Needs From: Volunteer Houston

About Summerhouse Houston

Summerhouse offers community-based day services and supported employment services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members of our day services spend time in the community volunteering and participating in social activities, classes, exercise, and more in a low member-to-staff ratio.

Working together to make a significant and purposeful difference in the lives of all our young adults is at the core of everything we do at Summerhouse. Volunteers make up significant part of our mission. Your contributions of time, talent and treasure make a life transforming difference in the lives of our young adults at Summerhouse Houston. In the process, our Volunteers also experience love and fulfillment as they serve side-by-side with our young adults and all who engage with our mission.

Fun Friday Sponsor

If you’d like to encounter our city with the Summerhouse crew, plan, fund, and host a Friday Fun Day. Pick a spot that you think we’d enjoy, partner with us in planning a fun experience, and sponsor the day’s activities.

If you have any questions, please contact Brooke Magers (brooke@summerhousehouston.org).

 

Want to know what we've been up to? Check out our 2022 Annual Report here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9XT4SC5rTNGh9GeWFYJ0zP-wOu4qOrO/view?usp=share_link

 

 

ABOUT SUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON

Summerhouse offers community-based day services and supported employment services to adults with IDD. Members of our day services spend time in the community volunteering and participating in social activities, classes, exercise, and more in a low member-to-staff ratio.

Working together to make a significant and purposeful difference in the lives of all our young adults is at the core of everything we do at Summerhouse. Volunteers make up significant part of our mission. Your contributions of time, talent and treasure make a life transforming difference in the lives of our young adults at Summerhouse Houston. In the process, our Volunteers also experience love and fulfillment as they serve side-by-side with our young adults and all who engage with our mission.

DESCRIPTION OF ROLE

The program volunteer’s primary role is to support program design and implementation for Summerhouse Houston (SHH) members. The volunteer works closely with program staff to oversee creative, customized programming daily to provide high quality and impactful program services. If you or your team would like to work directly with our young adults, this is for you! Participate in our social and vocational activities and support members in achieving their goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Support members in developing social, emotional, daily living and professional skills through modeling, encouragement, and positive behavior supports. Supervise and support SHH members in carrying out and engaging in activities. Foster a professional and respectful environment, honoring our members as capable adults with the capacity to engage, to grow, and to develop new skills. Comply with all SHH policies and procedures.

 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

1. 18+

2. Pass a background check

3. Reliable transportation preferred, volunteers need to be able to get to Summerhouse Houston or the location of the activity independently. If the volunteer does not have own transportation and meets at Summerhouse Houston, then he/she would need to participate in activities in which there is available space in Summerhouse Houston vans/cars

4. Maintain regular communication via text or email with Summerhouse Houston staff

5. Highly flexible and demonstrate patience as plans and ideas evolve to meet the needs of members

6. Outgoing, a creative thinker, and willing to actively engage with young adults of varying abilities

 

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

1. Previous experience and/or passion for working with person with IDD/autism

2. Able to pass background check

3. Able to lift up to 50lbs

 

TRAINING:

Initial training and orientation will be provided, as well as additional support and training to be developed as the program grows.

 

TIME COMMITMENT:

A commitment to at least 1 daytime/weekday activity per semester (fall, spring, or summer); 2-3 hours/week is preferred.

 

To become a volunteer, please fill out the application here: https://form.jotform.com/212556416797163

If you have any questions about becoming a volunteer, please email brooke@summerhousehouston.org.

 

Please note that this opportunity is for the Summerhouse Houston day program and the available hours to volunteer are between 8 am - 5 pm. If you would like to volunteer at our upcoming events, please contact brooke@summerhousehouston.org.

 

Want to know what we've been up to? Check out our 2022 Annual Report here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9XT4SC5rTNGh9GeWFYJ0zP-wOu4qOrO/view?usp=share_link

 

 

Summerhouse Houston has a great volunteer opportunity for an IT expert. We would need someone 5-10 hours a month to help with computer set up, troubleshooting issues, and basic maintenance. If you have time to assist us with these issues, please contact Brooke at brooke@summerhousehouston.org.

 

ABOUT SUMMERHOUSE

Summerhouse offers community-based day services and supported employment services to adults with IDD. Members of our day services spend time in the community volunteering and participating in social activities, classes, exercise, and more in a low member-to-staff ratio.

Working together to make a significant and purposeful difference in the lives of all our young adults is at the core of everything we do at Summerhouse. Volunteers make up significant part of our mission. Your contributions of time, talent and treasure make a life transforming difference in the lives of our young adults at Summerhouse Houston. In the process, our Volunteers also experience love and fulfillment as they serve side-by-side with our young adults and all who engage with our mission.

Summerhouse Houston is looking for a volunteer to help us make our message accessible to the Spanish-speaking community! We are a passionate organization that aims to create a positive impact in our community, but we need your help to reach even more people.

Your role would be to translate our brochures and materials into Spanish so that we can better serve the Spanish-speaking population. If you are fluent in Spanish and want to make a difference, we would love for you to join us. 

If you're interested in helping out, please reach out to brooke@summerhousehouston.org.

 

We can't wait to hear from you!

 

To learn more about Summerhouse Houston, visit www.summerhousehouston.org.

Summerhouse Houston is needing a volunteer to translate our employment services handbook and a couple other documents into Spanish.

For questions or if interested, please reach out to our Employment Director, Melissa Walsh (melissa@summerhousehouston.org).

 

ABOUT SUMMERHOUSE HOUSTON

Summerhouse offers community-based day services and supported employment services to adults with IDD. Members of our day services spend time in the community volunteering and participating in social activities, classes, exercise, and more in a low member-to-staff ratio.

Working together to make a significant and purposeful difference in the lives of all our young adults is at the core of everything we do at Summerhouse. Volunteers make up significant part of our mission. Your contributions of time, talent and treasure make a life transforming difference in the lives of our young adults at Summerhouse Houston. In the process, our Volunteers also experience love and fulfillment as they serve side-by-side with our young adults and all who engage with our mission.