Volunteer Houston, a program of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, connects individuals, groups and companies with nonprofit agencies to transform our community through volunteerism. By offering a web-based tool for nonprofits, schools, government offices and volunteers to autonomously post and respond to volunteer opportunities, Volunteer Houston serves the greater Houston area and Gulf Coast region of Texas. Volunteer Houston also offers programming for volunteers, training and networking for nonprofit leaders and Corporate Social Responsibility project management services for companies. Volunteer Houston was founded in 1974 and is the Points of Light affiliate in Houston.

Connect individuals, groups and companies with nonprofit agencies to transform the greater Houston community for good through volunteerism.

Volunteer Houston is the Points of Light affiliate in Houston. Points of Light is the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. They mobilize millions of people to take action that is changing the world through affiliates in 250 cities across 37 countries and partnerships with thousands of non-profits and corporations. Points of Light engages 5 million volunteers in 20 million hours of service each year.

Volunteer Houston is a program of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston. Volunteers and member agencies need not have any association with any faith. Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (IM) brings people of diverse faith backgrounds together for dialogue, collaboration, and service, as a demonstration of our shared beliefs. IM manifests the strength of shared beliefs through four areas of service to the greater Houston community:

Meals on Wheels

Refugee Services

Interfaith Relations and Community Partnerships

Volunteer Houston