Day of service included landscaping, mulching in San Saba

LCRA Steps Forward Day volunteers take on projects in 35 Texas communities

  • An LCRA employee cleans up landscaping at Rylander Memorial Library in San Saba during LCRA’s Steps Forward Day on April 11. During the annual day of service, employees worked on 40 community projects throughout LCRA’s service territory.
    An LCRA employee cleans up landscaping at Rylander Memorial Library in San Saba during LCRA’s Steps Forward Day on April 11. During the annual day of service, employees worked on 40 community projects throughout LCRA’s service territory.
  • LCRA employees spread playground mulch at Mill Pond Park in San Saba during LCRA’s Steps Forward Day on April 11. During the annual day of service, employees worked on 40 community projects throughout LCRA’s service territory.
    LCRA employees spread playground mulch at Mill Pond Park in San Saba during LCRA’s Steps Forward Day on April 11. During the annual day of service, employees worked on 40 community projects throughout LCRA’s service territory.

    Hundreds of Lower Colorado River Authority employees rolled up their sleeves on Friday, April 11, to volunteer on dozens of community projects across parts of Texas during LCRA’s annual day of service, Steps Forward Day.
     
    In San Saba, LCRA employees cleaned up landscaping and installed river rock at Rylander Memorial Library and refreshed the playground mulch at Mill Pond Park.
     
    Other Steps Forward Day projects ranged from planting a pollinator garden at Stagecoach Park in Buda to painting the exterior of the police annex building in Shiner to adding mulch to the playground area at Hempstead City Park in Hempstead.
     
    “We started Steps Forward Day 10 years ago as a way to give back to Texas communities,” LCRA General Manager Phil Wilson said. “Today, that journey continues stronger than ever. This year, more than 700 employees volunteered to work on projects communities may not have the time or resources to complete on their own.”
     
    Steps Forward Day continues LCRA’s long-standing commitment to service.
     
    “It’s all about making a difference in the communities we serve and supporting our fellow Texans,” Wilson said. “This is community service in action.”
     
    This year, LCRA employees volunteered on 40 Steps Forward Day projects in 35 communities: Bastrop, Bay City, Brady, Brenham, Buchanan Dam, Buda, Columbus, Cuero, Dripping Springs, Flatonia, Fredericksburg, Giddings, Goldthwaite, Hempstead, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Kyle, La Grange, Lexington, Liberty Hill, Lockhart, Luling, Marble Falls, Mason, McCamey, Pflugerville, Round Rock, San Angelo, San Marcos, San Saba, Schulenburg, Shiner, Smithville, Weimar and Wimberley.
     
    LCRA launched its Steps Forward employee volunteer program in 2015. LCRA works with its customers to identify service projects in their communities, supplies the labor and helps provide the materials needed to complete the projects. For more information, visit www.lcra.org/stepsforward.  

    About LCRA
    The Lower Colorado River Authority serves customers and communities throughout Texas by managing the lower Colorado River; generating and transmitting electric power; providing a clean, reliable water supply; and offering outdoor adventures at more than 40 parks along the Colorado River from the Texas Hill Country to the Gulf Coast. LCRA and its employees are committed to fulfilling our mission to enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve through water stewardship, energy and community service. LCRA was created by the Texas Legislature in 1934 and receives no state appropriations. For more information, visit www.lcra.org.