BY DANICA LLOYD
Two Lives Changed The organization supports and encourages young families by teaching essential life skills, including nancial literacy, parenting, job prep, meal planning/prep and more. • Sample activities: babysitting during meetings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings, bring a meal for 12, help with community baby showers, mentoring • Donations accepted: gently used baby clothes, strollers, car seats, wipes, diapers YMCA of Greater Houston The YMCA is committed to the health of more than half a million people, helping them grow and thrive through programs and services. • Sample activities: coach youth sports teams; become a buddy for adaptive sports programs; motivate youth in building the skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors; participate in give-back opportunities; extend a hand to members who want to lead healthier lives; join committees at local YMCAs • Donations accepted: monetary donations; welcome kits for Houston Welcomes Refugees (www.houstonwelcomesrefugees.com) • Langham Creek Family YMCA, 16725 Longenbaugh Drive, Houston; D. Bradley McWilliams YMCA, 19915 Hwy. 249, Houston • www.ymcahouston.org • 18081 West Road, Houston • www.twoliveschanged.org
Buddy program—which provides bags of food to students facing food insecurity over the weekends—to counseling services and scholarship programs. • Sample activities: assembling and delivering food bags to local schools, assisting with weekly activities and special events at Hope Centers, serving as an umpire or coach for the Dierker’s Champs baseball program, serving weekly as a mentor at local schools, working weekly shifts at the Hope Chest Resale Market, helping with lawn and building maintenance • Donations accepted: individually packaged snacks; AA and AAA batteries; cleaning supplies • 12715 Telge Road, Cypress (primary location); 12015 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress (resale shop) • www.cy-hope.org Sleep in Heavenly Peace The organization builds and delivers beds, mattresses and bedding for free to children ages 3-17 in North Houston who do not have a bed of their own. Children ages 7 and up can serve when accompanied by a parent. Community builds take place the second Saturday of most months. • Sample activities: sawing, marking, sanding, staining, drilling and assembling headboards • Donations accepted: bedding for twin beds can be dropped off at Northwoods Presbyterian Church; monetary donations can be made at www.shpbeds.org or mailed to P.O. Box 680862, Houston, 77268 • TheMET Church, 13000 Jones Road, Houston • www.shpbeds.org/chapter/tx-houston-n
Youth & families
Cy-Fair ISD Volunteers in Public Schools The local school district’s volunteer program allows community members to mentor students and assist with campus and community events in the district. Interested applicants should contact Dawn Tryon, CFISD’s director of community engagement, at dawn.tryon@csd.net. • Sample activities: mentoring; reading to classrooms; assisting in the library, ield days, festivals and picture day; presenting animal demonstrations to elementary classes • www.cisd.net
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