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CA-SPONSORED OUTINGS
Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 8 a.m.
Continued from the previous page driving tour of some of UT’s famous landmarks and their history.
Ticket cost includes transportation, museum entrance and
struggles, and the true meaning of Christmas. luncheon.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
On the way home, we will drive around the Blanco County
Courthouse with its 100,000 lights. We will not stop for dinner Goodwill Community & Resource Centers
so feel free to bring snacks and water for the return trip. Austin and Round Rock - NEW!
Ticket cost includes transportation and theatre ticket. Lunch on your own
Thursday, Jan. 12, $27 pp
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire Depart SCPL 9:30 a.m.; return 3:30 p.m.
A Christmas Carol – Zach Theater - Austin Take a tour with us behind the
scenes at “The Real Goodwill.” Founded in
Dinner on your own 1902 by a Methodist minister and largely
Sunday, Dec. 18, $110 pp perceived as a thrift store, our tour will
Depart SCPL 4 p.m.; Return 11 p.m. introduce you to the Goodwill’s philosophy of “a hand up, not a
hand out.” We will take an exclusive look at everything from
Back by popular demand, Zach operations to mission, hear from members of the Leadership
Theater presents A Christmas Carol, a rockin’ Team, and meet Central Texans that have been empowered
musical extravaganza. This inspiring, original through our donations.
adaptation of Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday We begin at The Goodwill Community Center where we will
classic features a traditional Victorian setting, gorgeous period learn about education, job training, and the core mission of
costumes and a musical score that combines spectacular re- generating lifelong connections to work. Then we will take a
imagined carols and surprising time-bending classics. A little lunch break at the Tech Ridge Center where you will have a
gospel, soul and rock-n-roll, will whisk you away on a captivating choice of restaurants for lunch on your own – Pei Wei, Chili’s,
ride with the three soulful ghosts in Scrooge’s dream world. So, Souper Salad, or Carino’s Italian.
don’t be a Grinch, come along! Let’s make a joyful noise, catch Our final tour is through The Goodwill Resource Center where
the holiday spirit, and celebrate A Christmas Carol – Zach style. you will see how your donations are sorted, recycled, and resold.
Amazing and inspiring, you are sure to leave saying, “I had no
Our pre-show dinner stop will be at The Domain which features idea Goodwill did that!”
a variety of upscale eateries, pubs and kitchy food trailers. Maps Ticket cost include transportation and tours.
and menu suggestions will be provided. Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
Ticket cost includes transportation and first tier center theater The Story of Texas – Bob Bullock Museum,
seats. State Capitol, Governor’s Mansion
Austin - NEW!
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
Lunch on your own – Star of Texas Café
Andy Warhol Exhibit Thursday, Jan. 19, $46 pp
Blanton Museum – Austin - NEW! Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; return 4:30 p.m.
Lunch – Carillon Restaurant Our tour begins with an epic
Wednesday, Jan. 11, $54 pp journey through the history of Texas. Within
Depart SCPL 9:30 a.m.; return 3 p.m. three floors of interactive exhibits at the Bullock
Museum, conquistadors, cowboys, oil barons
Warhol’s paintings grace the walls and suffragettes have gathered to tell us their stories of Land,
of every major museum in the world. Did you Identity, and Opportunity. From first encounters with Native
know he also painted a multitude of works in Americans by European explorers to the frontiers of the 21st
books such as jacket covers, illustrations, century, you will find it’s a mighty big tale.
drawings, photographs and more? This exhibit from the Andy Lunch stop will be The Star of Texas Cafe in the museum with
Warhol Museum in Pittsburg is the first of its kind in the country a nice selection of soups, salads, and sandwiches.
and spans five decades of his career with many works on view
for the first time. In addition, we will be able to see Book from
the Sky by the most famous Chinese contemporary artist, Xu
Bing. His work is comprised of hundreds of books and scrolls all
painted and carved by the article himself.
After viewing the art, we will dine at the Carillon Restaurant’s
sure-to-please buffet with endless choices of salad, soup, bread,
entrees and dessert. After our luncheon buffet, we will take a
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