Community Engagement Opportunities

Prairie Paws Adoption Center, part of Animal Services in the City of Grand Prairie, provides a safe, healthy, and humane community for the pets of Grand Prairie. We accomplish this through protecting the public and its interests, providing education on responsible pet ownership, housing homeless animals, and placing companion animals.

General Service Needs
Volunteers assist Prairie Paws staff in providing sanitary, healthy environments for shelter animals to maximize their adoptability. New volunteers must complete 18 hours of Shelter Essentials Training before they can attend an Animal Handling class and be approved for animal handling assignments, such as walking dogs and grooming shelter animals.

From time to time, Prairie Paws also has openings for volunteers to assist with program coordination, such as for the Foster Care program.

Group volunteers are welcome to host independent, offsite fundraising campaigns or supplies collection projects to benefit the shelter animals.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Shelter Essentials Training encompasses ongoing cleaning tasks to achieve sanitary conditions and prevent disease, such as washing toys/ dishes, washing/ folding laundry, sanitizing litter boxes/ crates, restocking food/ litter/ supplies, and sweeping and mopping hallways/work areas.

After 18 hours of SET, volunteers will be eligible to attend an Animal Handling class, a requisite for direct animal handling.

Apply online at http://bttr.im/vpkno

Pretty Blessed Girls provides educational, cultural and recreational opportunities for at-risk families. The purpose of Pretty Blessed Girls Mentoring program is to empower girls to feel pretty and blessed without compromising. Our mission is to bring girls together from all walks of life to create a strong sisterhood that will empower, motivate and uplift girls from all over the world.

Students can volunteer for bi-monthly program days, 2nd or 4th Saturdays, from 1:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m., and/or for special events/activities. In total, there are 4-8 hours a month available to volunteer.

Tasks for students include helping mentors facilitate discussions and activities with youth on program days as well as helping with setup/takedown, sorting supplies/inventory for program days and special events.

Project Access is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that operates Family and Senior Resource centers at over 60 properties across 10 different states. Our newest site is located in Euless, Texas. Project Access provides on-site health, education, and employment services to low-income families, children, and seniors. Our goal is to give low income families the tools needed to break the cycle of poverty, become healthier, further educated and financially stable. Project Access transforms community centers in apartment communities into fully operational resource centers. Our centers serve as "community hubs" that provide families and seniors with the resources needed to thrive. This unique model of service delivery allows Project Access to directly impact the lives of underprivileged families. Project Access' key initiatives include health and wellness, economic stability, community building, and education for youth.

General Service Needs
Project Access is seeking volunteers to primarily assist with the ASP program (after-school program). Duties may include assisting with tutoring, homework, arts and crafts, and other after-school activities. Volunteers will be needed occasionally for community-building events which may include, holiday parties, health fairs, and other occasional community building events.

Proyecto Inmigrante Immigration Counseling Services, Inc. is committed to serve, inform and assist the immigrant community in matters concerning immigration and education. Our agency is recognized and accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice with offices in the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth and Wichita Falls Texas.

Through our legal representation programs and immigration counseling services centers, we have made a positive impact on the lives of thousands of low income families in our community affected by the inefficient immigration laws. We have served over 50,000 immigrant families from over 55 countries, regarding of their nationality.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
INTERNSHIPS: Currently, Proyecto Inmigrante ICS, Inc. is able to offer non-paid internship positions to students of Translation, Interpreting, Mexican American Studies, Anthropology, U.S Government, and Marketing. Each student will have the opportunity to practice a set of employable skills with our internship programs as specified below:

Translation Students -

• Personal Document Translations
• Marketing Material Translations
• Website Translations
• Sight Translations of Legal Immigration Forms
• Legal Translations

Interpreting Students -

• Sight Translations of Legal Immigration Forms
• Community Interpreting

Mexican American Studies Students -

• Firsthand experience with the Mexican American culture and community
• Research of U.S Law
• Research of Security and Stability Abroad

Reading Partners mobilizes communities to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by third grade.

We know that reading is the foundation for all future learning, and the ability to read transforms lives and empowers children and communities to reach their full potential.

