Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for people who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
Here are some current needs:
Advocate for victims of abuse
Be an advocate for women victimized by domestic abuse. Volunteering with an organization that works to prevent violence against Asian women, you’ll help heal the hurt of past abuse and foster healthier interaction among family members in the future. A comprehensive 40-hour training program will equip you to handle calls from your home, providing peer counseling when appropriate and referring women on to other needed services. Knowledge of an Asian language is helpful but not required.
Innovative Arts Program
Volunteer instructors are needed to help disadvantaged children in Missouri City explore their individual creative dreams. If you are skilled in music, dance, or graphic art, consider coming by on the weekday of your choice to help nurture these youngsters’ potential. Your time commitment can involve as little as 30 to 60 minutes once a week on your choice of weekdays between 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
The Good Ole Days
History and heritage will come alive when you don a period costume and help visitors travel back in time at Richmond’s famous George Ranch. Providing kids and adults with an “up close and personal” perspective on life in Fort Bend County from the 1820s to the 1940s, you can portray a cowboy, blacksmith, sharecropper or other occupation emblematic of the times. Assignments are available during daytime hours on weekdays and Saturdays. Training will be provided.
Additional opportunities:
- Help a sports organization in Missouri City with data entry and word processing.
- Housekeeping specialists are needed to help maintain a clean and tidy environment at a women’s resource center in Rosenberg.
- Lead arts and crafts activities for seniors at a health-care facility in Sugar Land.
- Make friendly visits to a resident of a 24-hour care facility in Richmond for persons with mental disabilities.
- Raise a puppy for an organization that assigns guide dogs to visually impaired persons.
- Teach life-skills classes to residents of a women’s shelter in Rosenberg.
For more information on volunteer opportunities, call Volunteer Fort Bend at 281-340-1919, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information on additional opportunities is available at www.VolunteerFortBend.org
