Fonda San Miguel raises funds for Emancipet to honor late Chef Miguel Ravago

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Austin’s award-winning Fonda San Miguel is honoring its late chef and co-founder Miguel Ravago, who passed away earlier this year, with a giving campaign benefiting Emancipet, the non-profit on a mission to make high-quality, low-cost veterinary care accessible for all pet owners.

In addition to being an influential leader of Austin’s culinary scene, Ravago was also a big animal lover. Fonda San Miguel is inviting people to make a special gift to Emancipet in his honor at epet.convio.net/ChefRavago and will also honor Ravago with a plaque on the donor wall of Emancipet’s new soon-to-open Central Austin clinic. Read more

Freedom Solar completes unique dual purpose solar array for Guido Construction

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Freedom Solar Power recently designed and installed a one-of-a-kind project for Guido & Companies Inc. that uses solar panels to spell out the word “GUIDO” on the building’s rooftop and doubles as creative aerial advertising.

Guido Construction Company and Guido Building Materials Company are located at 8526 Vidor Avenue, right next to the San Antonio International Airport, so people flying into or out of the airport get a prime view of the company’s large solar panel “billboard.” Read more

ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot Art Contest opens; deadline Nov. 27

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Imagine free ThunderCloud subs all year long, and treating your friends and family to sub sandwich parties! Three hundred and sixty-five subs are the grand prize for the winner of the 2018 ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot Art Contest.

Artists ranging from graphic designers to middle school students compete each year to create the iconic Trot artwork that appears on 20,000-plus T-shirts and other materials promoting the annual Thanksgiving day event. November 27 is the deadline to enter; the winner will be notified in January. Read more

The Trail Foundation announces Boardwalk benches available for adoption

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Bench adoptions last 10 years; limited number available

The Trail Foundation will install new benches along the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and give members of the public the opportunity to dedicate the benches through a new program. Read more

Kerbey Lane’s famous pink pancakes benefiting breast cancer charity return this October

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‘Cakes for a Cure’ at all seven locations, Oct. 3- 31

During October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Kerbey Lane Cafe will serve pink pancakes and donate all of the proceeds to Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas. Kerbey Lane will also donate all proceeds from its limited edition “Cakes for a Cure” T-shirts.

The pink pancakes Kerbey Lane will feature during this year’s “Cakes for a Cure” are:

  • Oct. 4-10: Strawberry Confetti
  • Oct. 11-17: Strawberry Banana    
  • Oct. 18-24: Chocolate Covered Strawberry
  • Oct. 25-31: Strawberry Lemon Chiffon

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ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot unveils 2017 artwork and announces event registration

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Early bird registration for the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot is now open with reduced pricing, and the winner of the annual Art Contest has been selected. Jillian Collins won 365 vouchers for free ThunderCloud sandwiches for her watercolor painting of a turkey runner in front of the Texas State Capitol topped with a sub sandwich.   Read more