That’s why we partner with under-resourced schools and engage volunteer reading partners to work one-on-one with students who struggle with reading.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Volunteers give an hour of their time each week to work one-on-one with the same student in grades K-3 to help them meet their literacy goals.

More than simply reading with a child, our volunteers follow a proven, structured curriculum to help students learn specific skills necessary to become proficient readers. It’s simple, and it works. Each lesson comes with step-by-step instructions and materials. A trained site coordinator is always available to answer questions, assist with the materials, and solve problems.

Refugee Services of Texas, Inc. is a not-for-profit social service agency guided by principals of human compassion and dignity committed to providing quality services for refugees and other displaced persons. Working in partnership with faith based communities, businesses and volunteers, we provide our clients with resources, referrals, education and guidance to ensure their successful and self-sufficient lives in Texas. The home office was established in Dallas over 30 years ago with sites now also in Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and Amarillo.

General Service Needs
Volunteers are needed to assist with apartment set-up for new arrivals, English and literacy instruction for all ages, client transportation, donation collection and distribution, fundraisers, and administrative duties. Volunteer training is provided.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Spring, Summer, Fall Internships, Volunteering, Mentorships

Resource Center is a trusted leader that empowers the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and all people affected by HIV through improving health and wellness, strengthening families and communities and providing transformative education and advocacy.

The Vision of Resource Center is to be a nationally recognized leader whose services ensure physical, emotional, and social health, and equality, understanding, and acceptance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV communities.

While the Center employs paid staff, the mission of the Center could not be achieved without people like our volunteers and interns. The talents, skills, time and energy donated by our volunteers are a valued resource. More than 1,100 community members each year donate their time and talents to the Center. Whether it’s serving meals, answering phones, designing a brochure, or helping at fundraising events, volunteers enable the Center to provide superior service to the community. You must be at least 18 year's or older to volunteer at the Center.

General Service Needs
There are various opportunities depending on your availability. For information about internships, please call or email us.

Complete the volunteer registration form and click the submit button to send your application form to the Center's volunteer coordinator. http://www.myresourcecenter.org/give/ways-to-give/volunteer#!celanese_volunteers_1012_002

Once your application has been submitted, the volunteer coordinator will contact you as needs arise. You must attend volunteer orientation and Diversity & Culture class within six weeks of starting to volunteer. Volunteer orientation takes place at Resource Center' Community Center building at 5750 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas 75235.

RHF provides housing and services to more than 22,500 older adults, low-income families, and persons with disabilities.

General Service Needs

• Management supervision & financial management
• Dining and nutrition education
• Resident services
• Affirmative marketing plans
• Skilled nursing and assisted care
• Corporate-compliance maintenance

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Translating for residents with language barriers during programs/events offered. Spanish and/or Korean.

Assisting in promoting socialization by providing companionship while at our community.

The mission of River Legacy Foundation is environmental education and conservation. Evolving from this mission is the Living Science Center, which provides educational opportunities for both youth and adults with hands-on interactive experiences with nature.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Some of the volunteer opportunities include: Information Desk Ambassador, Animal Care, Workshop Assistant, and different unpaid internships available as well. In addition, Special Events Volunteers are needed to facilitate activities related to nature during our festivals, and for concessions, set up, breakdown concessions, as well as mailings. Volunteer training required for our once a week volunteer opportunities and orientations for our special events. Volunteers should expect to broaden their knowledge of nature; meet other people who share their interest in nature; gain perspective and vision of the professional world; satisfaction in knowing that one has contributed to a better quality of life for themselves, their communities and future generations.

The Roseland Boys and Girls Club sees around 60 kids from the local community. We present a lot of programs such as Power Hour (homework help), Triple Play (sports) and Career Launch (career prep) for our members.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
We are in desperate need of committed homework help. We do have a tutor who comes in Mondays and Wednesdays. We need volunteers who can commit to coming in 1x a week to help out with homework-preferably 4:30p-5:30p. We have kids 6-12 who face reading and math challenges daily.

Also, we have a Math Blazers contest coming up in April. We are looking for volunteers who are innovative and creative in their approaches to helping our 9-14 age group learn and grasp math. Details about this contest can be provided at a later time if needed.