AUSTIN, Texas — This holiday season, Urban Alchemy brought a little extra Christmas cheer to the unhoused population in downtown Austin with their first ever Christmas event.
“It’s kind of hard when you’re going through a heavy transition,” said Cherish Hart, a business operations specialist with Urban Alchemy. “But to know that, hey I can come here and at least feel that community, that camaraderie and for just a moment, I can forget about it.”
At the “oasis,” an old parking lot between the Eighth Street Shelter and the ARCH downtown, Urban Alchemy handed out coats, gifts and a warm meal to people experiencing homelessness. Every day, Urban Alchemy hands out coffee and water at the oasis, and provides showers from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m…