Generation SERVE Nonprofit Partnerships

Join the Family Volunteering movement!

Partner with Generation SERVE

​For the last 10 years, Generation SERVE volunteer families have been getting necessary work done for more than 100 nonprofit organizations in the Central Texas community. We are now doing the same in Houston for more than 20 organizations!
Let Generation SERVE volunteer families get work done for your nonprofit organization!
  • Our volunteer groups are reliable. We show up and get the work done every time.
  • In many cases, we can provide the supplies for our volunteer activities. Generation SERVE gives about $15,000 in in-kind donations to our partners each year through our service activities.
  • We recruit, manage, and facilitate our volunteer groups. Volunteer families are recruited well in advance of our activities and we have a trained Activity Lead at each activity to guide families through the work and make sure it gets done right.
  • We bring you supporters! 64% of our volunteer families say they have supported our partner organizations with time or money after being introduced to them through Generation SERVE activities.
  • We do all of the set up and we clean up after our volunteer activities. (We even make taking out the trash fun for families!)

Examples of our Family Service Activities


Our volunteer families can assemble, organize, and sort...

Sort and organize your donations

Stock shelves at your food pantry

Bag groceries for your pantry recipients

Assemble hygiene kits or care kits for those you serve

Sort & package donated school supplies

Assemble give-away bags or information packets for an event or for your clients​

Assemble & package dog and cat food for delivery


Our volunteer families love arts & crafts activities...

Make cards for your clients, donors, or volunteers

Create decorations for your facility to brighten the days of those you serve

Make centerpieces for an event

​Wrap gifts​


We can clean & beautify...

Clean up litter

Clean your facility​

Spread mulch or tend to your community garden

​Plant flowers or trees


Our volunteer families provide companionship...

Deliver meals to homebound seniors

​Visit animals at animal shelters, read to shelter animals or therapy dogs

​Make dog & cat toys​

Read to children
Visit seniors at senior care facilities and work on arts & crafts together or play games

Here's What Our Partners Have to Say

During our Foundation Communities school supply drive, honestly, we would not have survived without Generation SERVE! You guys, your team, your volunteers - are all amazing, simply amazing. There was one point when I thought I was going to have to work all weekend long sorting all of our donations and then I blinked and it was done... all by your volunteers! It was mind-blowing - I am in awe. You guys are the best to work with and I am so grateful! Thank you for everything!!! "

-  Jackie Blair Cuellar, Director of Volunteer Programs at Foundation Communities, Generation SERVE Partner Nonprofit since 2011
The coozies filled with brochures are a GIANT help to us and will be for months to come, and the Holiday Cards actually brought some staff members to tears. They are perfect. Thank you very much for reaching out to us to be a part of your Family Volunteering program! "

-  Mothers' Milk Bank

Why Youth & Families?

Partner with Generation SERVE to introduce a whole new generation to the joys of volunteerism. Engaging kids in community service from a young age gives them a solid understanding of community needs and the confidence to make a difference in the world around them. Volunteering together as a family allows parents and guardians to communicate values to their children, such as empathy, compassion, and hard work - not by lecturing, but through the example of working together side-by-side. 

Our nonprofit partners are amazed at what groups of families can accomplish! We see youth rise to the occasion every day when given the opportunity to contribute. Our activities encourage hard work and thoughtful discussion and our staff and Activity Leads make sure the work and conversations are family-friendly and meaningful.
We hope you will partner with us as we develop lifelong volunteers & philanthropists!
Does your nonprofit organization have work that could be done by our volunteer families?
​Contact Caren Sweetland, our Houston Site Director, at caren@generationserve.org and we'll start planning service activities to get it accomplished. Let us know what needs to be done, how you want it done, and we'll take it from there!