Animal welfare
Montgomery County Animal Shelter
The Montgomery County Animal Shelter helps with animal care and placement in Montgomery County. The shelter cares for hundreds of dogs and cats by providing services such as neutering and microchipping while holding animals until they can be placed in a new home.
- Sample activities: assist with dog bathing and walking, cat handling, on- and off-site adoptions, fostering and laundry; administrative tasks; serve as vet staffer, a surgery assistant or a photographer’s assistant
- Donations accepted: monetary donations, medical supplies, blankets, toys, food, treats, lick mats, crates and kennels
- 8535 Hwy. 242, Conroe
- www.mcaspets.org
Founding director and chairman Rachel Wagner said the Lake Houston area-based animal welfare organization is always in need of volunteers. The nonprofit rescues, rehabilitates and finds forever homes for animals in need.
- Sample activities: fostering animals; working cat care shifts at the Summerwood and New Caney PetSmart locations; transporting pets for surgeries; organizing the storage unit; assisting with set up, tear down and pet supervision at adoption events
- Donations accepted: monetary donations, Amazon wishlist for supplies (cat food, dog food, cat litter)
- 12712 W. Lake Houston Parkway, B169, Houston, TX 77044 (mailing address); PetSmart, 14281 E. Sam Houston Parkway N., Houston; PetSmart, 21436 Market Place Drive, New Caney
- www.pawpactrescue.com
New Caney New Horizons
The New Caney-based nonprofit helps individuals with disabilities gain independence through pre-vocational training, functional life skills, employment, special olympics and transportation. Executive Director Darbie Lindsey said the nonprofit offers a number of volunteer opportunities to assist with Resale Shop operations or horticulture program activities.
- Sample activities: sorting donations including housewares, toys and clothing; cleaning/testing electronics; watering and weeding garden beds
- Donations accepted: monetary donations; accepts clothing, toys, housewares, books, movies, music, personal care items and electronics; does not accept mattresses or box springs, large executive desks, pianos or organs, tube-style televisions, full sets of encyclopedias, household chemicals or open gallons of paint
- 18642 Hwy. 59, New Caney
- www.ncnewhorizons.org
The nonprofit creates inclusive opportunities for people with disabilities and works in partnerships to empower youth and their families to build brighter futures. Executive Director Jessica Morales said the organization relies on volunteers to fulfill its mission and there are many ways to have an impact on a Villager’s life.
- Sample activities: assisting Villagers with neuro-martial arts fitness class; sorting items at The Village Thrift Shop; playing games or creating art with Villagers in the residential program; helping with special fundraising events; and beautification projects
- Donations accepted: monetary donations can be made on a monthly or one-time basis; various items can be donated to The Village Thrift Shop
- The Village Centers, 3819 Plum Valley Drive, Kingwood; Thrift Shop, 25432 Loop 494, Porter
- www.thevillagecenters.org
East Montgomery County Senior Center
The EMC Senior Center hosts senior citizens over the age of 60 for daily activities and meals provided by Meals on Wheels Montgomery County. Activities offered vary from fitness classes to bingo and crafts.
- Sample activities: offering free educational classes, craft materials and bingo giveaways
- Donations accepted: shelf-stable foods for the holidays
- 21679 McCleskey Road, New Caney
- www.mctxpct4.org/emc-senior-center
This litter abatement program offers Montgomery County residents the opportunity to become active in reducing the tax dollars spent to clean county roadways. An interested organization or group must qualify and contract with Montgomery County for yearly increments of at least one year to clean a designated stretch of roadway. The participating organization or group is asked to clean their designated roadway at least once every three months. The organization coordinates clean-up times with Precinct 4 and the necessary equipment including safety vests and trash bags are provided.
- Sample activities: litter clean-up of designated roadway
- Donations accepted: N/A
- Location varies
- www.mctxpct4.org/adopt-a-county-mile-program
This litter prevention initiative enables individuals, families, schools, groups, businesses or private civic organizations to actively participate in the removal of litter from public areas. Interested groups coordinate a clean-up date with Precinct 4 and the precinct provides the supplies.
- Sample activities: litter clean-up throughout the community
- Donations accepted: N/A
- Location varies
- www.mctxpct4.org/community-clean-up
New Caney ISD
The school district works with volunteers at its various campuses, and the volunteer program’s purpose is to enrich students’ education. Volunteers must submit an application and pass a background check before working on campus. Applications must be resubmitted prior to each school year.
- Sample activities: chaperoning school-sponsored field trips, assisting in campus offices or classrooms
- Donations accepted: N/A
- Location varies by campus
- www.newcaneyisd.org
The Montgomery County Food Bank
The food bank receives, packages, and purposefully distributes nutritious food to hungry children, seniors, and families through a network of 90+ partner agencies.
- Sample activities: sort and package donated food, inspect and assemble rescued produce boxes, prepare weekend backpack meals for schoolchildren, assist with drive-thru and mobile food distributions, deliver groceries to low-income seniors, and support special events or community outreach initiatives
- Donations accepted: monetary donations, food donations
- 1 Food for Life Way, Conroe
- www.mcfoodbank.org
Noah's Give-A-Gift
Noah’s Give-A-Gift leaders select a school with high rates of students coming from low-income families and donate resources to help. Lindsay and Nicholas Carthen founded the organization in honor of their son, Noah Martin Carthen, who died Dec. 10, 2018, at 20 months old. This year, New Caney ISD’s Oakley Elementary has been selected to be the recipient, and clothing and Christmas toys will be donated to students.
- Sample activities: organizing donations/toy drives, event marketing, volunteering at events
- Donations accepted: monetary donations and toys/clothing for children ages 4-11
- www.noahsgiveagift.org
Montgomery County Youth Services strengthens the emotional and mental health development of youth and families by providing crisis intervention, counseling, and suicide prevention services. The organization provides a safe and nurturing home where abused, battered, sex-trafficked, homeless, and at-risk youth begin healing from the past and become empowered for the future.
- Sample activities: volunteering for any of five signature annual events, landscaping and painting projects, interactive activities and experiences with BridgeWay Shelter youth.
- Donations accepted: monetary, in-kind, donor advised funds, employee matching, monthly recurring gifts, stocks and securities, planned gifts, memorial gifts, and in honor gifts
- 9186 Six Pines Drive, Ste. 175, The Woodlands
- www.sayyestoyouth.org
