laugh. Connect.

💛 MON MAY 25 · 3:30 – 4:30 PM · Online (Zoom)
Mental Health Workshop — with Mental Health Support for South Asians (UT)

All events are FREE and open to the community. Registration is required.

Register: https://slp.keepfluent.com/saiva-south-asians-international-volunteer-association-w7petskrbt/saiva-austin-event-service?lang=en
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 512-347-7722

Limited transport support available for in-person events — please reach out if that would help.

Proudly brought to you by our community partners: Austin Asian Impact and Austin Arts Culture Music & Entertainment

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