Catholic Charities Fort Worth is a faith-driven, service-driven, and forward-driven organization committed to living out the commission of Jesus Christ throughout the diocese of Fort Worth by welcoming the stranger, caring for children, and strengthening families.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC COMMUNITY: 

Hope Center: Volunteers take calls from clients seeking assistance and direct them to resources that meet their needs. Training is provided.

Transportation: Volunteer drivers are needed to assist clients with rides to medical appointments, job interviews, and social service activities.  Drivers need to have a current driver's license and insurance, and must complete the CCFW Transportation Training Program. Time: Mon-Fri 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (3-4 hours shifts requested)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES CAMPUS IN FORT WORTH:

Donation Center: Sorting donations, assembling bags for clientele

Assessment Center: Help create activity boxes and birthday party supply boxes for children at the center; be a Birthday Buddy by providing cake and presents for birthday child, reading buddy for school-age child.

Refugee Services: Mentor a refugee teenager and/or family. Of particular need, are volunteers with teaching experience to help adult refugees learn English and to tutor refugee youth.  Class times are available in the morning and afternoons, Monday through Saturday. Training using CC resources will be provided.

Also needed at Refugee Services are volunteers who will shop for apartment needs for newly arrived refugees, help set-up refugee apartments, and assist with donation pick-ups.

Education & Service: Teach financial education courses, assist with client resumes/job search, teach ESL classes, or tax prep.

Click here for more information about Catholic Charities Fort Worth

GRACE (Grapevine Relief And Community Exchange) is a faith-based non-profit relief agency that provides food, clothing and other emergency assistance to residents in need in Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake and surrounding areas.

YEAR-ROUND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Food Pantry: Stock incoming supplies, assist client shoppers with budgeting & nutritional considerations, check-out and picking up food from local grocery stores.  Must be 18 and older to volunteer.

Resale Stores: Restock merchandise, help with displays, assist customers and cashier. Ages 10-14 are welcome with a parent. 

Donation Station: Sorting and unloading donations.

Health Clinic: Doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, medical specialties, translators and clerical assistance needed.  Must be 18 and older

Transitional Housing: Case management, decorating apartments, maintenance and repairs (painting, plumbing, carpentry, yardwork etc.)  Must be 18 or older to volunteer.

To volunteer, click here to visit the GRACE volunteer website.  

SEASONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

In addition to GRACE’s year-round programs, clients, volunteers, and donors can participate in the following seasonal opportunities

Feed Our Kids prepare and serve lunches to children in local apartment complexes throughout the summer. This bridges the gap for children who normally receive free or reduced lunch at school. GSCC always has a week or more during the summer for adults and teens alike to volunteer.

Transitional Housing Fall Festival provides an opportunity for the families staying in transitional housing to have a night of fun.  Volunteers play carnival type games, kids are able to trunk and treat and dinner is provided for the entire family.

Turkey Collection/Holiday Food Distribution assures that all area households are able to serve Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to their families. Food baskets include everything needed to prepare a home-cooked holiday meal! GSCC raises funds to purchase turkeys and other items for the holiday food baskets but volunteers can also sign up to prepare the baskets.

Christmas Cottage allows parents to choose gifts for their children at Christmas time. Clients are given vouchers to shop in a store-like setting filled with new donated items and toys. GSCC parishioners provide gifts for the cottage through Advent Angel Tree donations but volunteers can also be used throughout December to clean, setup, operate and tear down the Cottage.  Volunteers must be 18 and older.

To volunteer, click here to visit the GRACE volunteer website.  

Serving Our Seniors (SOS)  preserves the independence of senior neighbors in N.E. Tarrant county. It was established in 1981 and  is supported by faith based communities/churches, civic groups, businesses, and individual friends working together.  The area served includes eleven (11) communities: Bedford, Colleyville, Euless, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Keller, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Southlake, and Watauga. MCCC does not “income qualify” and clients are never charged for services because we recognize that most of our clients are on limited incomes.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Transportation -  to “routine medical” appointments and “quality of life” drives on weekends.  Transportation is the core service provided by SOS volunteers, it includes picking up the client at their residence, taking them to their appointment or errand, staying for the duration of the appointment or errand, an returning them home.

