
EMERGENCY AID COALITION
What Is It?: An interfaith organization that collaborates to provide temporary assistance in the form of food, clothing, and other basic needs, with an emphasis on serving the working poor.
Minimum Age to Volunteer: 16. Younger children may volunteer with an adult; exact age depends on their ability to follow instructions.
Help Needed
HELP AT EAC FOOD PANTRY
Stock and organize canned and dry goods, and bag bulk items such as laundry detergent, beans, and rice; pack grocery bags with food items from a designated list (M-F from 9:15 AM-noon); package donuts for sack lunches (M-F from 9:15-11:00 AM); pack lunches (M-F from 10-11 AM) and serve lunches (M-F from 11 AM-1 PM); make sandwiches for sack lunches given to the hungry (M-F from 9-11 AM); pack and serve Sunday lunches (Second Sundays from 11:30 AM-1 PM).
THIRD SATURDAY WORKDAY
Help with “behind the scenes” tasks such as sorting/hanging clothing and stocking the food pantry on the 3rd Saturday morning of the month, from 10 AM-noon.
HELP AT THE EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY
The EAC provides staffing and volunteers to operate the Houston Food Bank’s Emergency Food Pantry (535 Portwall Street). Volunteers may interview clients and assist with check-out. Shifts are 3-7 PM Monday-Friday, and 9-12:30 PM and 12:30-4 PM Saturday. For volunteers 16 and older.
BOOKS & BACKPACKS
Assist with the annual back-to-school backpack and school supply distribution for pre-K through 12th grade children. Help families choose backpacks and grade-level school supplies. Early August.
HELP AT CLOTHING CENTER
Sort, size, and hang up clothes or welcome clients and help them find what they need for themselves and their families (M-F from 9 AM-noon).
ADMINISTRATIVE HELP
Input information into the data system, assist with fundraising events, help with phone calls and mailings, help update EAC’s community resource and referral information, or other tasks.
OTHER WAYS TO SERVE
Coordinate a food or clothing drive at your school, church, neighborhood, or place of business; separate large bags of rice, beans, dry milk, detergent into smaller bags; mend donated clothing for the clothing center; wash aprons for the food pantry.
Square Inch volunteers, 2014
Line for bagged lunches
Covenant & First Unitarian Church volunteers bagging detergent
City Church volunteers, 2015
Nick Fava Eagle project: designed and made benches for waiting area, and donated additional funds, 2017
First Presbyterian VBS, 2014
Shoe donations, 2016
2016
2014
Books & Backpacks, 2012
Presbyterian School shoe donations 2013
Volunteers, 2017
2016
City Church volunteers, 2015
St. Pauls United Methodist Church volunteers, 2017
City Church volunteers, 2015
5-year-old Jack giving lunches, 2016
2016
Covenant & First Unitarian Church volunteers bagging dry milk
City Church volunteers, 2015