VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Below you will find links to several community service opportunities which you can either participate on your own or join us during our fall and spring Community Outreach Days.

HURRICANE IKE AFTERMATH
Volunteer In Your Community!

Please consider volunteering to assist with post-Hurricane clean-up efforts.  For information about how to volunteer or request assistance, please visit the links or contact the people listed below. 

Special Note: If you know of volunteer opportunities in the Clear Lake/Houston community, please email information to Jenn Clark, Coordinator of Student Life at clarkjen@uhcl.edu and she will add the information to this list below.

Houston Red Cross
www.houstonredcross.org

Clear Lake - Points of Distribution (PODs)
PODs are located throughout Houston to distribute water, ice, MREs and other supplies to Hurricane victims.  To volunteer at a Point of Distribution (POD) in the Clear Lake area, please call Jacinta Hammersly at (832) 494-3820. (Posted 9-18-08).

Bacliff - The Lighthouse
Providing relief for victims living in Bacliff and San Leon communities.  The Lighthouse is accepting donations of food, clothing, household materials, toiletries, etc. for those impacted by the storm.  To assist, please call Ramona Wilson at (832) 892-5633. 

University Baptist Church - "Camp Ike" - Childcare
Beginning 9/22, from 8am - 5pm, UBC, located just across from UHCL at 16106 Middlebrook Drive, is offering "Camp Ike" for children K-5 whose caretakers must return to work and need a place for their children.  For more details, call the church office at 281-488-8517.

University Baptist Church - Mud Out and Home Interview Crews
You can serve on the Mud Out and Home Interview Crews. They meet at University Baptist Church at 7:30am in Room 212 every morning for training this week (9/22 - 9/26) until indefinitely.  After training, you can go with the crew to remove mud, dry wall and other areas that are damp and will mold from homes at no charge.  If you are in need of any of these services, please contact the church office at 281-488-8517.

Clean-up:
Several churches have organized efforts to assist with clean-up and removal of mud, debris and dry wall. For assistance, call one of the following numbers:

281.286.1515

281.488.3767

281.488.8517

Preparing Meals for the Red Cross to deliver - Texas Baptist Men
The Texas Baptist men have been working in Conjunction with the American Red Cross in hurricane relief since the 1960s.  You can help them prepare meals between 8am - 5pm at the League City Sportsplex.  They meet for a devotional at Clear Lake Baptist Church (www.go2clbc.org) at 6am before heading out.  For more information, please contact CLBC at (281) 488-3767.  Clear Lake Baptist Church is located at 15700 Space Center Blvd., Houston, TX 77062.

Donate Blood - MD Anderson
Since the hurricane there has been a depletion of blood at MD Anderson.  There is an MD Anderson Cancer Center Blood Bank in the Bay area at 18100 St. John Drive. They are open Monday 8am - 4:30pm, Tues/Thursday 11:30am - 8pm, Wed/Fri 6:30am - 3pm.  If you would like to donate specifically for one of Primrose School of Friendswood's student's family members who needs platelettes and blood on a weekly basis, please ask to reserve your donation for patient #0759380.  You must call ahead to make an appointment: 713-792-7777.

Houston Food Bank - Help Us Feed Hurricane Ike Victims
The Houston Food Bank is working hard to provide relief to families and individuals who are suffering as a result of the hurricane.  They are supplying food and other necessities to our partner agencies and to temporary shelters.  Disaster Relief hours are 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Sunday.  www.houstonfoodbank.org

Below are links and information about other service organizations in our community (original Community Outreach Day projects) who may also be in need of assistance.

Habitat for Humanity - Baytown
www.baytownhabitat.org

Mission
Baytown Habitat for Humanity is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses. Partner families must provide 500 hours of labor to help build their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage payments help to build additional houses.

Houston Humane Society
www.houstonhumane.org

Mission 
The Houston Humane Society (HHS) is a non-profit animal shelter dedicated to eliminating cruelty, abuse, and the overpopulation of animals. We receive no federal, state, or local funding and rely solely on donations and special events. HHS is committed to creating the awareness of animal rights throughout the Houston community by providing numerous animal welfare programs for Houston area residents and their pets, including pet adoptions, humane education, R.A.I.D.E.R. cruelty investigations, and Houston’s only $30 spay and neuter clinic.

With your help we can reduce animal suffering throughout the Houston area.

Houston Food Bank
www.houstonfoodbank.org

Mission
The Houston Food Bank is leading the fight against hunger. Founded in 1982, the Houston Food Bank is a private, nonprofit organization that seeks food donations and distributes to local charitable programs.  It is a certified member of America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network.  The Houston Food Bank feeds 80,000 different people each week, 498,000 different people each year.  38 million pounds of food were distributed by the Houston Food Bank last year.  The food bank supplies nearly 400 hunger relief agencies in 18 southeast Texas counties, including church food panties, homeless shelters, safe havens for the battered and abused, and nutrition sites for children and the elderly.  More than 100,000 volunteer hours are contributed annually. 

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