Community
BY EMILY LINCKE
Volunteer Guide
2023
Learn more about volunteer and donation opportunities in Spring and Klein. For specific volunteer requirements, contact the organization directly. This list is not comprehensive.
Help the community
Help the community
Feed the hungry
Bridging for Tomorrow This organization offers a food pantry as well as classes for adults and youth programs. • Sample activities: helping in the food pantry, mentoring children in youth programs, tutoring students, leading reading club or peer support group • Donations accepted: monetary donations, nonperishable food items, hygiene items, baby products, cleaning products Hope Center Houston This day center provides basic assistance for adults experiencing homelessness. Services include meals, clothing, showers, laundry, medical assistance, social services, assistance with identification, referrals for addiction recovery, computer access, and weekly Bible studies for men and women. • Sample activities: food service; leading life skills classes; landscape maintenance; registering guests; clothing closet, shower, and laundry monitoring; clothing processing; hosting; and ministry • Donations accepted: monetary donations, travel-size hygiene items, gently-used clothing, backpacks, bus passes, blankets, and sleeping bags • 821 Peakwood Drive, Houston • www.hopecenterhouston.org/volunteer • 5359 W. Richey Road, Houston • www.bridgingfortomorrow.org The Houston Cannery Owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Welfare Services Division, this cannery produces peanut butter to be distributed to those in need. • Sample activities: helping throughout the peanut butter production process • Donations accepted: monetary donations Northwest Assistance Ministries This nonprofit works to help individuals and families in need throughout northwest Harris County. • Sample activities: working in the food pantry, delivering meals to seniors, working in the resale store and providing office support • Donations accepted: monetary donations, fresh produce, canned goods, dry goods like rice and peanut butter, gently used clothing and furniture, toiletries, and used cell phones • 15555 Kuykendahl Road, Houston • www.namonline.org • 16333 Hafer Road, Houston • www.churchofjesuschrist.org
Hearts of Rescue The nonprofit provides people in need with a chance to shower, a change of clothes and hygiene kits. • Sample activities: setting up service area, checking guests in and out, handing out hygiene kits and attending snack tables • Donations accepted: monetary donations, new hygiene items, new clothing items
Hope’s Path This nonprofit serves men ages 18-28 who have aged out of the foster care system and/or are experiencing homelessness. • Sample activities: mentoring residents, grant writing, housekeeping services, budgeting, landscaping, counseling services and legal counseling • Donations accepted: monetary donations
• 4008 Louetta Road, Spring • www.heartsofrescue.org
• 28918 S. Plum Creek Drive, Spring • www.hopespath.org/volunteer
senior communities. The organization is in critical need of non-perishable food items for its food pantry. • Sample activities: sorting and organizing food at the Spring-Woodlands Ministries Food Pantry, and assisting with special events throughout the year • Donations accepted: monetary donations, non- perishable food items
• 14340 Torrey Chase Blvd., Ste. 170, Houston • www.wingstofreedom.net
Help the community
Hope Beyond Bridges This nonprofit provides meals, clothing and hygiene kits to individuals experiencing homelessness. • Sample activities: handing out meals, hygiene kits and clothing; cooking meals; organizing item drives; and socializing with and praying with individuals in need • Donations accepted: monetary donations, new or gently used and washed clothing, nonperishable food, and hygiene items • Donation dropoff locations: 4008 Louetta Road, Ste. 145, Spring; 2129 FM 2920, Ste. 190, Spring; 6046 FM 2920, Spring • www.hopebeyondbridges.org
• 2120 FM 2920, Ste. 190-166, Spring • www.springwoodlandsministries.org
Support families
Arrow Child and Family Ministries This organization serves children entering foster care by supporting foster families and licensing them for care and therapeutic services. • Sample activities: assisting at events, including toy and food drives; and helping with social media • Donations accepted: monetary and in-kind donations • 2929 FM 2920, Spring • www.arrow.org WINGS Ministries WINGS Ministries teaches faith-based job-readiness and life skills to at-risk women who are incarcerated or in residential recovery for drug and alcohol addiction in the Greater Houston area. • Sample activities: facilitating classrooms, writing resumes and website maintenance • Donations accepted: monetary donations
Serve the sick
Houston Methodist Willowbrook This not-for-profit, faith-based hospital serves the northwest Houston community. • Sample activities: patient interaction, assisting in various departments and clerical support • Donations accepted: call volunteer services team to discuss in more detail at 281-737-1063 • 18220 Hwy. 249, Houston • www.houstonmethodist.org/volunteer
Spring-Woodlands Ministries This faith-based nonprofit aims to help low-income
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