Make a difference today and give what you can to help those most in need.

Ella Austin Community Center is currently involved in multiple city-wide fundraising campaigns. Please participate with us as we continue to provide much-needed services to our community.

Click here to make a donation.

If you’re interested in volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio (individually or with a group) - sign up here.

 For a full list of volunteer opportunities click here.

To donate click here. 

Everyone who wishes to volunteer must sign a volunteer waiver the first time they volunteer that year. Signed waivers are kept on file for that calendar year. Waivers are available at the construction site or you can print yours out here.

Your support and funding of student enrichment opportunities through the Young Women’s Leadership Academy Foundation will bring unimagined opportunities to a young woman’s future, creating confidence, and high expectations in generations to come.

Private funds from the YWLA Foundation pay for many critical education components:

• College-bound Programming
• College Prep Success Initiatives
• STEM-focused Enrichment
• YWLA Foundation funds enable achievement beyond the girls’ dreams, building confidence and a foundation for success throughout their lives.

Managed carefully through the San Antonio Area Foundation, these funds have produced extraordinary educational results.

You can donate online at: ywlafdn.org/give

Or print out this form and mail it to:

Young Women’s Leadership Academy Foundation
303 Pearl Parkway, Suite 114
San Antonio, TX 78215

Our Community Team fully encompass Pearl Street Church’s mission and initiatives for the local communities. While we believe that everyone has a personal responsibility to help others, we also provide and organize opportunities where we can make a positive difference in the area God has placed us by serving people outside of the church walls.

Our Community Team provides many options for serving, some include: Day of Difference, various projects with our adopted school Pershing Elementary, San Antonio Housing Authority Initiatives, Bags of Blessings, Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), as well as our annual Backpack Giveaway and Christmas Outreach for nearby San Antonio Housing Authority Locations.

The UTSA Community Center serves as a hub for university services and programs within the community. Through the Center, we want to partner with community-based organizations to host area experts and engage in conversations on topics relevant to the Westside community.

Maestros are at the core of our learning philosophy here at the Maestro Center. All of our courses are taught by local small business owners who are seasoned entrepreneurs and members of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. If you have a passion for teaching and are interested in becoming a Maestro, please fill out the form below.

Perks of being a Maestro:

• Community Involvement
• Supporting other Entrepreneurs
• Strengthen the Small Business Community
• Networking Opportunities
• In-Kind Donation for your time

If you are interested in becoming a Maestro, please fill out the Mentor/Maestro Questionnaire, which you will find here under Giving Back.

EXPERTEER:

Do you have a unique skillset or gifting that you could use to serve young people across the globe? Apply as an experteer!

PROGRAM VOLUNTEER:

Interested in working hands-on in a specific project? Apply as a program volunteer and join one of our many efforts such as ESL, Velocity Mentoring, Read, Write to Lead, and more!

SATURDAY LOVE YOUR CITY VOLUNTEER:

Every Saturday, our teams across the world go out into their communities to serve. Join us on a Saturday Walkthrough and serve as a Walkthrough Volunteer, tutor, or more!

Click here for volunteer application.

Help Us Make a Difference!

Ways You Can Help:

• Tutor
• Mentor
• Office Support

If you are interested in volunteering, please call us at 210-229-7827.

Do you feel called to serve others? You can help.

Volunteers are paired with isolated seniors and visit them in their homes to provide companionship, build relationships across generations, and connect them to other resources as needed.

Programs available to isolated low-income seniors:

Volunteers are paired with isolated seniors to provide basic needs and companionship.

Free

The Guadalupe Community Center provides free, wrap-around support and advocacy services to help individuals and families in need work towards self-sufficiency.

*No funds currently available*

Join thousands of volunteers from around the city who are serving with us to strengthen the most vulnerable.

Click here to apply. 

Please allow ten business days for processing your volunteer application. 

Click here to donate. 

Beyond SAY Sí’s on-site year-round, long-term youth programs, we extend our reach through community-based programming. Working with our network of alumni and contracted teaching artists, SAY Sí aims to reach different populations with creative development work, arts and cultural experiences and training opportunities.

SAY Sí’s Artists Building Communities [ABC] means to broaden the idea of what art is, what art can be and how we engage with art in our everyday lives. By creating accessible positive arts and cultural experiences for all populations of students, their families, and the adults who serve them SAY Sí builds a broader and stronger community for the arts.

There are several ways SAY Sí works with community partners, professional, youth groups and the public:
• Creative Youth Development Programs & Partnership – Arts education via workshops and youth-focused events
• SAY Sí Field Trips – Tours & Workshops – Free and fee-based experiences available for groups of all ages
• pARTicipate – Tuition Based Camps & Events – Summer camps for elementary and middle school ages; fun adult art events
• Company & Org. Team Building/Retreats/Staff Activities – Let us help you get creative with your staff experiences
• Professional Development – Teacher, Youth Practitioners – Training in CYD, Youth Voice, Social Justice, Medium-based etc.

To request a partnership with our ABC [Artists Building Communities] Program, call or email contact info.

• Child Development Center - Readers to children - baby rockers
• Baby rockers at the Child Development Center rock babies, read, and play with infants and toddlers under the direction of Center staff.
• Readers/Baby rockers must be 18 years of age or older and able to commit to weekly visits for at least one semester. Training and supervision are provided.
• Food Pantry volunteers are needed to unload trucks, stock food and prepare bags for distribution

For more information about all giving opportunities, please call (210) 222-9641 or e-mail [email protected].

Please let us know if a parishioner is sick or if the person respectively would like to receive confession, receive communion, or to be visited.

We are always in need of volunteers! Please call the office for current opportunities: 210-227-5059.

