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Elgin Arts Association (EAA) has been utilizing virtual and social media avenues since the closing of public events this year for the health and safety of the community, artists, and patrons.
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To celebrate Halloween, the McDade Historical Society hosted a “trunk-or-treat” in downtown McDade on Saturday evening. Community members brought their vehicles, decorated for Halloween, to Old Highway 20 between Waco Street and Bastrop Street, to hand out candy for costumed trick-or-treaters. Food and beverages were sold to support the McDade Historical Society.
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On Friday night, Elginites gathered in the alley between G&M Drygoods and Independence Title for food, drinks, music and shopping during the Hunter’s Moon Luna Market, hosted by local maker group She Creates Union. That evening, local artists sold their products, and attendees enjoyed food and beverages from local businesses. She Creates Union plans to host their next Luna Market in downtown Elgin on Friday, December 4.
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A new initiative is providing free breast cancer screenings for Bastrop County women who need them, as well as encouraging women to “pinky promise” to get a screening.
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Bastropians strolled through downtown Bastrop searching for paintings of birds on downtown businesses’ storefronts for the Bastrop Bird Walk on Saturday, October 17. Participants searched for 22 such paintings of local birds in order to complete a checklist. The bird walk celebrates Bastrop’s Bird City designation, which was officially earned earlier this year and recognizes the ways that Bastrop is bird-friendly.
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Elgin Lodge #328 reached a momentous bench mark this year on June 18, 2020, celebrating 150 years of masonry in Elgin, Texas.
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October is National Principals Month. During the Elgin ISD school board virtual meeting on October 19, Superintendent Jodi Duron introduced the principals and assistant principals at Elgin ISD campuses by showing the board pictures of each campus leadership team. She also told the board that each principal and assistant principal would receive a t-shirt recognizing that they can do “virtually anything.”
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CASA of Bastrop, Fayette & Lee Counties endeavors to provide trained volunteer advocates in all abuse and neglect foster care cases assigned by the courts. CASA Volunteers are screened and highly trained and then appointed by Judges to represent and advocate for a child’s best interest in the child protection system.
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