How to serve:

• Greet visitors and answer calls at the front desk
• Or assist the chef in preparing brain-healthy meals for program participants
  

How to serve:

• Collect items listed here.
• Keep the completed bags in your car to give to homeless persons you encounter on the street, or drop the bags in the donations bin in the Gathering Room on our Westheimer campus.
  

How to serve:

• Help plan CCSC’s Back to School or Jingle Bell Express programs that deliver resources to low income families.
• Tend and care for the CCSC vegetable garden, which provides fresh produce to food pantry clients.
• Welcome clients and help gather information as they arrive at one of the CCSC locations.
• Or sort and stock food or clothing donations
  

How to serve:

• Assist in programs for residents such as career/workforce development, education development, arts and crafts, games, poetry, fitness, lifeskills, enrichment/empowerment, and organizing
• Or sort donations of clothing and supplies
  

How to serve: Build relationships, engage in mutual learning, and walk alongside a resettled refugee family in the Houston area.

How to serve:

• Drop off non-perishable foods at the main entrance porte-cochere on the south side of the Westheimer campus. Volunteers will collect grocery bags from your car
• or volunteer to assist in collecting grocery bags from cars
  

How to serve: Give blood at the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center van located in our Westheimer campus parking lot

How to serve:

• Volunteer at Habitat's ReStore
• Or help build a Habitat home
  

How to serve:

• Volunteer at the front desk, answering phone calls and helping guests check-in
• Assist with minor repairs needed in the apartment complex
• Or lead a special craft project or a game night for guests
  

How to serve:

• Mentor a teen 1 hr / week in a school, juvenile justice setting, or at the reVision drop-in center located on our Gethsemane campus
• Mentor an incarcerated youth at the Ellis Unit in Huntsville by writing letters and traveling to Huntsville on the first Friday of each month to bring pizza and connect through art, music, and dance
• Lead a workshop for young people to develop life skills such as goal setting, time management, budgeting, interview skills, etc.
• Or help move an unstably housed young person into their own apartment.
  
  

How to serve: Help greet and take information during JFAI clinics held on our Gethsemane campus.

How to serve:

• Mentor a student 1 hr / week  
• Or write notes of encouragement and provide small gifts of appreciation for teachers
  

How to serve:

• Prepare, bag, and pack sandwiches for undeserved preschool children in the kitchen on our Westheimer campus or at Kids’ Meals headquarters
• Put together shelf-stable DIY lunches anytime following this guide and drop them off at the Kids’ Meals offices
• Or purchase a pack of standard 6 lb. brown bags. Decorate them anytime, and drop them off at the Kids’ Meals offices or bring them by the Outreach office on our Westheimer campus
  
  

How to serve:

• Volunteer at the front desk, answering phone calls and providing administrative assistance
• Assist with life empowerment programs for clients
• Work in the Community Garden
• Join with your family, friends or group to host a Getting Ahead or Family Hope graduation.
  
  

How to serve:

• Volunteer to deliver food to Meals on Wheels recipient
• Or help package pet food for Meals on Wheels recipients who have furry friends
  
  

How to serve: 

• Collect items for menstrual hygiene kits
• Deliver kits to local organizations or UMCOR

How to serve:

• Help sort donations, reorganize clothes and greet visitors at our Mercy Closet on our Gethsemane campus
• Or donate gently used clothing

How to serve:

• Collect items for a hygiene kit for homeless using this list
• Deliver completed kits to Moving Waters

How to serve: Help provide meals for our hard-working PM Pal volunteers while they care for children with special needs. 

How to serve: Promote senior independent living, health and safety by providing transportation to doctor appointment, pick up prescriptions, grocery shopping and other life sustaining errands. 

How to serve: Write notes of encouragement and provide small gifts of appreciation for teachers at Small Steps. 

How to serve: Be a conversation partner for one of our students to help them practice their English-speaking skills

Save the date of Saturday, October 5 to participate alongside 350+ church members of all ages as together we serve in various locations throughout our city to make a big impact!

How to serve:

• Read to children and help with homework
• Help prepare or serve meals 
• Assist with data entry
• Host a food, hygiene, or clothing drive

How to serve: Help repair a storm-damaged home in our area

How to serve:

• Help organize donations for the Cottage Shop, a resale boutique that provides vocational training for residents
• Provide a meal for residents 
• Or write notes of appreciation to donors and community supporters

How to serve: Help make wooden toys for underprivileged children all over the world, repair furniture for local residents, create bookcases for students, or construct sets for the Rotunda Theatre on our Westheimer campus

How to serve: Help sort and pack underwear at the Undies for Everyone warehouse

How to serve:

• Prepare and serve a meal for our Gethsemane community
• Or underwrite a meal 

How to serve:

• Collect travel size hygiene items and assemble into kits
• Drop off completed kits at the YMCA of Greater Houston