UIL Donates T-Shirts to Non-profit Organization

By Julianne Coyne, UIL Intern | Friday, November 19, 2010 10:00 AM

Brooke Keeler, athletic administrative associate, helps load the donated T-shirts to Eastside Community Connection.

Photo by Jeanne Acton

UIL recently donated approximately 790 shirts to Austin Eastside Community Connection, a non-profit in East Austin.

UIL had more left over shirts than usual from various UIL events from the last year.

“The main reason we chose to donate these shirts to Eastside Community Connection is because our office resides in East Austin, and this interaction facilitates a connection to our community,” said Brooke Keeler, who helped lead the project. “It’s run mostly by UT students, so the organization has a university connection as well.”

Eastside Community Connection provides food and educational services through the help of college-aged volunteers. The shirts will be sold to help fund these services.

“The organization is all about helping the schools and communities in East Austin, so it seemed really fitting to help the community in which we work,” Keeler said.