Crisis support volunteer opportunities in Dallas–Fort Worth
69 open volunteer roles from 49 organizations across Dallas–Fort Worth.
Interviewers and Storytellers needed in Plano for Hospice Patients & Families
Kindful Health is a privately owned hospice company that is focused on providing patients and their families with the full promise of the hospice benefit in the State of Texas. We are quickly growing and in need of volunteers like you to help us…
Bereavement Support
Enhabit Hospice is looking for a patient care volunteer to provide companionship, socialization and emotional support to patients during their final months and weeks of life. Volunteers provide non-medical services and respite time for caregivers…
Be a Friend to Someone Receiving Hospice Care
Your going to love being a Heart to Heart Hospice Volunteer! Our volunteers make a positive difference in the lives of our patients and families. Volunteers provide companionship to patients and caregiver respite to their families. Patients…
MADD Helpline Volunteer Advocate
Life is forever changed after an impaired driving crash. Victims/survivors are often left bereaved, injured, and financially devastated. With the emotional, financial, and legal issues they face on a daily basis, victims/survivors need support to…
Honor Our Heroes: Become a Veteran-to-Veteran Hospice Volunteer with Trinity Hospice
Have you served in the military? Do you have a deep respect for those who have? Trinity Hospice is seeking compassionate Veteran volunteers to provide specialized support to fellow Veterans in hospice care. Your shared experiences and understanding…
Hospice Chaplain Volunteer
"To minister is to walk beside someone at their most vulnerable moments and remind them peace is still possible." Volunteer hospice chaplains often become a steady, comforting presence for patients and families as they navigate emotional and…
Hospice Companion Volunteers Needed in DeSoto, TX!
Bristol Hospice Pathways is seeking caring companion volunteers to visit patient and provide comfort, support, and friendship during their end-of-life journey. Volunteers spend time talking, reading, listening to music, playing games, or simply…
Need Volunteer Hours? We can help! Urgently need non-medical hospice volunteers at area facilities or private homes in Plano, Frisco, Allen, Wylie, Sachse, Garland, Etc.
Volunteers are literally, the heart of Harbor Hospice, providing a special kind of caring and compassion for our patients and their families. Every day, our volunteers make a difference in the lives of so many people. Whether they offer a listening…
Vet to Vet Hospice Volunteer: Dallas Metro
Are you a veteran and want to help support other vets at the end of life? Veterans at the end of life deserve the best kind of support from someone who understands! Become a Vet to Vet volunteer with GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE! Vet to Vet volunteers…
Companion for Hospice patients in the Plano area
Many people at the end of their lives are unable to go out and see their friends and do the hobbies they loved so much. If you become a Hospice Volunteer, you can go to them! No matter where they live or how much they are still able to do, people on…
Grief Counselor
Use your training and listening skills to assist families who have suffered recent loss of a loved one. Provide one on one phone calls, or meet with individuals to introduce coping strategies, caring interventions and community resources.
Call Grieving Families
Use your talents for listening and providing caring support for grieving families of Hospice patients who have passed. Come into our office and work under the direction of our Bereavement team to support the families of former hospice patients who…
Counseling Grieving Families and Clients
Assist Bereavement Coordinator with much needed one on one counseling/support for our grieving families and clients. Will be assigned individual clients who need additional support. Actual families located throughout the metroplex.
