This nonprofit provides crisis housing and support services for adults experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness.
Sample volunteer activities: serving meals, cleaning, landscape, touch up painting or minor maintenance/handyman tasks, helping others with employment searches/building resumes, mentoring, fundraising, clerical help
Donations accepted: monetary, in-kind donation of food or supplies, gift cards for food, gently-used items, fuel, transportation
This nonprofit seeks to house and build homes for Comal County residents in need, including through its ReStore, which sells gently used furniture and supplies to the public.
Sample activities: The House That Music Built, Stud-A-Thon
Donations accepted: monetary donations, gently used furniture and home goods
Communities in Schools of South Central Texas helps mentor public school students across the region. (Courtesy Communities in Schools)
Serve seniors
Project 10:27 Inc.
This nonprofit organization assists seniors by providing fellowship, faith and support services. Including helping to ease loneliness through Bible studies, outings, handwritten cards and letters, and in-home visits.
Sample activities: Senior Home Visit Program, Caring Connections Card Program, yard work
This nonprofit provides emergency and transitional living services to youth and young adults in foster care and safe shelter to runaway and homeless youth, as well as free counseling to school-aged youth, low-cost counseling to all ages and in-school educational programs that promote healthy, positive lifestyles.
Sample volunteer activities: event volunteers, cooking a meal
Donations accepted: monetary, kid- and teen-friendly snacks, art supplies
The New Braunfels Food Bank provides groceries to thousands of residents in Comal County each year. (Courtesy New Braunfels Food Bank)
Feed the hungry
New Braunfels Food Bank
Serving over 7,000 individuals each month, this food pantry gives groceries, produce to those in need while conducting community outreach, education and more.
Sample volunteer activities: food packing, sorting, garden work, community pantry
Serving Comal County and surrounding areas in the region, this nonprofit ministry helps with disaster relief, conducts food drives and provides faith-based events and classes to the community.
This wildlife sanctuary and rescue service cares for injured, orphaned and displaced urban wildlife, from mammals to birds, serving all of Central Texas and beyond.
Sample volunteer activities: general maintenance, animal transport, making food for animals, feeding
This nonprofit builds, maintains and advocates for natural surface trails in Comal County, with the goal of connecting communities and providing opportunities for education, health, preservation and enjoyment of the natural environment. This also includes advocating for protected bike lanes and pedestrian improvements.
Sample volunteer activites: trail building with tools provided, training workshops, monthly planning/organizational meetings