Community Volunteer Guide
2024
Learn more about volunteer and donation opportunities in the Cy-Fair area. For specic volunteer requirements, contact the organization directly. This list is not comprehensive.
and employment assistance. Volunteers must register with Volunteer Services Manager Roxanne Fuselier and attend an orientation. • Sample activities: help receive and sort through donations at the donation center; stock, pack and distribute food in the food pantry; provide administrative support to the Client Services department; assist in the Angels’ Attic Resale Shop; help deliver groceries to senior and disabled neighbors • Donations accepted: Angels’ Attic accepts new and gently used items, such as clothing, shoes, jewelry, handbags, toys, books, small appliances, home decor, furniture in good condition and more. • 12930 Cypress N. Houston Road, Cypress • www.cypressassistance.org Helping Hands Ladies of Cypress The nonprot has about 40 volunteers who crochet, knit and quilt handmade items for organizations that assist the underserved and disadvantaged, including veterans and children. • Sample activities: designing and sewing quilts; crocheting and knitting hats and blankets; counting and tagging inventory • Donations accepted: thread, cotton fabric, quilt batting, yarn, monetary donations • www.hhloctx.org MESA Outreach The community food pantry supports individuals and families facing food insecurity. Additionally, the organization provides school supplies to six local elementary schools each year as well as yearly scholarships for graduating seniors. • Sample activities: stocking the food pantry, putting food bags together for distribution, administrative tasks • Donations accepted: canned meats; instant or scalloped potatoes; macaroni and cheese; spaghetti; rice and dried beans (1- or 2-pound bags preferred); canned spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce or paste; all types of soups; boxed cereals and oatmeal; breakfast or snack bars; peanut butter and grape or strawberry jelly; canned fruits and applesauce; canned vegetables and beans • 16000 Rippling Water Drive, Houston • www.mesa-outreach.org
Monday-Friday from 5-9 a.m., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. • Sample activities: wayinding; discharges; deliveries; stocking; escorting patients and families; patient callbacks; making discharge packets and other duties • 27800 Hwy. 290, Cypress • cypress.volunteers@memorialhermann.org
Civic participation
Mental health
League of Women Voters The Cy-Fair chapter of the League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization dedicated to protecting voter rights and empowering voters. It does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. The public is welcome to attend events. • Sample activities: registering eligible voters; educating voters; serving as observers at public meetings of local elected bodies; planning programs for public meetings and community events; delivering election information and mail-in voter registration forms • Donations accepted: monetary donations used to support voter education programs in the Cy-Fair community, gift cards for students winning contests • www.lwvtexas.org/cy-fair
Shield Bearer Counseling Centers This nonprot removes the barriers to receiving crucial counseling services for all ages and all situations. It provides healing solutions, compassion and counseling. • Sample activities: monthly community events, planning committees, care packages, outreach tables, prayer team • Donations accepted: monthly donations, stock donations, legacy gifts, event sponsorships, gift cards,
gifts-in-kind donations, PayPal, Venmo • 12337 Jones Road, Ste. 114, Houston • www.shieldbearer.org
Special needs
Community aid
Reach Unlimited The organization provides comprehensive programs and services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Cypress. Funded through a Medicaid waiver program, Reach Unlimited serves nearly 300 individuals annually. • Sample activities: assisting with special events; interacting and providing an experience for members at the Learning Activity Center on campus; helping with enterprise program which includes gift shop, glass studio and greenhouse; administrative support • Donations accepted: monetary, in-kind donations
Cy-Fair Helping Hands This organization serves the homeless and hungry through a food pantry; a Day Center where homeless people can shower, do laundry, have a hot meal and enjoy fellowship; Street Outreach programs serving the homeless; emergency shelter for qualifying families with children; scholarships; programs in Cy-Fair ISD; and seasonal programs. • Sample activities: work in the food pantry, assist the homeless in the Day Center, go on Street Outreach, serve as case workers for homeless families, pick up food from grocers, perform administrative tasks, serve as drivers • Donations accepted: food; monetary donations; backpacks and school supplies (back to school season); gift cards for turkeys (ahead of Thanksgiving); toys and gift cards for teens (ahead of Christmas) Cy-Fair Women’s Club The nonprot community service organization is a group of women driven by a desire to create a positive impact in the community. • Sample activities: serve at annual Shop ‘til You Drop Marketplace fundraiser (second Saturday in September) • Donations accepted: inancial and tangible items designated by Service Projects Committee for collection each year • www.cyfairwomensclub.org • 9606 Kirkton Drive, Houston • www.cyfairhelpinghands.org Cypress Assistance Ministries The faith-based organization serves individuals and families in nancial crisis, those on the brink of homelessness, the elderly and the unemployed. Resources include education, food, clothing, rent, utility
(food, school supplies, hygiene products) • 11832 Mueller Cemetery Road, Cypress • www.reachunlimited.org
Youth & families
Boys and Girls Country The licensed residential home for children ages 5-18 and young adults ages 18-25 was designed for kids from families in crisis. Children receive spiritual guidance, education, counseling and other life-enrichment programs in a safe and nurturing environment. • Sample activities: service projects (cleaning, gardening, organizing); professional services (haircuts, music lessons, workshops); host a drive (clothing, food, household goods); long-term (tutoring, mentoring) • Donations accepted: clothing, groceries, household goods
Health care
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital The local hospital has an active volunteer service program for adults and a summer program for high school students. Volunteers must undergo a drug screening, a tuberculosis test, mandatory COVID-19 and u vaccines, and safety training. • Sample activities: patient interaction, assisting in various departments across campus, clerical support • 18220 Hwy. 249, Houston • www.houstonmethodist.org/giving/volunteer Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital The year-round volunteer program is for adults over the age of 18 and is best suited for long-term volunteers who want to serve the hospital and its patients. Shifts are
• 18806 Roberts Road, Hockley • www.boysandgirlscountry.org
Cy-Hope The local nonprot’s mission is to make life better for kids in Cy-Fair. Programs range from the Backpack
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