Community Engagement Opportunities

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.

MRC provides the organizational structure needed for managing volunteer activities before, during and immediately following a large-scale emergency event.

MRC volunteers also provide assistance with non-emergency public health and other community events throughout Tarrant County.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Emergency Response
• Community Events
• First Response Teams
• Community Outreach
• Call Center Operations

Mental Health America of Greater Tarrant County cares about the mental wellness within the community. We strive to enhance mental health and improve the lives of those impacted by mental health.  We believe in building awareness and education in our community. We remain an independent nonprofit agency focused on mental health in Tarrant County. We are undergoing change as we determine what role we want to have in supporting mental wellness in our community.

For the last few years we have focused our work on supporting peers and the Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Team, both in partnership with My Health My Resources (MHMR) of Tarrant County. We are committed to working with you, our partners and our donors to continue to support these important services in our community.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Be an active member of the community by volunteering, joining a coalition, or donating.
• Help advocate for the elderly and people with mental illnesses by becoming an ombudsman.
• Help people who lost a loved one to suicide by volunteering with the LOSS Team.
• Raise community awareness by joining one of our coalitions. The Suicide Prevention Coalition emphasizes primary prevention by helping reduce the factors that put people at risk and by preventing suicide before it occurs.
• Help with our Peppers and Piñatas party and the Suicide Prevention Coalition’s 5K Run for Life.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we find new ways to make Mental Health America of Greater Tarrant County a sustainable organization.

We want to hear from you of what’s important in our community and will continue to share our agency news on our website and Facebook:

Your support and donations are as important now as ever. You can continue to make donations online or by sending checks to us.

Want to get involved? Contact us at [email protected]. Have feedback on how MHA can support mental wellness? Contact us.

Summary of what your organization does
Mentoring Brother 2 Brother (MB2B) is a Dallas, Texas area 501(c)(3) faith-based nonprofit organization, founded in 1998 with the primary objective to provide group mentoring to at-risk African American male youth from single female headed households within southern Dallas County, southeastern Tarrant County, and surrounding communities. MB2B programs are designed as a three-way partnership between the Mentee, Parent and MB2B in providing a support system that enables the Mentee to successfully navigate the challenges of being an African American male youth. MB2B programs empower at-risk African American male youth between the crucial ages of 10 to 18 with core programs focused on leadership development, academic excellence, spiritual growth, community service, career exploration and life skills.

General Service Needs
Types of Mentors
1:1 Mentor – This Mentor has an assigned Mentee. This Mentor would call/text his Mentee weekly and meet face to face at least monthly. Time commitment: 4-6 hours per month.
Activity Mentor – This Mentor would assist organization as a chaperone with monthly outings (i.e. movies, museums, community service, college tours, etc.). Time commitment: 3-6 hours per month.
Consultant Mentor – This Mentor would on occasion teach specific lessons/skills to Mentees as part of our classroom session. Topics could include work related skills/trade, special interest, or hobby. (i.e. photography, fishing, auto mechanics, carpentry, etc.). Time commitment: 4-6 hours per month.
Volunteer – Volunteers assist the organization with administrative tasks (program planning, technology, fundraising, donor management, communications, etc.). Time commitment: 1-5 hours per month.
Mentor Requirements
The following are requirements to become a Mentor:
• Male
• Passion to help youth
• High regard for Christian belief
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Criminal background check
• No arrest due to child negligence
• No arrest related to sexual misconduct
• Be able to commit in writing to one year or more
• Current Driver’s License (if transporting Mentees for any reason)
• Proof of auto insurance (if transporting Mentees for any reason)
• No illegal use of drugs
• No firearms assessable to Mentee

General Service Needs
Mentors

Working to preserve the independence and well-being of the senior neighbors in Northeast Tarrant County by providing rides for seniors to medical appointments and quality-of-life drives, assistance with minor home repairs and yard work, and holiday outreach.

General Service Needs
We are currently in need of volunteer drivers to provide rides either during the week or weekend. A typical drive includes picking a client up from his or her house and driving them to an appointment, the volunteer then waits for the appointment to conclude and then drives the client back to their home. We only ask that a volunteer dedicates three hours a month to providing transportation for seniors. We are also looking for office workers that can work one or two days a week from 8am to noon, and this position would entail answering phones and helping schedule clients.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
We need help with the above to areas, but students would also be able to participate in our Helping Hands program, which is a service that offers minor home repairs and yard work for seniors. We encourage groups to set up a time to come and work either for a single day or on a monthly basis.

Mission Arlington provides food, clothing (including blankets), household items, furniture, and emergency financial services to people in need. Special services, such as medical/dental clinics, counseling services, fall festivals, Thanksgiving deliveries, transportation services, after school programs, and the Christmas Store are also available.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Volunteers help us with the administration of food, clothes, household items, and furniture, plus assist in health clinics, and any other thing which will help families in need.

Mosaic partners with people with intellectual disabilities to create a meaningful life in a caring community, giving a voice to their needs.

We do this through our 24/7 residential programs, our day habilitation and vocational center.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Public relations, office/administrative work, assisting in our vocational center with recreational, therapeutic, and enrichment activities.

The Museum of Information Technology's mission is to preserve artifacts of information processing technology and to present these to the public, thereby increasing public understanding of the IT field in general and the role of Texas and Texans in its history. We look forward to being a major feature in the Arlington, Texas arts and cultural scene, to contributing to the Arlington tourism community and to benefiting the community by educating its members about the history of information processing technology.

The National Kidney Foundation is a major voluntary health organization dedicated to the eradication of kidney and urinary tract diseases.

Tasks Available for UTA Students
Camp Reynal for Kids, organ donor awareness, medical research, public and professional education, and emergency patient assistance. Volunteers needed for office work and event coordination. No volunteer training required.

In collaboration with United Way and Meals On Wheels, Inc., Neighbor Helping Neighbor (NHN) serves to reduce the effects of senior isolation by facilitating service delivery, building a sustainable network of volunteers and service providers and providing case management to those in need.

Volunteers and professionals from neighborhood and church groups, city government, businesses and human service organizations are all involved in providing a variety of services.

Tasks Available for UTA Students

• Minor home repairs
• Errand assistance
• Wheelchair ramps
• Safety equipment
• Yard maintenance
• Household chore
• Friendly visits by phone and in person
• Information and referral services and meals

NHN aims to improve the quality of life for older adults in your area.

Volunteering is as easy as a friendly phone call or visit, or even a birthday card. Contact NHN today to see how you can help brighten a senior’s day!