Veteran to Veteran Volunteers wanted
We are gaining our Stars from the VA, have 2 Stars and working on #3. Our company is committed to getting companionship to those terminally ill patients that have served our country. As Veterans know, you don't talk about your service to the general…
Direct Patient Volunteer- Plano, TX
Volunteers get to make their own schedule! Our Non-medical Hospice Direct Care Volunteer provides support to patients living with a terminal illness, in addition to their caregivers and family. Support is provided in a variety of ways, including…
American Red Cross Sheltering Volunteers Needed – Join Our Disaster Response in Carrollton Texas
The American Red Cross is currently building a queue of sheltering volunteers to support communities during disasters such as home fires, severe weather, and large-scale emergencies. At this time, we are cycling through our active volunteer roster ,…
Disaster Tech Response Team - DFW
When disaster strikes, communities need more than food and water — they need to communicate, coordinate, and recover. The Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) deploys teams of volunteer technology professionals to…
VETERANS NEEDED! Volunteer to provide Companionship to VETERAN Hospice patients
A VETERAN'S STORY STILL MATTERS! THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO SAY "THANK YOU" TO A VETERAN HOSPICE PATIENT THAN TO SERVE THEM! Whether at home or abroad, during combat or peace-time, a soldier's bravery, dedication and sacrifice to help preserve our…
We would love to have you as a Hospice Volunteer!
Looking for Superheroes with invisible capes, to visit with our hospice patients who reside through-out the metroplex in their private homes and facilities. Volunteer will provide companionship and support to not only the patient, also to the…
Become a Hospice Volunteer - You'll be glad you did!
Looking for Superheroes with invisible capes, to visit with our hospice patients who reside through-out the metroplex in their private homes and facilities. Volunteer will provide companionship and support to not only the patient, also to the…
LOCAL Bereavement Follow-up Phone Call Volunteer
Hope Health Care can can help you build your resume and help you gain valuable experience in working with family and friends of hospice patients. Bereavement Follow-up Phone Volunteers make phone calls to the family and friends of a loved one who…
Hospice Friend | DFW South (Duncanville, Cedar Hill, Mansfield...)
Do you have about an hour a week to be a friend to someone with a terminal diagnosis? Many hospice patients have outlived their family and friends or have very little support at the end of their life. Did you see the story on FB about the…
Do you like to Quilt, Sew, Knit, or Crochet for babies?
Whether you enjoy quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, or would like to learn those skills, come volunteer with us! LOVE THY BABY specializes in meeting the needs of babies facing health or economic crisis. We also need people to iron, fold, and…
Community Outreach Coordinator
Gateway Alliance Project is a startup non-profit 501(c)(3) organization geared at improving the roads of re-entry to formerly incarcerated women, and by providing diversion alternatives for at-risk youth prior to engagement with the carceral system.…
Digital Retouch Artist Volunteer | Remote Opportunity to Support Families Experiencing Infant Loss
Use your editing skills to create lasting memories for families experiencing the loss of a baby. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) is seeking compassionate Digital Retouch Artist volunteers to provide professional editing services for remembrance…
Community Outreach Volunteer
Connect Foundation is seeking compassionate and dependable volunteers to support community outreach efforts throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Volunteers may assist with distributing emergency kits to individuals experiencing homelessness and…
Fundraising Team Member
We are seeking motivated volunteers to join our Fundraising Team . This role directly fuels our mission to rescue women and children from trafficking by helping us secure the donations, sponsors, and resources our task force needs to operate.…
Peer to Peer Grief Support Volunteer - 1 Year Commitment
Hello! We are looking for volunteers in the community for our Peer-to-Peer program to provide ongoing grief support to our newly bereaved families. Our volunteers, or Villagers as we call them, are not licensed counselors. They are individuals who…
Brightening Days Through Hospice Visits
Hospice care is centered on comfort, compassion, and living fully—every single day. At Halcyon Home, our hospice team focuses on managing symptoms while supporting patients and their families with dignity, kindness, and heart. Hospice is not about…
Support the Caregiver, Honor the Veteran
Dedicate your skills to the Women of Valor Program which provides essential support to female caregivers of post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured Service Members and Veterans. As a volunteer with Soldiers' Angels, you can make a meaningful difference…
Volunteer Director of Social Media
Volunteer Director of Social Media Dogslife’s mission is to help families with financial challenges afford critical cancer treatment for their beloved dogs. To many, a dog is not simply a pet; they are part of the family. Unfortunately, many…
Bilingual (Spanish-speaking) Hospice Volunteers Needed
VITAS is looking for kind and caring people to help terminally ill patients and their families. Friendly visits, simple errands, providing a listening ear and the gift of friendship at a crucial time can make a real difference in another's life.…
Patient Care Volunteer - DLH
Enhabit Health - Hospice is looking for a patient care volunteer to provide companionship, socialization and emotional support to patients during their final months and weeks of life. Volunteers provide non-medical services and respite time for…
Be a Light to Others - Join Our Hospice Volunteer Team!
