2015 Community Service Summer Packet
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Summer 2015 Upper School Community Service Opportunities As an Episcopal school dedicated to respecting the dignity of every human being, Parish strives to empower students to become globally minded servant leaders. As servant leaders, students build relationships with the local and broader community in order to expand their responsibility as citizens and make a difference in the lives of others. www.parishepiscopal.org
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Upper School community service opportunities for summer 2015
Transcript of 2015 Community Service Summer Packet
Summer 2015
Upper School
Community Service
Opportunities
As an Episcopal school dedicated to respecting the dignity of
every human being, Parish strives to empower students to become
globally minded servant leaders. As servant leaders, students build
relationships with the local and broader community in order to
expand their responsibility as citizens and make a
difference in the lives of others.
www.parishepiscopal.org
Behind Every Door www.behindeverydoor.org/
Behind Every Door exists to bring the Fullness of the Love of
Jesus to transform lives in underserved neighborhoods.
This sits on a foundation of building relationships.
Seeking volunteers to assist with the children’s program.
Typically a shift is 3 hours – 1.5 hours of tutoring/homework
help/literacy. Then, 1.5 hours of enrichment (photography,
entrepreneurship, art, music, sports, etc.).
Monday-Friday, 11:00am-2:00pm
Village Oaks Apartments
3550 East Overton Road
Dallas, TX 75216
Monday-Friday, 1:00pm-5:30pm
Willow Pond Apartments
6003 Abrams Road
Dallas, TX 75231
Volunteer application must be submitted -
behindeverydoor.org/volunteer.
Then, contact Davis Ridley to schedule shifts:
[email protected] or 214.460.0982.
Birthday Party Project www.thebirthdaypartyproject.org/
Birthday Party Project’s mission is to bring joy to homeless
children through the magic of birthdays.
Seeking volunteers to help in the warehouse, filling bins for
birthday parties.
Volunteers can self-schedule. There is no orientation
required.
Monday-Friday
9:00am - 5:00pm
4950 Keller Springs, Suite 470
Addison, TX 75001
Contact Arden at [email protected] or
Annie Mullins at [email protected].
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand www.bbhh.org/
Brother Bill's Helping Hand is enriching the lives of men,
women, and children by empowering through learning,
encouraging through relationships, and ensuring the
essentials for life.
Seeking volunteers to help with the following programs:
- Grocery Store: Mondays restocking from 9:30am - 12pm,
Wednesdays & Thursdays helping in the store from 10am - 1pm,
and restocking Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:30pm
- Kid's Craft Time on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am - 1pm -
bring your own simple craft or use our materials and books
- Reading Room on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30 - 10:30am -
read to the kids while their moms are in exercise class
- Enrichment Camps - plan and lead a Kids' Arts & Crafts Camp,
Reading Camp, or Science Camp on any weekdays throughout
the summer
- Sports Camps - plan and lead a Kids' Basketball or Volleyball
Camp on any weekdays throughout the summer - basketball
goals, basketballs, and volleyball nets provided
- Soccer Camp - high school students help coach elementary-
aged kids on June 10-12 from 7am - 1pm (transportation from
Highland Park included) and moms needed to help with
supervision
- Back to School Carnival on Saturday, August 15th from 10am -
1pm
3906 N. Westmoreland
Dallas, TX 75212
No orientation is required. Volunteers fill out the necessary
paperwork when they arrive.
Contact the BBHH Assistant Director, Adair Neely, at
[email protected] or 214-638-2196 to schedule volunteer
opportunities.
Community Partners of Dallas www.communitypartnersdallas.org
The mission of Community Partners of Dallas is to ensure
safety, restore dignity, and inspire hope for the abused and
neglected children served by Dallas County Child Protective
Services.
Seeking volunteers to assist with the Back to School Drive.
Activities will include school supply inventory, backpack
stuffing, and possibly distributing backpacks/uniforms.
Monday-Friday
9:00am-5:00pm
1215 Skiles Street
Dallas, TX 75204
Orientation is not required. Volunteers will fill out the
necessary paperwork when they arrive.
Contact Martha Robinson, Manager of Volunteer Services,
at [email protected] or 214-624-7585 to schedule shifts.
Dallas LIFE www.dallaslife.org/
Dallas LIFE is a place where homeless men, women and
children can receive help and hope during their time of
need. Dallas LIFE is a path to recovery and self-sufficient
living. Dallas LIFE is a promise that there is a way to begin
again.
Seeking volunteers to serve meals, sort donations, or work
with children.
1100 Cadiz Street
Dallas, TX 75215
All volunteers must submit a volunteer application -
http://www.dallaslife.org/applications.html.
