Help the sick
Houston Methodist Willowbrook
The hospital has an active volunteer program for adults and a junior volunteer program for high school students ages 16-18 that runs each year from June through August. Applications for the junior program are accepted in February of each year, while applications for adults are accepted year-round.
Sample activities: interacting with patients, assisting staff, providing administrative support
18220 Hwy. 249, Houston
281-737-1063 • www.houstonmethodist.org/volunteer
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation, background check, under age 18 allowed
Empower children
Cy-Fair ISD
The school district’s Volunteers in Public Schools program typically has opportunities for community members to mentor students in addition to serving at community events.
Sample activities: tutoring, campus event staffing, campus grounds upkeep
10300 Jones Road, Houston
281-894-3950 • www.cfisd.net/volunteer
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation, background check, under age 18 allowed
D. Bradley McWilliams YMCA
This local YMCA serves the Spring and Klein community through programs and social services designed to help individuals and families learn, grow and thrive.
Sample activities: coaching youth sports teams, assisting with adaptive programs for individuals with disabilities, serving at community events, fundraising, mentoring youth, serving on the board of advisors
19915 Hwy. 249, Houston
281-469-1481 • www.ymcahouston.org
Volunteer requirements: application, background check, under age 18 allowed
Klein ISD Education Foundation
The foundation hosts a variety of annual fundraising events for grants, which are distributed to Klein ISD educators. Limited volunteer opportunities are available for volunteers to assist with events such as golf tournaments, academic banquets, fun runs and alumni events.
Sample activities: assisting during fundraising events
7200 Spring Cypress Road, Spring
832-249-4753 • www.kleinisdeducationfoundation.net
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation
Spring ISD Education Foundation
The Spring ISD Education Foundation raises funds to support SISD teachers and students through grants and scholarships as well as funding special initiatives and classroom projects.
Sample activities: participating in special events, assisting with annual golf tournament, assisting with light office/clerical work
16717 Ella Blvd., Houston
281-891-6012 • www.springisdfoundation.org
Volunteer requirements: application, background check
Care for the environment
Bayou Land Conservancy
The Bayou Land Conservancy is seeking volunteers for Houston Arbor Day Cypress Creek, which will take place Jan. 22 at the Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. Children are welcome to volunteer with an adult.
Sample activities: tree planting
10330 Lake Road, Bldg. J, Houston
281-576-1634 • www.bayoulandconservancy.org
Volunteer requirements: under age 18 allowed
Legacy Trees Project
Harris County Precinct 4’s Legacy Trees Project promotes the benefits of trees, supports the cultural heritage of Texas, and engages the public through volunteer and planting opportunities. Volunteers under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sample activities: caring for nursery trees, removing invasive species, planting trees
281-353-8100 • www.hcp4.net/legacytrees
Volunteer requirements: under age 18 allowed
Feed the hungry
Bridging for Tomorrow
Bridging for Tomorrow volunteers who work in the food pantry must be at least 14 years old to volunteer with an adult, while those age 16 and older may volunteer without an adult. Volunteers who work in the nonprofit’s student programs must be age 18 or older.
Sample activities: sorting and boxing food for clients, delivering boxes curbside to clients’ cars, tutoring and mentoring KISD students on campus
Donations accepted: nonperishable foods, paper product, gift cards
5359 W. Richey Road, Houston
281-208-0830 • www.bridgingfortomorrow.org
Volunteer requirements: application, background check, under age 18 allowed
The Houston Cannery
Part of the Welfare/Self-Reliance Services Division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, groups of 12 volunteers are needed for four-hour team-building experiences making peanut butter for those in need. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
Sample activities: preparing ingredients and packaging, processing peanut butter, loading jars into boxes, stacking boxes on pallets
16333 Hafer Road, Houston
281-537-1786 • www.churchofjesuschrist.org
Volunteer requirements: under age 18 allowed
Hope Center Houston
This local day and assistance center for homeless individuals offers both morning and afternoon volunteer opportunities Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sample activities: assisting with intake, cooking and distributing food, washing laundry, maintaining showers, sorting and distributing clothes
Donations accepted: disinfectant, bug spray, travel-size deodorant, bottled water, paper towels, new men’s boxer briefs, men’s jeans, men’s hoodies, men’s belts, men’s and women’s shoes, bras and sports bras, latex gloves, personal-size tents, backpacks, sleeping bags
821 Peakwood Drive, Houston
832-965-5511 • www.hopecenterhouston.org
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation
Spring-Woodlands Ministries
Volunteers are needed to assist with sorting and organizing food, delivering groceries to seniors and assisting in seniors' field trips.
Sample activities: assisting at the food pantry, Bags of Love outreach
2120 FM 2920, Ste. 190-166, Spring
[email protected] • www.springwoodlandsministries.org
Volunteer requirements: background check, under age 18 allowed
Serve seniors
Precinct 4 Encore program
Precinct 4 Encore regularly hosts bus trips to local nonprofits, including the Houston Food Bank, Kids Meals, Project CURE and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ Peanut Butter Cannery, for volunteer opportunities for those age 50 and older.
Sample activities: activities vary by bus trip destination
713-274-4050 • www.hcp4.net/encore/volunteer
Support families
Arrow Child and Family Ministries
Arrow Child and Family Ministries serves children who have experienced abuse, trauma or instability, by recruiting and training foster families and providing other community-based services to improve family stability. Volunteers under age 21 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sample activities: becoming a part-time or full-time foster parent, assisting with collections for back-to-school and Christmas parties for foster children, mentoring foster children, donating professional services
2929 FM 2920, Spring
281-210-1500 • www.arrow.org
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation, background check, under age 18 allowed
Northwest Assistance Ministries
Northwest Assistance Ministries provides a plethora of volunteer opportunities with tasks ranging from working in the food pantry and delivering meals to seniors to working in the resale store and providing office support. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old unless accompanied by a parent.
Sample activities: assisting with Meals on Wheels, the Joanne Watford Nutrition Center, the Resale Store, the Young at Heart Senior Center, the Children’s Clinic, the Learning & Vocational Training Center, the Family Violence Center
Donations accepted: groceries, toiletry baskets, birthday bags for children and teens, move-in supplies for housing assistance
15555 Kuykendahl Road, Houston
281-885-4555 • www.namonline.org
Volunteer requirements: application, under age 18 allowed
Shield Bearer
The nonprofit offers professional counseling for individuals, couples, families and children as well as prevention services through parenting workshops, school services and faith-based programs.
Sample activities: helping transfer donation items and supplies between offices, coordinating events, helping in the offices with mail-outs, entering and organizing data
12340 Jones Road, Ste. 290, Houston
281-894-7222 • www.shieldbearer.org
Volunteer requirements: application, orientation, background check, under age 18 allowed
WINGS Ministries
WINGS teaches faith-based job-readiness and life skills to at-risk women in the Greater Houston area in weekly 90-minute classes to break cycles of abuse, neglect and poverty. Classroom facilitators must be at least age 21 and complete a background check and drug screen.
Sample activities: teaching classes, resumé editing, video editing, website administration, graphic designing, copying classroom materials, being a prayer partner
14340 Torrey Chase Blvd., Ste. 170, Houston
www.wingstofreedom.net
Volunteer requirements: application, background check
