60 Minutes of Giving – Service Projects

When:
November 23, 2019 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Where:
multiple locations
see project descriptions
Cost:
$10 per person
Contact:
Michelle ChaseE-mail

60-min-of-giving

60 Minutes of Giving Service Projects

National Family Volunteer Day


Each project will cost $10 per person.  After registering please click here to pay.
Please register ALL family members.
Wee would love for you to join us for our After Party! Please register separately.

Community Partners of Dallas – 20 Volunteers FULL

Community Partners of Dallas serves over 16,000 children in the Dallas area! Volunteers will learn about the programs offered by Community Partners, take a tour of the Rainbow Room and warehouse and then create hygiene kits for the thousands of kids in need.

Appropriate for families with children ages 2 years+

*Please wear close toed shoes.*

Location:
7950 Elmbrook Drive, Dallas 75247


Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center – 20 Volunteers FULL

The mission of Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. Wee Volunteers will be helping DCAC with a fun project!

Appropriate for families with children 4 years+

*Please wear close toed shoes.*

Location:
5351 Samuell Boulevard, Dallas 75228


Dallas Furniture Bank Dusting Off Dreams – 20 Volunteers

Wee will be dusting off and vacuuming various furniture pieces to ensure the clients are receiving refreshed items for their homes. Help the clients of the Dallas Furniture Bank receive a dream come true in the form of clean, attainable furniture for their home.

Appropriate for families with children ages 6 years+

Location:
1417 Upfield Drive #104, Carrollton 75006


Hope Supply Co. – 20 Volunteers FULL

Hope Supply Co. aims to meet the critical needs of homeless children across North Texas. They make every effort to provide clothing, critical needs and warmth to the homeless youth. Through Hope Supply Co., we too can help children in our community by volunteering to donate and pack “Hope in a Box.” We will learn about Hope Supply Co. and the children they serve and pack “Hope in a Box” boxes with birthday supplies.

Appropriate for families with children ages 5 years+

Location:
10480 Shady Trail #104, Dallas 75220


Interfaith Family Services –  20 Volunteers FULL

Interfaith Family Services exists to break the cycle by providing working families with the tools to eliminate barriers, equip them to overcome poverty, educate children with skills to successfully pursue dreams and overall empower families to live self-sufficient lives. Wee Volunteers will put together snack bags for the children’s center.

Appropriate for families with children ages 4+

Location:
1651 Matilda Street, Dallas 75206, Building 2


Service Suitcase – 6 Volunteers 

The Service Suitcase will be a way for families to serve their communities from home, by creating handmade items for specific charities around the Metroplex. The suitcase includes supplies necessary for each project, talking tips for reflection, and instructions on where to deliver the items together.
Volunteers will learn about 7 different charities together and construct the projects from the Service Suitcase that will benefit those charities. Charities include: VNA Meals On Wheels, SPCA of Texas, Ronald McDonald House, Family Gateway, C.C. Young Retirement Home, Operation Gratitude and ChildCareGroup.

Each Service Suitcase is $30.

Appropriate for families with children ages 4 years+

Location:
TBD

Register: Service Suitcase


Soup Mobile Cookie Party – 20 Volunteers FULL

The Soup Mobile needs cookies! Who doesn’t love cookies? For a homeless person, cookies are something they would normally not get when they receive a meal. The Soup Mobile has changed that! They serve the homeless a hot and delicious meal and now, cookies are always given out at the end of that meal! Come and help us brighten someone’s day by assembling cookie bags for the homeless!

Appropriate for families with children ages 2 years+

Location:
Crossroads Community Services, 4500 S. Cockrell Hill Road Dallas 75236


Trash Clean Up with Dusty – 20 Volunteers

Our community partner, Dusty the Dumpster, is teaming up with Wee Volunteer to tidy up our city! Dusty will explain the importance of keeping the community free of litter, teach us about recycling and then volunteers will get into action by picking up trash.

Appropriate for families with children ages 4 years+

Location:
700 Fabrication Street, Dallas, 75212

Register: Trash Clean Up with Dusty


VNA Meals On Big Wheels (no deliveries) – 50 Volunteers

Volunteers will learn about VNA Meals On Wheels and tour the kitchen. Then, we will pack fruit bags for the 4,200 clients and hospice patients served by VNA Meals on Wheels.

Appropriate for families with children ages 3 years+

Please complete volunteer registration by following the instructions below:
1. Click on this link

2. Click ‘Log In on the invitation

3. Register as a new user by creating a username and password

4. Complete the volunteer application. Training is not necessary, once the application has been submitted you can stop.

Location:
1440 W. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas 75247

Register: VNA Meals on Big Wheels


Wipe OUT Graffiti – 20 Volunteers FULL

Let’s keep our city clean! Volunteers will learn the difference between “street art” and illegal graffiti from a Code Compliance officer. We will then paint over graffiti while listening to everyone’s favorite tunes.

Appropriate for families with children ages 3 years+

Location:
700 Fabrication Street, Dallas, 75212

 
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