Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for people who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
Here are some current needs:
Brighten the lives of seniors
Delight homebound senior citizens with hot lunchtime meals and some friendly conversation. As a meal delivery volunteer for a United Way agency in Fort Bend County, you’ll be helping low-income seniors remain independent while providing them with much-needed human contact. You’ll pick up the lunches at a designated site near you on your choice of weekdays and deliver them to shut-in seniors in the general area.
Cover the courts
Be a volunteer referee for a youth basketball league’s games at a Sugar Land recreation center. League games will be held on Saturdays between 8 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., with each game lasting about an hour. If you can referee one to three games on one or more Saturdays, you’ll be helping youngsters in grade levels K through 9 enjoy healthful competition and learn the basics of good sportsmanship. Training will be provided.
Medical personnel needed
Family practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are needed at a free medical clinic for low-income residents of Fort Bend County.
Flexible volunteer shifts are available, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a social service organization’s Stafford headquarters.
Additional opportunities:
- Connect with a homebound senior through friendly phone calls.
- Groom, walk, and play with dogs and cats awaiting adoption at an animal shelter in Rosenberg.
- Help a new community center in Richmond open its doors and meet the needs of low income residents by answering phones, scheduling volunteers or assisting with the set-up of a corner market.
- Help with receptionist duties, phone coverage, photocopying and filing for a senior home repair program in Missouri City.
- 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.
- Visit various Fort Bend high schools to speak with students about teen dating violence and creating healthy relationships.
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.
