Community Engagement Opportunities

The Arc of Greater Tarrant County provides services and support for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families. The Arc of Greater Tarrant County is also an advocate for the mentally challenged, to foster the development of programs in their behalf and to monitor existing programs to assure the highest standard of excellence.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Volunteers needed to assist with monthly dance, recreational activities, annual golf tournament and office work. Volunteer training required.

Our Programs include EDUCATIONS, HEALTH, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT,AND LATINO EQUITY

General Service Needs
VOLUNTEERS FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND BLOCK WALKING

Tasks Available for UTA Students
MOSTLY COMMUNITY EVENT SUPPORT AND BLOCK WALKING OUTREACH

The Cowtown Marathon is a not-for-profit organization that currently puts on two road races a year (October & February). With our C.A.L.F Program we partner with local schools to donate over 5,000 pair of shoes a year and scholarship students to participate in our events. We want running to be the avenue for all individuals to have a healthy lifestyle.

General Service Needs
We have volunteer needs over our race weekends in October (200) and February (2,000). We also have items through the year in the office that we could use help with. In January and February, we fit schools with shoes and need assistance with that process also. We would love to have interns to help us out also.

The mission of The First Tee of Fort Worth is to impact the lives of all young people by providing participation in The First Tee’s Life Skills Curriculum and its Nine Core Values through the game of golf, thereby instilling life enhancing values that encourage leadership, build character, foster community service and promote wellness.

Our programs include open enroll classes, after school programs, PE programs, and additional opportunities for participants.

General Service Needs
Our program offerings are extensive, so having volunteers to assist, or even be trained to lead entry level classes is vital to our growth and sustainability. This is especially true in our after school programs.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Volunteer Coach
• Assistant Coach
• Player level Coach (Lead coach at participant entry level)
• Special events
• Administrative

Giving Us Leadership and Focus is a Texas based organization that is coming up with solutions and opportunities to re-engage under-served teens in staying on track in school.

By offering a uniquely combined mentoring program that is fostered and managed by teens in exciting peer to peer settings, teens are encouraged to make successful transitions from high school no matter their surrounding circumstances.

Whether they are going into college or preparing for life as young adults without college, they are encouraged and inspired by inquiring project planning, organizations, business development, volunteering, career and entrepreneurial skills. Thus giving them a fighting chance on living life beyond mediocrity.

Volunteer Service for our concessions operations with local sports arenas

• American Airlines Center
• Dallas Mavericks
• Dallas Stars
• Global Life Stadium events
• Texas Rangers
• Dallas Cowboys
• AT&T Stadium

We are a missionary church ministry, and one of our goals is to reach our community by giving to our community through the food pantry.

General Service Needs

• food pick-ups boxing
• food packaging
• handing out food

Available Tasks for UTA Students

• food boxing
• food packaging
• handing out food

The mission of The Parenting Center is to provide families the tools to succeed. The aim is the prevention and intervention of child abuse and neglect.

General Services Needs
Individual, group and play therapy, couple and family counseling. The Healthy Families program provides individual in-home consultation and education for first-time mothers under the age of 20; WARM Line is a parenting hotline for anyone who needs to ask a parenting question.

Education Services: Parent education classes, workshops, speeches and seminars are offered both on-site and at various locations throughout Tarrant County. Volunteers needed to assist with office work and public relations. Volunteer training required.

The Phoenix Academy works with grade levels one through 12. Although The Academy very much operates as one unified campus, there are actually two distinct programs housed in our building. The Phoenix Academy is an option for students to earn a high school diploma in an alternative setting. The Behavior Intervention Center (BIC) Program was established to serve the academic and behavioral needs of students who have violated the Student Code of Conduct.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

1. Tutoring our students in core subject areas-

• math
• science
• English
• history

1. Student mentoring
2. Helping with scheduled events

The Salvation Army Family Life Shelter is a program designed to help stabilize homeless families and teach them the necessary skills to live independently in the community. Basic needs such as food, shelter and childcare are provided, while independent living skills are taught through educational workshops, counseling, and community resource networking.

The Salvation Army of Arlington is a neighborhood center for worship, education, recreation, music and community activity. The Salvation Army YET Youth Education Town provides after-school and summer youth programs for children of all ages. Youth activities include indoor/outdoor educational activities and arts and crafts that are all supervised by adults. The Army’s Creative Arts Program seeks to provide performing Arts education to children in need (brass, guitar, vocal, and dramatic instruction). This center is located at 712 W. Abram Street, Arlington.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
UT Arlington students can volunteer for year-round and seasonal onsite opportunities. In addition, they can do Collection Drives. Please contact bridget.lenhardt@uss.salvationarmy.org to find out about the items that need to be collected.

The Thank You Darlin' Foundation's mission is to help disadvantaged youth experience academic and personal success through the arts. We carry out this mission through supplemental teaching, after-school programs, youth anthology publications, spoken word performances, and poetry slam competitions.

Across the nation students are struggling and failing because of a decline in literacy skills, and this is especially true for economically disadvantaged youth. The National Assessment of Adult Literacy reported that 85 percent of all youths who interface with the juvenile court system are illiterate. In addition, many Texas school districts have experienced drastic cuts to funds for the arts and after-school enrichment programs. Unfortunately, those at greatest risk for harm are children from low-income families living in impoverished neighborhoods.

General Service Needs
Our Voice2Youth program unites the arts with literacy. It is our core program, a quality supplementary education program aligned with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) guidelines for English Language Arts, Poetry, and Drama.

We offer service learning opportunities in nonprofit management, marketing, and K-12 teaching experience.