Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for people who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
Here are some current needs:
Back to nature
Scenery and greenery await you as a volunteer at a state park in Fort Bend County. Depending on your interests, skills, and schedule, you might enjoy providing customer service at the park’s nature center, helping with trail maintenance, or tending the rich vegetation that adorns the grounds. Morning and afternoon assignments are available on weekdays or weekends. Persons as young as 15 are cordially welcome as volunteers. Register in March for the next volunteer training session, scheduled for September 2010.
Green thumbs wanted
Team up with other volunteers in tending a Sugar Land or Richmond community garden that produces a variety of fruits and vegetables to help feed the hungry in the area. Rain or shine, adults and youngsters alike can help on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday mornings by assisting with digging, planting, weeding, and watering the garden. Local food pantries reap the bounty and distribute it to families in need.
Help families outfit school children
Assist a local school district with cleaning, sorting, and folding clothing donations for low-income families with school-aged children. Coming by on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 9 a.m. and noon or Wednesdays between noon and 4 p.m., you’ll help bring order to what would otherwise be a chaotic collection of children’s garments and make the process of matching the various items to individual children’s needs more efficient.
Additional opportunities:
- Be a bingo caller and bring cheer and good fellowship to residents of a healthcare center in Missouri City.
- Be a “Meals on Wheels” driver on your choice of weekdays for elderly shut-ins in the Fort Bend area.
- Help with receptionist duties, phone coverage, photocopying, and filing at a women’s shelter in Rosenberg.
- Make friendly visits to a resident of a 24-hour care facility in Richmond for persons with mental disabilities.
- Serve as literacy tutor to foreign-born persons residing in Fort Bend County.
- Set up and maintain displays of baby clothing, cribs, strollers, and car seats at a “Mommy Store” run by a women’s center in Richmond.
For more information on volunteer opportunities, call Volunteer Fort Bend at 281-499-9102, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information on additional opportunities is available at www.VolunteerFortBend.org.
