Community Engagement Opportunities

Literacy Achieves is dedicated to improving English literacy levels among non-English speaking adults and their young children by providing programs in communication and life skills. We do so in the belief that the ability to understand, read, write and speak English contributes to independence, productivity and the overall well-being of the learners, their families and the greater community.

Literacy Achieves provides free educational programs for approximately 1,000 adults and 200 preschool children who reside in two low-income, highly diverse areas in Dallas. Literacy Achieves relies on more than 200 weekly volunteers as teachers, and collaborates with other organizations to provide its students with the services they need to become permanently self-sufficient.

General Service Needs

• Teach English to non-English speaking adults.
• Volunteer 2 hours a day once a week Monday - Thursday
• Literacy Achieves offers morning, afternoon and evening classes. All classes are co-taught; training & curriculum are provided.
• No foreign language experience needed. Minimum age to volunteer is 18.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Teach English to adult students.
• Assist in our office.
• Special projects (ongoing)

Lunch Box of Love is an Arlington-based nonprofit organization that believes in helping less fortunate people in their time of need. As so many found out recently, life can change in the blink of an eye. A job can be lost, and people get displaced. For those people, Lunch Box of Love is there to reach out a helping hand. We see a need, We act to meet that need.

Feeding the Homeless, disadvantaged families, giving out school supplies, every Tuesday and Friday we distribute already put together Produce boxes.

General Service Needs
Fundraising, grant writing, proposals, budget planning, marketing

Tasks Available for UTA students
Sorting, unloading, reorganizing, putting together care packages, putting together food bags, helping with fundraising

Magnolia Hospice offers medical care toward a different goal, maintaining or improving quality of life for someone whose illness, disease or condition is unlikely to be cured.

There is no greater gift than the gift of presence. Someone to walk beside. We offer training and then assign you a patient that lives near you.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Most of our volunteers visit their patients once a week for about an hour. Volunteers visit, read, play games, play music etc. No hands on just being a friend.

The Mansfield Mission Center empowers people on their journey to economic self-sufficiency through programs and services designed for whole person wellbeing: physical, financial, and relational.

The Linda Nix Clinic provides free medical, dental, and vision care for uninsured adults. All care is provided by volunteers.

The Mission Center provides food and nutrition education (through an innovative neighbor choice market), financial coaching and financial assistance, employment coaching and services.

The Thrift Store receives, prices and sells donated items. All funds support the work at the Mission Center and Linda Nix Clinic. Additionally, neighbors in need receive vouchers to shop at the store for needed items at no cost.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Mission Center - (1) Mission Market - assist staff with donation pick ups, unload donated items, weigh, sort, and stock items, and assist neighbors with shopping in the market (2) Employment - assist neighbors with job search, updating resumes, and mock interviews (3) Administrative - reception area volunteers welcome neighbors and assist with paperwork and answering the phones

Thrift Store - (1) Receiving - assist staff with picking up items from donor homes or unloading vehicles when donors bring items to the store (2) Processing - assist with one of our back room processing and pricing teams, including clothing, housewares, boutique, electronics, toys, shoes, and more. (3) Sales Floor - assist customers with dressing rooms, general needs, and operate cash registers or serve as a bagger.

Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization is committed to empowering underserved teens through theater arts by offering free, year-round out-of-school programs that promote creative expression and help deter juvenile crime.

General Service Needs
Support is needed to fund the 2024–2025 Enrichment Season, covering program expenses such as meals, snacks, arts and crafts supplies, costumes, transportation, and activity costs.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Volunteers are needed on performance days to help with front door ticket sales, box office duties, and welcoming guests during the culminating live productions at the end of each Teen Enrichment Program.

Meals on Wheels, Inc. provides nutritious lunch along with care and compassion to the homebound elderly and disabled in your area.

General Service Needs
Volunteer drivers are always needed to deliver noon meals and be a contact with the outside world. Volunteer orientation is offered twice a month and requires only 1 1/2 hours of your time.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Lunch-time meal delivery to clients in Tarrant County.

Medical City Hospice provides compassionate end-of-life care, offering physical, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and their families throughout every stage of the hospice journey.

General Service Needs
Hospice volunteers are an essential part of the care team. Direct patient support includes reading, sharing stories, playing games, assisting with legacy projects, and offering companionship. Office volunteers help with filing, phone calls, patient mailings, binder assembly, and check-in calls from the Arlington office.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Opportunities are available for students to serve as direct patient volunteers or office support volunteers. These roles are ongoing and offer meaningful ways to support hospice patients and their families.