Fay Day of Service

 Citizens for Animal Protection is a non-profit organization, founded in 1972, which shelters, rescues and places homeless animals for adoption with loving families. CAP advocates respect and compassion for animal life and provides humane education to help prevent cruelty to animals.

17555 Katy Freeway, Houston 77094

• Service: Storytime (reading to the cats or dogs) and unfolding newspaper 
• Age requirement: 6+ 
• Maximum capacity: 15 people per shift 

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The Houston Food Bank (HFB) depends upon volunteers seven days a week to clean, sort, bag/box, palletize, shrink-wrap, and stage products for distribution throughout our 18-county service area where 1 million people, who are food insecure, reside.  The need for volunteers is especially great now.

535 Portwall St, 77029

• Service: Our volunteers might clean, sort, bag/box, palletize, shrink-wrap, and stage products for distribution.
• Age requirement: 6+ 
• Maximum Capacity: 350+ 

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Since 2006, Kids’ Meals has been making and delivering free, healthy meals directly to the homes of hungry children. Since inception, we have given more than 10.3 million free meals to food insecure children in 46 zip codes in Harris County and Montgomery County.  Kids’ Meals is a first-responder to children ages 5 and under facing debilitating hunger due to extreme poverty.

330 Garden Oaks, 77018

• Service: Making grocery bags or packing lunch bags
• Age requirement: 8+ 
• Maximum Capacity: 25 people per shift  

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Artist Boat is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote awareness and preservation of coastal margins and the marine environment through the disciplines of the sciences and the arts.

Artist Boat Headquarters: 13330 Settegast Rd, Galveston, TX, 77554

• Service: Please join Artist Boat in a native planting event on the Coastal Heritage Preserve to help us fulfill our mission of protecting the coastal prairie for decades to come! 
• Age requirement: 9+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 30 people per shift  

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Enjoy the magic of early Houston spring while joining in the Arboretum’s efforts to provide safe and healthy habitat for native creatures and our visiting guests.

4501 Woodway Drive, 77024

• Service: Trash collection and park clean up
• Age requirement: 3+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 30 

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Undies for Everyone provides children living in poverty or crisis with new underwear, recognizing the importance of this small basic need as part of a child’s increased chances of long-term success.

Undies For Everyone Headquarters: 3610 Willowbend Blvd, Ste. 1000, 77054

• Service: Unpack, sort, count and box undies to send to children across the nation!
• Age requirement: 6+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 60

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Books Between Kids is a non-profit organization serving Houston’s at-risk children by providing them with books to build their own home libraries.

9947 Harwin Drive, Suites B &C, 77036

• Service: Various tasks to prepare donated books for distribution to Houston students
• Age requirement: 8+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 15 per shift 

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Each year, SEARCH Homeless Services helps thousands of individuals and families move from the streets into safe homes and stable lives through services that Engage & Stabilize, House, and Educate.  SEARCH Homeless Services complements and partners with shelters and other agencies to fill the gaps for individuals struggling to change their lives. Going beyond services that address basic needs, SEARCH works to end the homeless experience through skilled case management and educational programs.

2015 Congress Avenue, Houston, TX 77002

• Service: Sort and shelve donations of basic needs items like non-perishable food, hygiene products, menstrual products, and diapers in SEARCH’s onsite resource pantry.  Clients living on the streets and in our Housing programs often have zero income and rely on this pantry as a crucial resource for making ends meet.
• Age requirement: 6+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 6 

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Volunteer Houston connects individuals, groups, and companies with nonprofit agencies to transform the Greater Houston community for good through volunteerism.

3215 Fannin Street, 77002

• Service: Assembling hand-made pet toys and pet food bags to celebrate National Love Your Pet Day!
• Age requirement: 3+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 30

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The Nature Discovery Center is dedicated to preserving their four acre nature park and leading programs that ignite appreciation for nature among all ages. 

7112 Newcastle St. Bellaire, 77401

• Service: TBD based on weather and needs at the time. Be prepared to get very dirty, it may be physically demanding, and you may be around animals.  
• Age requirement: 10+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 15 

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Houston Botanic Garden enriches lives through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment. 

1 Botanic Lane, Houston, TX, 77017

• Service: Assist the Garden’s horticulture staff through hands-on gardening and maintenance tasks, such as neighborhood beautification, bed maintenance, and gardening tasks.
• Age requirement: 10+ 

• Maximum Capacity: 25 

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