Nonprofit
BY COMMUNITY IMPACT STAFF
Volunteer Guide
2024
• Sample activities: walking dogs, socializing cats, doing laundry and dishes, helping at off-site events and fundraisers • Donations accepted: unopened/unexpired dry and wet dog and cat food, treats, newspaper, cardboard trays, pet crates and carriers, towels, blankets, sheets, monetary gifts • Latest news: began offering the Doggy Day Out program, where individuals can take an approved dog for a day-long outing • 1855 SE Inner Loop, Georgetown • www.wilcotx.gov/pets
Learn more about volunteer opportunities in Leander, Liberty Hill and the surrounding communities. For specific volunteer requirements, contact the organization directly. This list is not comprehensive.
Community resources
Animal services
Central Texas SPCA Since 1988 the no-kill shelter has pulled dogs and cats at risk of euthanasia from Central Texas shelters. • Sample activities: caring for animals, socializing animals, working events, providing yard work, fundraising, marketing • Donations accepted: items from Amazon wish list • Latest news: preparing to break ground on a shelter • 909 S. Bagdad Road, Leander • www.centraltexasspca.org The Dog Alliance The nonprofit provides service dogs to veterans in Texas, and has a therapy dog team that provides stress relief at hospitals and nursing homes. The organization also has dog training classes. • Sample activities: helping with distraction seminars for therapy dogs, landscaping, walking dogs • Donations accepted: dog crates, beds, towels, unopened dog food, monetary gifts • Latest news: received a grant from the Texas Veterans Commission allowing them to provide service dogs to veterans at no cost • 1321 W. New Hope Drive, Cedar Park • www.thedogalliance.org Equine Rehabilitation Central Texas The organization is a rescue, rehab and rehoming facility for horses. • Sample activities: helping with horse care, feeding horses and giving them supplements, cleaning, grooming horses, conducting minor labor and repairs • Donations accepted: monetary gifts, contact the organization for a list of preferred donations • 17000 Trailsend Cove, Leander • www.horseserct.org adoption. It also has a low-cost clinic for people to bring their pets to be spayed and neutered or vaccinated. • Sample activities: walking dogs, cleaning, socializing cats, performing administrative tasks • Donations accepted: towels, sheets, cleaning supplies, pet food, monetary gifts • Latest news: opening a new building to add services • 10930 E. Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander • www.humaneheroes.org Texas Humane Heroes The no-kill animal shelter prepares animals for Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter The nonprofit provides a safe space and compassionate treatment for the lost and unhoused pets of Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Hutto and the unincorporated areas of Williamson County.
Community resources
Hill Country Community Ministries The nonprofit seeks to provide food, clothing, and other necessary services to those facing challenging times and financial difficulties such as job loss, disabilities, chronic illness and family emergencies. • Sample activities: packing food orders for clients, helping in the community cupboard, picking up donations from retail partners, serving as a case manager, organizing clothes • Donations accepted: nonperishable food, hygiene products, clothes, household items, monetary gifts • 1005 Lacy Drive, Leander (headquarters & food pantry); 1501 Leander Drive, Bldg. C, Ste. 3, Leander (thrift store) • www.hccm.org Hope Alliance The shelter and resource center helps victims of domestic or sexual violence. • Sample activities: staffing the counseling center, answering phones, working with clients • Donations accepted: toiletries, clothing, items from Amazon wish list • Latest news: building a new location, which will double its size and consolidate services to one location • 1011 Gattis School Road, Round Rock • hopealliancetx.org Hope House The nonprofit is home to people with disabilities. • Sample activities: completing task lists on site, using skills to advocate or be an ambassador • Donations accepted: toothbrushes, cleaning supplies, soaps, clothing • Latest news: building three new houses that will increase the organization’s housing capacity by nine L4 Cares The organization provides support and assistance to seniors, military personnel, families dealing with terminal illness and individuals in crisis. • Sample activities: collecting cards for troops and seniors living in nursing homes, putting together goodie bags for children in the hospital • 1705 CR 285, Liberty Hill • www.hopehouseaustin.org
Operation Liberty Hill The food pantry has a thrift store and a resource center, which helps people with job readiness. It also offers clothing vouchers and financial aid. • Sample activities: sorting donated items, working in the thrift store and food pantry • Donations accepted: clothing; household items, excluding large furniture; food; monetary gifts • Latest news: planning to expand its educational offerings, including money management • 1401 N. US 183, Leander • www.operationlh.org
• Donations accepted: monetary gifts • www.l4cares.org
Ma Bailey’s The women’s clinic and short-term housing facility provides prenatal and postpartum care for families. • Sample activities: mowing, providing maintenance services, assisting with administrative work, updating the website and social media • Donations accepted: cleaning and household supplies, monetary gifts • 747 Dews Road, Leander • www.mabaileys.org Open My World The riding center provides equine therapy to treat physical disabilities and injuries, mental illness, behavioral issues and learning disabilities. • Sample activities: assisting with therapeutic horseback riding lessons, grooming horses, cleaning horse soles, helping with special events and fundraising • Donations accepted: in-kind donations, such as materials or supplies from businesses; monetary gifts, including sponsorships for riders and horses • 5300 County Road 279, Leander • www.openmyworld.org
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