Once a volunteer application is submitted and approved,
volunteers can view the agency’s online schedule and
schedule shifts. Or you can contact Anna Brantley at 469-
569-9866 or [email protected].
All volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Orientation and training is done on the day of service.
Family Place www.familyplace.org/
The Family Place empowers victims of family violence by
providing safe housing, counseling and skills that create
independence while building community engagement and
advocating for social change to stop family violence.
Seeking volunteers to help with administrative tasks and with
their Children’s Program.
Multiple office locations.
Volunteers must be 16 years old or older.
Volunteers must submit a volunteer application -
http://www.familyplace.org/volunteer. Once application is
submitted volunteers contact Essete Workneh, Volunteer
and In-Kind Donations Manager, at
Feed My Starving Children www.fmsc.org/
Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian
organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in
body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults
hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished
children, and we ship these meals to our distribution
partners. FMSC meals have reached nearly 70 countries
around the world in our history.
Parish is hosting Feed My Starving Children in Dallas again
this year! Join us as we pack over one million meals in our
gym to send abroad for kids in third world countries.
August 21 – August 23
Set Up and Tear Down Needs on August 20 and August 23
2-hour shifts available
4101 Sigma Road
Dallas, TX 75244
Volunteers must register for a shift online at www.fmsc.org/.
Registration will be open 6 weeks ahead of time.
In the meantime, contact Mrs. Fuquay with any questions at
Genesis Women’s Outreach www.genesisshelter.org/
The agency’s mission is to end the epidemic of domestic
violence against women and children by stopping individual
victimization and reducing the devastating impact of family
violence through safety, shelter and expert services to
battered women and their children. They are committed to
preventing violence by raising the level of community
awareness regarding the pervasiveness and effects of
domestic violence.
Seeking volunteers to help with office tasks and/or childcare
at their Outreach Office.
Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-9:00pm
Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
4411 Lemmon Avenue, Suite 201
Dallas, TX 75219
Volunteers must apply online at
https://gwss.typeform.com/to/hQk39W or by visiting
www.genesisshelter.org/volunteer. A one-hour orientation is
required and volunteers will be informed of orientation dates
by email once a volunteer application is submitted. Once
application is submitted and orientation is completed, shifts
can be scheduled at www.genesisshelter.org/volunteer or
by emailing Dodie Hamrick, Community Outreach Manager,
Volunteers must be 15 years old or older to volunteer at the
outreach office.
Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. www.goodwilldallas.org/
Goodwill Industries of Dallas creates jobs and job training
opportunities for persons with disabilities and other barriers to
employment.
Seeking retail store and warehouse volunteers.
Retail Stores –
Open seven days a week
Multiple locations
Goodwill Warehouse –
Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
3020 N. Westmoreland Road
Dallas, TX 75212
Volunteers should contact the Goodwill Volunteer
Coordinator, Pearce Edwards, to schedule an orientation
and facility tour. This will expose volunteers to the mission
and programs, and how they will fit in the volunteer
program. Pearce can be reached at 214-638-2800 ext. 246
Volunteers must be 14 years old or older. 17 years old and
younger are required to have a parent/guardian present
when volunteering; the parent/guardian will be required to
sign a waiver for the youth volunteer.
Heart House hearthousedallas.org/
Heart House is a free, year-round program that provides
safety, education, and opportunity to at-risk students.
Seeking Health & Fitness Summer Program Volunteers.
Volunteers will read with students daily, cook with students
weekly, participate in fun exercise classes weekly (i.e.
Zumba, Yoga), and possibly chaperone a week of field trips
during the last week of summer programming.
July 6-August 13 (Monday-Thursday)
12:30-4:30p (need volunteers mainly from 1-3p, but any time
given is great)
8515 Park Lane
Dallas, TX 75231
Summer camp locations can vary. Confirm location with Ms.
Johnson.
An orientation is required. Volunteers should contact Erika
Johnson, Community Relations Manager, at
[email protected] to set up an orientation.
Orientation/Site Tour is about 30 minutes. A volunteer
application will be completed at orientation.
Hope’s Door www.hopesdoorinc.org/
Hope’s Door offers intervention and prevention services to
individuals and families affected by domestic violence and
to provide educational programs that empower the
community’s capacity to respond.
Seeking volunteers to assist at their shelter, resale shop and
outreach center.
Various locations and needs.
Counseling Center and Administrative Offices
860 F. Avenue, Suite 100
Plano, TX 75074
Resale Shop
3000 Custer Road, Suite 220
Plano, TX 75075
Shelter is open 24-7
Resale shop is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm
and Sunday, 12:00pm-5:00pm
Outreach Center is open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm
Volunteer orientation is required. Monthly orientations are
on Saturday mornings from 10:30am-12:00pm. To schedule
an orientation and volunteer shifts, please contact Melanie
O’Brien, Volunteer Coordinator, at
[email protected] or 972.422.2911 ext. 219.
