Volunteer Opportunities

Improve literacy in our schools

Sign up: Read2Win

Read2Win places volunteer reading coaches on campuses to provide weekly 30-minute literacy support sessions to first grade students the campus identifies. The goal of the program is to help students read on grade level by second grade. Once the partnership launches, it also will include a summer reading intervention program.

Where:

• A.M. Pate ES
• Atwood McDonald ES
• Bill J. Elliot ES
• Clifford Davis ES
• East Handley ES
• Eastern Hills ES
• Edward J. Briscoe ES
• Hazel Harvey Peace ES
• Maudrie M. Walton ES
• Mary Louise Phillips ES
• Waverly Park ES
• Westcreek ES
• Western Hills Primary (PreK-1)
• Woodway ES
• Van Zandt-Guinn ES

Reading Buddies

Sign up: Reading Buddies

Volunteer as a Reading Buddy and open a world of opportunities for a child!

When:

One hour a week until the of April.

Many shifts are available.
Volunteer selects the day and time.

Where:

• Sagamore Elementary
• Meadowbrook Elementary
• Edward J. Briscoe Elementary
• Rufino Mendoza Elementary
• Ridglea Hills Elementary
• C.C. Moss Elementary

Enrollment Help

Sign up: Reading Buddies

Assist parents who do not have computers, do not feel comfortable with technology, or do not understand the language to register their children for the 2025-26 school year. Early registration helps schools better prepare for the upcoming school year. 

When:

Saturday, April 12

8:00 am to 1:30 pm
(other shifts available)

Where:

O.D. Wyatt High School

Build a playground

Sign up: Playgrounds

Give children a chance to be healthy and learn at their best! Volunteer at Meadowbrook Elementary School to help build a new playground. Through play, children learn skills for study, work, and relationships. No experience is necessary.

When:

May 7, 8 and 9 (Wed-Fri)

8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Where:

Meadowbrook Elementary
4330 Meadowbrook
Fort Worth 76103

Help run the Stop Six Food Drive

Sign up: Stop Six Food Drive

The FWISD Family Action Center distributes fresh, healthy food like dairy, produce and meats every second Thursday of the month in the Stop Six area.

Volunteers will help set up, clean up, check in, stock tables, load cars, and greet cars in the line.

When:

Every 2nd Thursday of the month

8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Thursday, February 13
• Thursday, March 13
• Thursday, April 10
• Thursday, May 8
• Thursday, June 12

Where:

New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God in Christ
5429 Cox Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76105

Be a celebrity reader

Sign up: celebrity Reader 

Seminary Hills Parks invites parent and community volunteers to be Celebrity Readers during their annual One Book, One School reading program. With One School, One Book, each student receives a copy to read at home with her/his family. Each morning, the whole school reads a chapter from 7:50 am to 8:15 am. This year, the book to be read by all the schools will be The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis. Volunteers are invited to be part of the fun by coming to read with a class one of the chapters.

When:

March 3 through 14, 2025

Where:

Seminary Hills Park School
5037 Townsend Dr.
Fort Worth, TX 76115