Blessing of Hands Ministries is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that is devoted to making a difference in the community.

More hands mean greater blessings to more of our neighbors in need. We depend on volunteers and donations to operate our two programs-Giving Fridge and Restoration Transportation.

Giving Fridge provides fresh, nutritious food for anyone who does not have access to sufficient food.

Restoration Transportation provides transportation to faith-based restoration homes in San Antonio and the surrounding area for individuals seeking alcohol or drug treatment.

Beyond the Light Outreach Project will serve the under-served Denver Heights Community and surrounding San Antonio area through intervention programs for wellness, nutrition, life enhancement and life challenging addictions.

Support Our Efforts:

• BTLOP Go Fund Me
• Donate to us via PayPal

Brotherhood exists to perform and promote acts of lovingkindness for the poor and the rich, for the frail and the healthy, for the elderly and the young.

Sisterhood is the organization of the women of Temple Beth-El who come together in friendship for programs that support the Temple, the community, and each other.

For those who find satisfaction in cooking for people in need.

Make a prayer, volunteer, or financial commitment.  Together we can change the inner-city of San Antonio.

Prayer Commitment:
It is not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord. Please make a commitment to pray for our students, families, and the Lords leadership.

Volunteer Commitment:
Your volunteering increases our impact. You are part of the plan. Come get involved on a weekly, monthly, or seasonal commitment.

Financial Commitment:
We ask because we believe. We believe in impacting the students and families in our area so we ask for your financial commitment.  We are funded by your donations so please donate today.

If you are interested in volunteering, click here.

If you are interested in donating money, click here. 

Preferred Communities Program supports the resettlement of especially vulnerable refugee populations for individuals who face particular barriers to integrating successfully and achieving self-sufficiency. Services provided include intensive case management, support services, and the necessary resources to move from “at risk: basic needs unmet” to “thriving: basic needs exceeded.”

Safe Passages Family Reunification provides home study and post-release services for unaccompanied international children released from the Office of Refugee Resettlement DUCO custody to sponsors in the local community. Ensures the child’s safety, well-being, and permanency.

The Youth Mentoring Program serves youth from 15-24 years of age to make connections to peers, provide education-based case management services, and employment pathways.

Trafficking Victims Assistance Program provides services for up to twelve months to potential victims of severe forms of human trafficking (labor and/or sex trafficking), born outside of the U.S., and are not a U.S. citizen or Lawful Permanent Residents. Services include case management, emergency and basic needs assistance, housing, safety planning, life skills orientation, legal services, medical care, counseling, and family reunification.

Distribute food, visit isolated seniors or tutor youth.

RSVP is America’s largest volunteer network for people age 55 and over.

"One stop shopping" for all volunteers who want to find challenging, rewarding, and significant service opportunities, RSVP helps make volunteering a more meaningful experience by offering information, support and guidance. Offering a full range of volunteer options with thousands of local and national organizations, volunteers are able to choose how and where they want to serve, choose the amount of time they want to give and whether they want to draw on their skills or develop new ones.

At Catholic Charities, we believe we have the power to transform lives and change futures. You share the same power when you join us in service.

Click here to register to become a Catholic Charities volunteer.

To donate, Click here. 

Our volunteer network is made up of hundreds of highly-skilled attorneys, doctors, counselors, and other professionals who donate their time and expertise to help us further our mission. This talented group of professional volunteers at American Gateways significantly amplifies the impact of your donation.

For Attorneys:

American Gateways' panel of more than 300 volunteer attorneys brings the region's best legal minds to bear in support of our clients. All pro bono attorneys with American Gateways will have access to one-on-one mentorship, regular trainings, office support, and the latest legal resources.

Non-Attorney Volunteers:

Beyond legal casework, American Gateways has a number of volunteer opportunities, ranging from translation and interpretation services, to administrative work, to psychological counseling and forensic medical exams.

Click here for Attorney Volunteer Form. To learn more, contact Edna Yang at [email protected].

Click here for Non-Attorney Volunteer Form. To learn more, contact Graciela Salazar at [email protected]. 

Click here for Internship Opportunities. To learn more, contact Laura at [email protected]. 

Click here to donate. 

The San Antonio AIDS Foundation provides a continuum of care to low-income HIV-positive men, women, and transgender individuals. Our services include resource and benefits assistance, case management, mental health counseling, medical care, pharmacy services, housing, and a year-round hot meal program.

We offer onsite and mobile testing for HIV and STDs, as well as HIV prevention education presentations in local public schools, colleges and universities, adult probation facilities, and teen detention programs.

Services are only available to individuals living with HIV/AIDS who are registered clients of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.

SAAF strives to make the volunteer experience a positive one for all who generously donate their time to our agency’s mission. In our efforts to maintain this level of care it is important to have general safety guidelines. We have minimum requirements that must be maintained for the safety and well-being of all who volunteer, as well as the confidentiality of the people we serve.

Volunteer opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• Mobile food pantry
• Arts and crafts for clients
• Birthday parties for clients
• Reception/light office work
• Group yard beautification
• Kitchen/hot meal assistance, kitchen prep and clean-up
• Housekeeping and maintenance
• Event support: Webb Party, Run and Walk for AIDS, World AIDS Day and others

Learn more about volunteering here.

Download the Required Documents:

• Volunteer Application
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Liability Waiver
• Background Check
• Volunteer Handbook
• Volunteer Authorization

Requirements for all volunteers wishing to volunteer in-house are:

• Volunteer application
• Completion of a confidentiality agreement
• Background check (SAAF does not charge for this.)
• HIV 101 awareness class (in-house)
• Volunteer orientation videos