Jubilee Park & Community Center www.jubileecenter.org/
Jubilee Park & Community Center is a catalyst for
comprehensive community revitalization and enrichment in
the southeast Dallas surrounding neighborhood, with
emphasis on the education of children and adults.
Seeking summer camp volunteers, to help with activities
including meals, sports, and enrichment activities.
907 Bank Street
Dallas, TX 75223
June 15-19
June 22-26
June 29-July 2
July 6-10
July 13-17
July 20-24
July 27-July 31
Volunteers must commit to a full week of volunteering from
7:30am-2:30pm each day (lunch is provided). There will be
a mandatory training beforehand (dates still TBD but will be
scheduled with the Volunteer Coordinator).
To volunteer contact Allison Johnson, Volunteer Coordinator,
at 214-887-1364 or [email protected].
Volunteers must be 15 years old or older.
Mercy Street www.mercystreetdallas.org/
Mercy Street’s mission is to build up Christian leaders in West
Dallas with the hope that they will come and give back to
their community. They do this through 3 strategic planks:
Mentoring, Sports, and the Leadership Institute.
Seeking Summer Reading and Play Camp volunteers to help
read to the kids, play and eat lunch with them. They would
love to have volunteers who can commit to the whole
week, but that is not a requirement.
3801 Holystone Street
Dallas, TX 75212
June 15 – June 19
11:00am-1:00pm
To sign up, please contact Nicole Livingston 214-730-4839
New Friends New Life www.newfriendsnewlife.org/
New Friends New Life restores and empowers
formerly trafficked girls and women and their children. By
providing access to education, job training, interim financial
assistance, mental health and spiritual support, New Friends
New Life helps women and their children overcome
backgrounds of abuse, addiction, poverty, and limited
opportunities.
Seeking children’s program and children’s summer camp
volunteers.
Preston Road Church of Christ
6409 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75205
Wednesday Evening Children’s Program
5:45pm-7:45pm
Children’s Summer Camp
July 6-July 10
8:30am-5:30pm
And orientation is required. Please contact Taryn Mays at
[email protected] for orientation dates.
After attending an orientation, contact Jessica Pate at
[email protected] to sign up to volunteer.
***Due to the extremely sensitive nature of this agency, they
ask that parents or guardians be aware of this agency’s
mission and attend the orientation with their student.
North Texas Food Bank www.ntfb.org
NTFB passionately pursues a hunger-free community.
Seeking distribution center volunteers to bag, box, and sort
through food items in a warehouse environment.
Tuesday-Saturday
9:00am-11:30am or 1:00pm-3:30 pm
4500 S. Cockrell Hill
Dallas, TX 75236
Volunteers 10 years old to 15 years old must be
accompanied by an adult. Volunteers 16 years old and
older can volunteer unaccompanied.
To sign up for shifts please visit http://web.ntfb.org/get-
involved/volunteer/request-form. For questions contact
Amanda Mota, Volunteer Experience Associate, at
Oak Hill Academy www.oakhillacademy.org/
The mission of Oak Hill Academy is to provide specialized
education for students, pre-k through 12th grade, who
exhibit or are at-risk for learning differences and/or social
challenges.
Seeking MineCraft Summer Learning Camp volunteers.
Volunteers will assist teachers in delivering the Minecraft-
based curriculum in the academic areas of math, science,
and reading to our unique population of students in 1st
through 7th grades who exhibit or are at-risk for learning
differences or social challenges.
June 8 – June 19
9:00am-12:00pm, 12:00pm-4:00pm, or all-day shifts available
Interested volunteers should contact Brit Smart, Head of
Lower School, at [email protected] or call 214-
353-8804.
Paul Quinn College http://www.pqc.edu/
PQC provides a quality, faith-based education that
addresses the academic, social, and Christian development
of students and prepares them to be servant leaders and
agents of change in their communities.
Seeking volunteers to help on their farm.
Community Volunteer Days
2nd Saturday of each month
9:00am-11:00am
3837 Simpson Stuart Road
Dallas, TX 75241
Since Paul Quinn loses most of their student volunteers during
the summer, they would love for Parish to step in! Come
ready to be outside picking weeds, tending to plants, etc.
To sign up for a shift, please contact Hannah Koski at
[email protected] or call 214-376-1000. Wear comfortable
clothing that may get dirty and closed-toed shoes are
required. Also consider bringing water, a hat, sunscreen,
bug spray, and gardening gloves.
