Something for everyone.

We always welcome new volunteers to our agency and our programs. Some volunteers have been volunteering with us regularly every week since 1989, while others may volunteer at one or two fund raising events per year. We do our best to accommodate your interests, skills and schedule. Volunteers can help with many things at Project Transitions:


Doug’s House Hospice

Caregivers help residents with their daily non-medical needs. Volunteers provide companionship to residents as well as fulfill direct caregiver tasks such as helping residents bathe or assisting with personal care. Volunteers can also cook for the house, maintain the cleanliness of the house, decorate for holidays or do landscaping at Doug’s House. For more on Doug’s House volunteering, see our Idealist posting here.


Top Drawer Thrift Store

General Volunteers sort and price donations, merchandise the store and window displays, provide customer service, run store departments, help plan and market store events and maintain store cleanliness.

Pick-Up Volunteers assemble a crew of friends, co-workers or church groups and bring larger furniture to the store from donors’ houses. Great for volunteers with trucks or SUVs. For more on Top Drawer Thrift volunteering, see our Idealist posting here.


Roosevelt Gardens Housing

Supper Club Volunteers gather a group of friends or co-workers and cook regular (typically weekly) meals for the residents of Roosevelt Gardens. A kitchen is available in our community center.

Programming Volunteers help run events and classes for the Roosevelt Gardens community. Volunteers have run: bingo nights, exercise club, movie nights, community gardening, sports nights, book clubs, cooking classes and parenting orientations. For more on volunteering with our housing program, see our Idealist posting here.


Administrative Office

Bulk mail volunteers process mailings, as needed, in a fun, group atmosphere.

General Administrative Volunteers assist with data entry, pre-event planning, and special projects.


Project Transitions Events

Steering Committee members help plan, organize and direct events. They also solicit cash sponsors and auction donors for our major annual events.

Event volunteers make the event possible on the the day of the event. This includes greeters, bussers, decorators, servers, silent auction support, TABC-certified bartenders, set-up and tear down volunteers.


Special Projects

We always welcome groups, whether a group of co-workers or a student organization to come help out on a special project. We are happy to accommodate your group to help with painting, gardening, fence repair, or other larger tasks. Just let us know what you are interested in…

Project Transitions News

April 2, 2012

Project Transitions Welcomes Josh Allen, Executive Director

Project Transitions welcomes new Executive Director Josh Allen. Josh comes to us with more than 15 years’ experience at the cross roads of communications, public policy and management. For the past 5 years, he has served as executive director of 6ixth Street Austin, guiding the organizational development of the property and business owner association for the Historic Sixth Street Entertainment District. As a public affairs consultant, he has helped clients communicate with their community, constituents, funders, news media and government.

Josh’s desire is to build on Project Transitions’ mission to provide hospice, housing and support for people living with HIV/AIDS through strengthened relationships within our community, supporters, staff and residents.

With a diverse public-service background in local, state and federal governments, along with the news media, nonprofits and political campaigns, Josh has earned a national Telly Award and induction into Leadership Austin. He has served as co-chair of the local Austin HRC Gala, is the current president of the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association and, just for kicks, teaches fitness classes.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism from Texas Tech and a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Join us in welcoming Josh at the “Powell Street Galleries Revisited” art show Saturday, April 21 or at one of our other coming events.

March 27, 2012

Bike Curious is in training mode for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS!

Project Transitions’ Hill Country Ride for AIDS bike team (now also open to runners) is back on the road! Last year “Bike Curious” raised over $5,000 for the Ride and this year we hope to double that. We invite you to join us in this truly rewarding and fun experience. The funds raised are distributed among ten different HIV/AIDS related organizations to help provide much needed services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Project Transitions is proud to be one of the beneficiaries of this ride. This year, the Hill Country Ride has added a running component offering a 5k, 10k, 1/2 marathon and a duathalon, in case biking isn’t your thing. This event is not a race and is open to people of all ages and abilities.

Participation in the Hill Country Ride will impact the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in a greatly profound way. For this reason alone, participation is totally worth the effort. But, as an added bonus, there are also personal benefits to participating in the event! These include, but are not limited to: The confidence that comes with setting a goal and achieving said goal; the praise that your doctor will bestow upon you for participating in a healthy and active life style; The compliments that are sure to come with the impending loss of weight and new muscle tone; and the camaraderie associated with being an active member of your community.

Help Project Transitions make this the best Hill Country Ride for AIDS yet!

Sign up here to join Project Transitions Team Bike Curious!

May 1, 2011

Educate Yourself on the Issues

It’s time to know more. For detailed information about HIV/AIDS, medication, activism, prevention, how to live with HIV/AIDS, and personal stories from HIV+ people, head to TheBody.com. There you’ll find the Visual AIDS web gallery of HIV+ artists, up-to-the-minute information about HIV medications, and news from the HIV/AIDS community around the United States.

For contemporary news and articles relating to HIV/AIDS, head to HIV Plus Magazine online and to connect more with the HIV+ community through forums, personals, video, articles about HIV/AIDS history and current events, visit POZ Magazine online.

More links:
Avert.org’s HIV/AIDS History
ActUp.org
The CDC
Hill Country Ride for AIDS
International Planned Parenthood Federation
AIDS.gov
The Social Security and Disability Resource Center
The SSDRC AIDS/HIV specific information page

Contact Us

  • Project Transitions
  • PO Box 4826
  • Austin Texas 78765
  • 512 454 8646