In the Community
Our areas of Service
Fort Bend Junior Service League members selecting a core placement as their volunteer opportunity are required to contribute a minimum of six hours per month towards this placement. These hours are separate and aside from our fundraising efforts for these agencies. The following is a list of the agencies our members serve and the services they provide to them.
Child Advocates of Fort Bend (Child Advocates): Child Advocates is committed to helping children navigate the path to permanency because their mission is based upon the belief that every child deserves a safe and permanent home. The agency offers FBJSL volunteers many opportunities, including: CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Volunteer (requires a 30 hour training course), CAC (Child Advocacy Center) volunteer (requires a 17 hour training course), join an event committee such as the Christmas Home Tour or Gala, join Friends of Child Advocates to help support a variety of activities benefiting the kids they serve and the volunteers who help them, assist in providing office support, volunteer for various workshops and programs to create awareness about child abuse and prevention.
East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry (EFBHNM): EFBHNM serve our East Fort Bend County neighbors who are struggling to make ends meets. The agency helps families in financial crisis meet their basic human needs by providing food, financial assistance as well as other basic necessities of life. The agency offers several direct service opportunities to FBJSL volunteers which include: working in the Food Pantry, conducting client interviews, working in the Resale Shop, handing out groceries to clients, administrative work, picking up donated items from area grocery stores and/or restaurants and assisting with fundraisers.
Fort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room (Rainbow Room): The Rainbow Room is an actual room connected to the Fort Bend County CPS office, where children are taken directly after they have been taken from their homes. Too often, these kids are taken from their homes with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. The Rainbow Room tries to ease this transition by providing comfort items and essential supplies including diapers, wipes, teddy bears, blankets, safety items (i.e. car seats), etc.. FBJSL volunteer opportunities include stocking the room, straightening shelves, organizing/ bagging supplies, data entry, shopping for supplies, participating in their auxiliary group, and planning their fundraisers such as the annual back to school drive, golf tournament, or Christmas project.
Fort Bend County Women's Center (Women's Center): The Women's Center focuses on serving the needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and their children, by providing emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, support services and educational outreach. The Women's Center provides FBJSL volunteers many opportunities which include: assisting with the children's program, 24-hour crisis hotline, personal accompaniment, support group, office support, volunteering at one of their thrift shop locations and organizing fundraising events such as Boogie and the Girlfriend Giggle. Training requirements must be met for some of these areas.
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels (FBS): FBS is committed to making a difference in the lives of senior citizens living in our community. The agency offers a host of volunteer opportunities in which our FBJSL volunteers can participate. They have several Senior Congregate Centers throughout Fort Bend County (Rosenberg, Stafford, Fulshear, Fresno, Katy and Kendleton) where they offer an array of activities for seniors and a hot meal for the day. FBS also provides hot and/or frozen meals through their "Meals on Wheels" program to over 650 homebound seniors Monday-Friday. Volunteers are assigned a route with no more than 10 stops that are delivered in the morning before 11:30 am. Meals are picked up at one of their designated centers in Rosenberg, Richmond or Sugar Land. Volunteer opportunities also include the Telephone Reassurance Program, Emergency Shelf Stable Meal Package Preparation offered twice a year to help prepare seniors for inclement weather, administrative work and assisting with fundraisers. Volunteers working directly with the seniors are required to complete a criminal background check.
Literacy Council of Fort Bend County (Literacy Council): The Literacy Council is committed to providing leadership to Fort Bend County literacy efforts through advocacy and the provision of services to functionally illiterate adults and those with limited English proficiency. The Literacy Council serves adults who have made the commitment to help themselves improve their own lives and those of their families. Well-trained and supported volunteers work one on one with adults needing help in basic literacy and on a small group basis with adults needing English as a second language skill. An FBJSL volunteer will assist the Council in many different ways. Tutoring, events assistance (special events or community awareness events), and office help are just a few of the opportunities that the Council will offer throughout the year for our volunteers.
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital (Memorial Hermann): Memorial Hermann Hospital is a 5-story, 77 bed, full-service acute care hospital. The hospital is a member of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, the largest community-based, not-for-profit health care system in Texas. FBJSL volunteer opportunities include assisting in the following departments: Front Lobby Information Desk, waiting room and/or pre-op for Day Surgery, Cath Lab Reception Desk, Outpatient Imaging Center, Nursing Units, Gift Shop, Lactation Center, Clerical work and Patient/Family Services which include baking and delivering muffins, newspaper delivery and offering beverages. Volunteers are required to complete a criminal background check, TB Test (paid for by the hospital), attend orientation, purchase a uniform jacket ($20) and follow uniform dress code and participate in annual safety review. Hospital volunteers will receive a free flu shot, meal discount in the hospital cafeteria and gift shop discount.
FBJSL members & members of the Women's Center STARS auxiliary host a Christmas dinner and holiday party for families at the shelter.