Looking for a rewarding volunteer position...look no further! Come join the Enhabit Hospice Volunteer TEAM! Be a part of our special team of Enhabit Hospice Volunteers. We care for our patients in the place they call home -- a private residence,…
American Red Cross Sheltering Volunteers Needed – Join Our Disaster Response in Dallas Texas
The American Red Cross is currently building a queue of sheltering volunteers to support communities during disasters such as home fires, severe weather, and large-scale emergencies. At this time, we are cycling through our active volunteer roster ,…
Make a difference in the life of a Hospice Patient!
Spend one-on-one time in person with a patient who seeks socialization. Use your personal skills and talents to be a source of light for individuals nearing the end of their life. We offer the following opportunities and need volunteers in these…
Hospice Friend | Dallas County
Do you have about an hour a week to be a friend to someone with a terminal diagnosis? Many hospice patients have outlived their family and friends or have very little support at the end of their life. Did you see the story on FB about the…
Volunteering - Great Opportunity
Many times our patients are very well loved, but their caregivers need an opportunity to run to the store, the hair dresser, the bank, post office and do errands. But they are hesitant to leave. We…
Prayer Warrior
CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS: Join the world wide SoupMobile Prayer Team as a Prayer Warrior and help us pray for the sick, the homeless, the hurting & others in need. We currently have more than…
Volunteer Driver
This is our highest demand position! Volunteer drivers contribute in the most direct and personal way. Taking a day from your routine to drive a person in need to a new home or to a city with shelter…
Washing Towels for Homeless | Pick up towels and take them home or to the laundromat to wash
How to Launder Towels Washing towels is a commitment to come to our storage, pick up towels and take them home or to the laundromat to wash. Once they are clean, you would then fold them, put them in a white trash bag, and return them to our…
Volunteer to Support Those Experiencing Homelessness
We are a comprehensive homeless program that helps willing people gain dignity and independence. On any given day, at least 44 volunteers are needed to adequately staff essential positions at the Inn. In one week, that equates to a need for 308…
USED or NEW Clothing Donations - Unhoused Neighbors - Persons Experiencing Homeless
Streetside Showers is a nonprofit organization that provides free mobile showers, hygiene kits, and clean undergarments to people experiencing homelessness in North Texas. Streetside Showers' mission is to help restore human dignity to the homeless…
Teardown/Shower Valet | You will be greeting our guests, cleaning the showers, and distributing hygiene kits
Streetside Showers - Support to Homeless Community In order to volunteer, Click this link HERE to view shifts and signup. Teardown/Shower Valet You will be greeting our guests, cleaning the showers, and distributing hygiene kits. Greet and welcome…
Saturday Outreach | Deliver Clothing & Hygiene Kits to Those in Need
We're so grateful for your interest in hitting the streets to hand out socks, clothes and hygiene to our friends experiencing homelessness. It's not just about socks; it's an opportunity to listen, see, and honor them in a loving way. Your…
Peer Recovery Advisory Council
Are you a Collin County resident living in long-term recovery from alcohol and/or substance abuse? We are currently looking for individuals practicing a program of recovery from alcohol and/or substance abuse who have at least one year of sobriety…
Outreach Center volunteer
Hope's Door provides counseling services to victims of domestic violence. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday between the hours of 9am-5pm to assist with all aspects of the outreach services, including but not limited to those listed below.…
McKinney Food Pantry Needs Water for our Homeless
We are in urgent need of bottled water for our homeless population, especially with the extreme heat we’re experiencing. We serve over 40 homeless individuals daily, and your generous contributions can make a significant difference. Donations are…
LOSS Volunteers
We need some very special volunteers for our new Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) program. The LOSS team volunteers are those who have been impacted by a suicide death or have a passion for suicide prevention. Volunteers provide support…
