Volunteer guide: How to make a difference in the Sugar Land-Missouri City community

Mei WongPress

This article was originally published in Community Impact Newspaper’s Website, and was written by Valeria Escobar. We’ve published a portion of the article below.

Fort Bend Care Center

The nonprofit focuses on supporting community members through health services, food security, education and community development programs. Volunteers can help with community food fairs, special events, tutoring classes and office work.

Sample activities: food sorting, packing and distributing; event set-up and clean-up; client registration; tutoring, answering phones, helping with walk-in client inquiries, helping with data entry or special events

Donations accepted: monetary donations

Fort Bend Care Center started at the end of 2017 as a ministry of Fort Bend Community Church to address unmet community needs in English learning, health and financial empowerment, per the website. (Courtesy Fort Bend Care Center)
Fort Bend Care Center started at the end of 2017 as a ministry of Fort Bend Community Church to address unmet community needs in English learning, health and financial empowerment, per the website. (Courtesy Fort Bend Care Center)

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By Valeria Escobar
Education Reporter

Valeria Escobar joined Community Impact in December 2024 as an education reporter in the Katy, Sugar Land and Missouri City area. Before joining CI, she worked as a reporter for a television news station in El Salvador and as an editor for her college newspaper, The Columbia Spectator. Wherever she is, Valeria could be found strolling through local museums or grabbing a bite at restaurants with promising reviews.