Community Engagement Opportunities

Arlington Urban Ministries (AUM) provides emergency financial assistance to Arlington's families in crisis. We make direct payments to landlords, utility providers, and pharmacies on behalf of families we serve. Additionally, we maintain a community food pantry and clothing closet to provide families and homeless people with 1-2 days worth of food/clothing. We also maintain relationships with an extensive list of aid agencies in Arlington to refer families to whom require assistance beyond what AUM can provide.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
We have a Resale Store called "Nu2U" which provides most of the funds for our non-profit (located 2220 Park Row Pantego, TX). They are always looking for bright volunteers to help organize, clean, and etc. at the store.

The first Wednesday of each month we have a Mobile Food Pantry with the Tarrant Food Bank, so strong and hard working volunteers are welcome!

We have other ways we help in the community including seasonal assistance.

With a vision of access to the arts for all, our mission is to provide artistic, cultural, and educational opportunities to improve the quality of life in our communities.

General Service Needs
Unpaid internship in the office or volunteer, help with marketing, programs, summer art camps, committees and Emcees for councerts as well as help at events- Shining stars-Spring and Taste of Notheast-November

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Research advertising locations, Inventory art supplies, Camp volunteer, help art teachers, work with event committees. Press releases on social media and to other media, marketing and MC MasterWork's concert.

Autism Speaks Inc. is an autism advocacy charity and the largest autism research organization in the United States. It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public.

General Service Needs
Autism Speaks has opportunities for internships, event day volunteering, and Autism Speaks University (ASU) chapter leadership.

Averting CAT-astrophe is a 501c3 non-profit cat rescue group consisting entirely of volunteers. We are focused primarily on saving cats and kittens off of the euthanasia list at local shelters. We placed over 500 cats and kittens in 2015, and 702 cats and kittens in 2016!

General Service Needs
Local, reliable fosters are needed! Fostering is easy and rewarding, kitties don't take much space and they give you lots of love in return. We will be happy to answer your questions and get you started. Fosters are needed for kittens, mother cats with kittens, and adult cats. You will need to fill out a foster application.

We have a special new program under the name Arlington Cats Alive! Arlington Neonatal Kitten Nursery is a collaboration with the Arlington Animal Shelter to improve the live release rate of bottle babies. If you would like to foster kittens in your home who are 1-28 days of age that come into the AAS, then this is for you! A training class is required for bottle baby fosters.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Our greatest need is for fosters! We also need volunteers to clean condos and socialize our kitties who are at the pet store for adoption. Volunteers can help with transport. We need volunteers to help with our Facebook page and Instagram. Since we rely on donations we have an active fundraising team. You can make a difference!

Back on My Feet recruits members at homeless and residential facilities around the country and begins with a commitment to run three days a week in the early morning. After 30 days in the program, members with 90% attendance earn the opportunity to move into the second phase of the program called Next Steps, which provides educational support, job training programs, employment partnership referrals and housing resources. Over 80% of individuals who start our program move into the Next Steps phase.

In Next Steps, members work with BoMF program staff to develop a personal road map to independence. Each member attends financial literacy classes and job skills training provided through partnerships with our corporate partners. Members can earn financial assistance to remove barriers to employment and housing such as work supplies, transportation and security deposits. Members who achieve employment and housing become Alumni Members. Within six months of becoming a Back on My Feet Alumnus, 90% of members maintain their employment, 60% receive a wage increase and 20% achieve a promotion.

General Service Needs

There are two volunteer options depending upon availability of commitment:

1. Ongoing weekly opportunities to run/ walk with our member (clients) living in transitional housing. Our teams run/ walk every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings with an optional run/ walk on Saturday at Dallas Life only. Volunteers are encouraged to participate one day a week as a commitment to our members.
2. Event related opportunities as we participate in numerous annual running events (5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon and Marathon Relays). These events offer opportunities to participate and train with our members or volunteer as staff and support.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Team participation one or more days a week on: Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday.
• Event specific:
• Train and mentor our members participating in upcoming run events; training to take place during one of our regularly scheduled weekday or Saturday runs.
• Run event preparation, day of staff and day of support.

The Bair foundation is committed to child and family services across nine states. Our programs range from foster care and adoption services (including children with special and therapeutic needs), to clinical and behavioral health aids and independent living transitions.

The Bair foundation is committed to child and family services across nine states. Our programs range from foster care and adoption services (including children with special and therapeutic needs), to clinical and behavioral health aids and independent living transitions.

When a child comes into The Bair Foundation’s care, the state allots 30 days to gather all necessary paperwork, such as birth certificates, and hospital and judicial records. Since social case workers are quite often overloaded, the foundation is seeking volunteers who are willing to help gather documents for our Dallas, TX location. This would aid Bair’s mission to serve as many needy children as possible!

There is no minimum hour requirement. All we ask is that volunteers be 18 years of age or older and have access to their own transportation. (Destinations will include hospitals and courthouses.) Prior to donating their time, all volunteers will be trained to ensure comfort with the tasks assigned, as this work involves sensitive information and privacy requirements.

We are home to Broadway at the Bass, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Ballet Theater, Fort Worth Opera, and the Cliburn.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Nancy Lee and Perry R Bass Performance Hall is to serve as a permanent home to major performing arts organizations of Fort Worth and as a premier venue for other attractions so as to enhance the range, quality, and accessibility of cultural fare available to the public; to promulgate arts education; and to contribute to the cultural life of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and the region.

General Service Needs
Volunteer ushers for our 2000+ seat venue.


Tasks Available for UTA Students
Direct patrons to their seats, scan patrons tickets as they walk in the venue, or assist in our Accessibility Kiosk with assistive listening devices, GalaPro, ICaption and Kulture City sensory bags.

Please fill out our online application located at https://www.basshall.com/experience/volunteers/ at the bottom of the page click on the Apply Now box. Once the student has attended our orientation in person they will have access to our online volunteer portal to sign-up for events and track their hours.

Baylor University Medical Center is an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System and provides quality healthcare to patients. Volunteer opportunities are available in pediatrics to surgery waiting, administration to patient care. Volunteer training needed. Part of the requirements is completing the Health Screening Assessment.

Our focus is to safely and effectively pair ONE volunteer (“Big”) with ONE child (“Little”) in one of three core mentoring programs. Each mentoring relationship (“match”) is monitored and supported to ensure long and enduring, positive and meaningful relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of the children served, their families, the mentor, and generations to follow.

General Volunteer Needs
Adult volunteers for the core mentoring programs (community based, site based, and mentor 2.0).

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Tarrant County’s mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantage circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible caring citizens. Opportunities are available in the morning and late evening. Group and individual experiences available.

Requirements: Application with reference and Background check.