Helping Hands - assist seniors with minor home repairs, wheelchair ramps, Adopt-A-Yard program, and group service days.

TLC Phone Friends program allows seniors to expand their social networks from the comfort of their home. 

Click here to visit the SOS website to learn more.  

M​CWC has in-person or virtual ministry opportunities to save a life and provide hope.

To volunteer, please visit:  www.mcwomensclinic.com

SafeHaven Immediate Needs:

SafeHaven is  in need of a lot of items, from hygiene supplies for shelter to kitchen supplies for our Housing clients. The SafeHaven Amazon Wish List was updated with the latest items needed,  so please take a look here.

SafeHaven of Tarrant County is an organization focused on ending domestic violence in our community through safety, support, prevention and social change.  SafeHaven’s vision is to be a center of excellence in creating and implementing services that bring about positive, measurable change in the epidemic of intimate partner violence. It is the largest and most comprehensive agency in Tarrant County providing services at no cost to domestic violence victims. 

SafeHaven is always looking for small groups, such as GSCC ministries and SCCs, to assist SH with its mission.  Here are a few opportunities for you to consider:

• Provide and/or serve meals in SafeHaven’s shelters;
• Host a game night, craft night or movie night at a shelter;
• Collect and donate household cleaning supplies for a family moving into housing;
• Help set-up, decorate and/or tear down its Santa’s Sack toy donation centers (December and January).

To Volunteer, please visit the SafeHaven Volunteer Website

St. George Catholic Church is GSCC's great-grandmother parish with our roots going way back, when St. George helped launch a mission parish which eventually resulted in GSCC parishioners meeting to form our church.  Currently St. George School, enrolls 200 students in Pre-K through 8th grade including ethnic backgrounds reflective of the parish; Anglo, Asian and Hispanic with several families living at or below the poverty level. 

Each spring GSCC sponsors a book drive and a school supply drive for the school in the late summer.

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Share a Story- Read to students, both morning and afternoon times are available.
• Host an after School Club -  For one hour a week for 5 or 6 weeks highlight a hobby of yours with the students of St. George.  Suggested topics could be running, tennis, IT, gardening, music, dance or photography.
• Help with School Upkeep - Students do better in school when they feel better in their surroundings, you or a small group could help improve the school environment by painting classrooms, spreading mulch on the playground, or planting flowers.

Click here to visit its website and learn more about St. George Catholic School.

St. John's Baby World offers assistance to families with children in need  by providing gently used clothing, food/formula, toiletries, diapers and toys.  The agency serves babies to children up to 6 years of age living in Tarrant County.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Baby World - Sorting donations and assisting clientele

Donations:

St. John's Outreach is always in need of donations for Baby World and its Food Pantry.  

Donations for Baby World - Baby World donations such as diapers, new and gently used clothing and other items used by babies and toddlers, can be brought to weekend Masses at Good Shepherd and dropped off in a collection box in the Narthex, or can still be dropped off during business hours at St. John's Outreach office, 7337 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills, TX 76180.  Call 817-284-5912 to confirm drop off times.  

The Knights of Columbus are also taking Donations in the Parish Hall during the monthly Knights of Columbus burrito Sunday’s.

Donations for St. John's Food Pantry can be brought to weekend Masses at Good Shepherd (blue bins outside of church doors) or brought directly to St. John's Outreach office, 7337 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills, TX 76180.  Call 817-284-5912 to confirm drop off times.  

Click here to visit St. John's Outreach website. 

Unbound Now supports survivors of human trafficking and resources the community to fight human trafficking in North Texas and other regions in Texas. We do this through youth prevention, survivor services, and outreach & training. We empower youth through education training in schools, juvenile detention centers, and with local services providers. We support survivors by providing 24/7 ongoing crisis response and case management through our survivor advocacy program. Our Underground drop-in center provides specialized services for trafficked and exploited youth. As part of outreach & training, we lead local coalitions and task forces to promote community outreach and equip professionals to identify and respond to human trafficking.