Volunteer Opportunities for Houston Teens
A global non-profit that serves as “the leading force in forging closer ties between Asia and the West through arts, education, policy, and business.“
Help with ExploreAsia or Dances of Asia Summer Camps, or assist with AsiaFest (May). Please contact the Asia Society for COVID-related updates.
16 for Summer Camps and AsiaFest, with 15-year-olds permitted to assist in some circumstances.
The most comprehensive resource for pediatric hearing loss in Texas, offering health services and “enabling children with hearing loss to reach their full potential by teaching them listening, speaking, and literacy skills.”
Help with Via Colori, the annual street painting festival that supports the Center. Via Colori usually takes place on a November weekend.
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A museum that delivers innovative learning opportunities for children birth through 12 years of age and serves more than 1 million children and families annually.
Discovery Squad volunteers help with exhibits and programs throughout the Museum. Commitment is a minimum of 75 hours per school year or per summer. Please contact the museum for COVID-related updates.
Students aged 14 -17 may participate.
A museum that provides “unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, art, music, stories, and lives of Czechs, Slovaks, and people of all cultures who left their country to seek liberty and democracy in America.”
Help with seasonal celebrations, stuffing envelopes and other office work, gardening, cataloging items, organizing and cleaning, and more. Please contact the museum for COVID-related updates.
13. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must sign your volunteer application.
A nonprofit, interactive learning center that inspires passion and curiosity about health, the medical sciences, and the human body, attracting more than 2.5 million visitors a year.
Assist with week-long Summer Discovery Camps relating to medicine, forensic science, and sports. Please contact the Health Museum for COVID-related updates.
Camp volunteers must be 16 by May 1.
A museum dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, and using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides to teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice, and apathy.
Projects could include helping with the Museum’s store or in its resource center & library, or with administrative tasks. Please contact the Museum for COVID-related updates.
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One of the most popular museums in the U.S., housing the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre, and the Cockrell Butterfly Center, as well as a variety of traveling and permanent exhibits.
Assist with week-long science summer camps or participate in the Moran EcoTeen summer program. Please contact the Museum for COVID-related updates.
High school and university students who will be at least 16 by June 3 may apply to the teaching assistant program. The application deadline for the teaching assistant program is at the end of March, and the EcoTeen application deadline is in January.
A summer program that gives teen volunteers an opportunity to help Moody Gardens, a nonprofit educational destination, while gaining experience in a variety of career fields, including biology and education.
SAVY volunteers help staff with various duties and responsibilities, help educate visitors, and learn about a variety of career fields such as biology and education. Please contact SAVY for COVID-related updates.
14. Maximum age is 17.
A museum offering more than 65,000 artworks from antiquity to the present, as well as educational programs, films, and more.
Youth volunteers may be needed at some events, including family days at the Museum and Bayou Bend, and the annual Children’s Party at Bayou Bend. Please contact the Museum for COVID-related updates.
13, with a maximum age of 17. (18-year-olds may volunteer as adults.)
Youth volunteers must submit an online application as well as the volunteer expectations and waiver forms. A parent or guardian must sign the waiver and application as well.
