Heights - River Oaks - Montrose Edition | December 2024

Community Volunteer Guide

BY JOVANNA AGUILAR & ATIRIKTA KUMAR

2024

Animals and wildlife

Community aid

Youth and families

Coastal Prairie Conservancy The organization is focused on conserving the Texas coastal prairie. The work by the organization addresses the need to preserve open spaces for communities in Texas. CPC was formed in 1992 to conserve the Texas coastal prairie for people and wildlife before it disappears. • Sample activities: helping with various activities throughout the week, planting native plants and keeping up with the nursery • Donations accepted: check or cash donations Special Pals Rescue Resource Center The organization is the oldest no-kill shelter in Houston. The nonprofit animal welfare organization facilitates adoptions, fostering, low-cost vaccinations and rescue boarding. • Sample activities: taking care of animals, completing administrative duties • Donations accepted: money, dog and cat food, trash bags, puppy pads, laundry detergent, carabiners, disposable rubber gloves • 3830 Greenhouse Road, Houston • www.specialpals.org • 5615 Kirby Drive, Ste. 867, Houston • www.coastalprairieconservancy.org

Houston Food Bank The nonprofit collects, inspects, sorts, stores and distributes food to community partners such as pantries, soup kitchens, schools and multiservice centers. • Sample activities: sorting food, building home delivery kits, assisting with hot meals, distributing food and school supplies • Donations accepted: monetary donations, food, vehicles and stocks • www.houstonfoodbank.org/volunteernow

Be a Resource The nonprofit works to provide resources to children in Child Protective Services in Houston. • Sample activities: helping with community events, creating hygiene packs and school bags, hosting drives, participating in virtual volunteer opportunities • Donations accepted: money, hygiene products for babies and children, toys, books, diapers, clothing in all sizes, blankets, stuffed animals

• 3572 E. T C Jester Blvd., Houston • www.bearesourcehouston.org

Community aid

appliances • www.hawc.org

Youth and families

Covenant House Texas The nonprofit serves as a shelter for homeless youth between 18-24, providing services such as substance abuse counseling, education, vocational training and basic needs. • Sample activities: hosting activities, facilitating life skills workshops, street outreach, serving as a mentor, clerical and administrative support, serving as an academic tutor, helping with job searches, donating and serving meals • Donations accepted: money, holiday gifts and gift cards, new clothing and shoes for young men, women and children, diapers, hygiene products, cleaning supplies Houston Area Women’s Center This organization works to end domestic violence, sexual assault and sex trafficking. Services include crisis intervention, support programs and violence prevention initiatives. • Sample activities: joining a committed volunteer fundraising committee, helping at events, offering holiday gift items to survivors and their families, assembling essential supply kits to aid women and children in the HAWC shelter • Donations accepted: monetary contributions; food items; brand new clothing for women, infants and toddlers; toys; diapers; hygiene products; beauty products; first aid items; luggage; detergent; smaller • 1110 Lovett Blvd., Houston • www.covenanthousetx.org

Girls Empowerment Network The organization advances self-efficacy—or the belief in oneself to succeed—in girls in grades 3-12 through programs that foster confidence, coping skills, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity and change making. • Sample activities: writing role model letters, creating bookmarks, signing up to volunteer at Radiant G Conferences or in-school Radiant G Circle programs • Donations accepted: monetary donations, merchandise sales, car donations, stock donations Workshop Houston The nonprofit’s mission is to provide creative, technical and educational resources to young people who are involved in the arts. • Sample activities: working with students during after- school programs once a week during the semester • Donations accepted: checks, in-kind materials • 615 Sauer St., Houston • 4660 Beechnut St., Ste. 102, Houston • www.girlsempowermentnetwork.org

Montrose Grace Place The organization aims to provide a safe place for individuals ages 13-24 of all sexualities and genders experiencing homelessness in Houston. • Sample activities: providing and serving dinner, facilitating creative group activities, helping clean the clothing closet and providing direct mentorship • Donations accepted: money, Amazon wishlist purchases, new and gently-used clothing for ages 13- 24, unopened packages of underwear and socks Plant It Forward The Houston-based nonprofit works with more than 60 farmers with refugee backgrounds, including farmers operating five urban sites and four rural sites. Its mission is to support independent farmers with refugee backgrounds in developing sustainable farming businesses that produce healthy food for the community. • Sample activities: helping urban farmers weed, mulch and compost; working at a local farmers market; being a veggie guide content creator • Donations accepted: Venmo, PayPal, mailed check, stock • 2515 Waugh Drive, Houston • www.montrosegraceplace.org

• www.workshophouston.org This list is not comprehensive

• Fondren: 10595 Fondren Road, Houston • Westbury: 12581 Dunlap St., Houston • www.plantitforward.farm

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