Intake Volunteer
The Intake Volunteer will administer all aspects of programs and program implementation associated with the agency. Responsibilities: Ability to communicate and work with clients in a professional manner in order to identify their need, crisis,…
Helping Hands with Helping Hearts - Seeking Volunteers to assist with administrative duties
Helping Hands with Helping Hearts is a local nonprofit that focuses on meeting the transportation needs of individuals or families who are in crisis due to automotive needs. The successful volunteer might not have extensive experience in the field,…
Help Women in Recovery: Supplies Wish List
Help Us Support Women in Recovery! We invite you to join us in making a significant impact on the lives of women recovering from substance abuse. By donating essential items to our two sober living homes, you can help these women rebuild their lives…
Help the Homeless - Donate Essential Items - Amazon Supply List
Did you know: Plano ISD has identified 1,288 homeless students as of April 2024. 54% of homeless people have degrees beyond high school level. Only 5% of homeless have a diagnosed mental illness or drug/alcohol addiction. On average, 4,244…
Grant Writer Needed to Help Women Thrive
Empty Hand Open Heart is looking for a volunteer grant writer to help us grow our reach and sustain our mission of supporting women and girls rebuilding their lives after experiencing crisis situations. Although our organization became an official…
Donate Winter Items (Hoodies, Blankets, Gloves) For The Homeless
Donate Winter Items (Hoodies, Blankets, Gloves) For The Homeless Update: Small throw blankets are the item most needed right now. They can be purchased at stores such as Walmart or Academy for < $4. The cold can be a life-or-death situation, and…
Donate Hygiene Items - Support Our Unhoused Neighbors - Amazon Supply List
Did you know: Plano ISD has identified 1,288 homeless students as of April 2024. 54% of homeless people have degrees beyond high school level. Only 5% of homeless have a diagnosed mental illness or drug/alcohol addiction. On average, 4,244…
Donate Backpacks or Plastic/Nylon Drawstring Bags for the Homeless
Donate Backpacks or Plastic/Nylon Drawstring Bags for the Homeless It is very common for the homeless to have their bags stolen. Sometimes they just can't find a safe place to sleep or end up having to rest somewhere exhausted. As such there is a…
Create Mini-Hygiene Kit (or Donate the Items) for the Homeless
(Perfect opportunity for student, school clubs, youth groups and others needing community service hours). For more details please contact Scott at (214) 501-6000 or email- scottmormon@gmail.com Visit our website at www.bfinc.org Mini-Hygiene Kits…
Case Manager | Work with individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness
Opportunity to change someone's life . Work with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless. Help clients develop personal action plans so that they are equipped to become self-sustaining and securely housed,…
Bottled Water for those sleeping on our streets!
We are in urgent need of bottled water to support individuals experiencing homelessness in our community—especially during this extreme Texas heat. Through our Church Without Walls outreach, we serve and minister to over 40 people on the streets…
Common questions
Where can I volunteer for crisis support causes in Dallas?
There are 69 open crisis support volunteer positions across Dallas–Fort Worth right now, spread across 49 organizations, with Streetside Showers; Homeless Service currently posting the most (6). They're concentrated in McKinney, Dallas, and Plano.
Do I need to sign up in advance to volunteer?
Almost always, yes. Every listing links back to where it was posted — the organization's own site, or a portal like Idealist or Voly — and you register there. Some roles ask for an orientation or a background check first, especially those working with children or in healthcare settings. Good Deeds Dallas doesn't take signups itself; it points you at the source.
How current are these crisis support listings?
Every source is rechecked weekly, and one-time events are removed the day after they happen, so what you see is what was live as of October 19, 2026. Listings also pass a quality check that removes duplicates, paid positions, and donation drives that aren't actually volunteer roles.