Rays of Light www.raysoflightdallas.org/
Rays of Light, a Texas 501(c)(3) corporation, is dedicated to
providing free, quality respite care to families with children
with special needs, across the spectrum, in the Dallas
metropolitan area. Together with our volunteers, we strive to
lend support and relief to these families through our respite
care program called Night Lights.
Seeking Friday Night Lights volunteers and Summer Splash
volunteers.
9200 Inwood Road
Dallas, TX 75220
Friday Night Lights
June 5, June 12 and June 19 (Fridays), 5:30pm-10:00pm
Summer Splash Events
August 1 and 8 (Saturdays), 12:30pm-5:00 pm
*In addition to regular indoor activities, they have numerous
outside water activities, including a huge, inflatable water
slide.
No orientation is required, but volunteers must submit a
volunteer application and read the Volunteer Handbook
before volunteering. Volunteers under 18 need to submit a
letter of recommendation (can be an adult friend of the
family, coach, teacher, etc.). All forms are available at
www.raysoflightdallas.org. Volunteer shifts can be
scheduled with Debbie Solomon, Program Director, at 214-
706-9579 or [email protected].
RISE Adaptive Sports www.riseadaptivesports.org/
RISE Adaptive Sports assists persons with physical challenges
to Recover, Inspire, Succeed and Empower themselves and
others by providing inclusive adaptive recreational sports
programs.
Seeking volunteers to assist individuals with physical
disabilities in different programs by participating and playing
alongside them.
Locations vary.
Please reference the RISE Adaptive Sports calendar at
http://www.riseadaptivesports.org/wp/volunteer/; any
events/programs listed on the calendar are in need of
volunteers. In order to volunteer, please complete a
reservation on the calendar of the event/program you
would like to attend 48 hours prior.
Please visit http://www.riseadaptivesports.org/
for more information about volunteering, or contact Beth
Foster at [email protected].
Volunteers must be 18 years old or older unless
accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Seven Loaves Community www.7loavescommunity.org/
Seven Loaves Community is committed to holistically serving
people in need in Plano, Texas and Collin County. They seek
to meet the basic needs for food to all who are food
insecure and access to health care and social services for
those at and below the poverty level.
Seeking volunteers to help in the food pantry on Thursdays
and Saturdays. They request volunteers arrive at the pantry
no later than 3:15pm on Thursdays and 8:30am on Saturdays.
In addition to Thursdays and Saturdays you may consider
helping by bagging, sorting and moving food. This takes
place on Wednesday nights from 6:00pm-8:30pm and Friday
mornings from 9:00am until noon.
5801 W. Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75093
Volunteer application required. To register as a volunteer
and schedule shifts, visit
www.7loavescommunity.org/volunteer/.
SPCA of Texas www.spca.org/
The SPCA is providing every animal exceptional care and a
loving home.
Seeking volunteers to help with the children’s Summer Critter
Camps which run at both the Dallas and McKinney shelters.
They will allow youth camp mentor counselors to volunteer
without parents starting at age 14.
2400 Lone Star Drive
Dallas, TX 75212
8411 Stacy Road/FM 720
McKinney, TX 75070
Camps run weekly beginning the week of June 8. The last
camp runs the week of August 10. There is not a camp the
week of 4th of July.
Volunteers must be able to commit to a full week – 8:30am-
3:30pm Monday-Friday.
Orientation is required. To register for an orientation and
become a camp mentor, visit www.spca.org/volunteer or
contact Michelle Douglas, Volunteer Relations Manager, at
St. Philip’s School & Community Center http://www.stphilips1600.org/
St. Philip’s School and Community Center exists to enhance
the lives of children and families, regardless of economic
background but with particular emphasis on low and
moderate income families, through educational excellence,
Christian principles, and compatible community services.
Seeking volunteers to assist with their summer camps.
June 8th-July 24th, Monday through Friday
8:00am-5:30pm
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215
From 9:00am-12:00pm the children will do fun academic
activities and from 1:00pm-4:00pm they will have arts
enrichment that include theater, music, art and dance. They
will also have weeks were they focus on nutrition, marimba
drum camp, tennis and lacrosse.
For more information and to sign up, please contact
LaSheryl Walker, Community Outreach Director, at
[email protected] or 214-421-5221, ext. 140.
35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games www.wheelchairgames.org
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are an outgrowth
of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ historic involvement in
wheelchair sports.
Seeking volunteers to assist with their 35th games.
June 21 – June 26
For a complete description of requirements for volunteers
and to sign up to volunteer for specific events, go
to wheelchairgames.org/volunteers/. Alternatively, you may
contact Bobbie Scoggins or Tina McDaniel
at [email protected] or 1-800-924-8387 ext.
36581.
The minimum volunteer age is 14 years old.
