Giving Back
Community Volunteering
Please check-in with your volunteering organization to ensure that they are still accepting help. Please use your best judgment in following CDC and state guidelines.
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The Houston Food Bank is providing food to populations at risk of food insecurity and needs volunteers to help.
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Here are their COVID19 plans and needs.
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Target Hunger is working to double their food distribution to their neighbors in need, but more food means more volunteer help is needed.
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Phone: 346-335-8077
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Email:
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Consider donating here.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Bank
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The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Bank has seen a decrease in blood donations due to social distancing policies, so schedule an appointment with your local blood center to help patients in need.
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Here is the schedule.
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The Beacon is working to continue to serve Houston's homeless during this difficult time by providing to-go meals, increased access to laundry facilities, and legal support.
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Consider volunteering in any capacity here.
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Consider donating (monetarily or otherwise) here.
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Kids Meals is working to make sure that preschool children who rely on school meals do not go hungry.
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Consider volunteering to help put meals together and deliver food here.
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Consider donating here.
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Airbnb is working to connect Hosts with the frontline workforce in an effort to provide places for workers to stay while being close to patients and safely distanced from families.
GiveInKind – Meals for Houston Healthcare Workers
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GiveInKind is hosting a platform to allow communities to donate restaurant meals to healthcare workers and first responders.
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Feed Your Hospital supports Houston-area hospitals by providing meals from local Asian restaurants to frontline healthcare workers.
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Donate here.
PPE Donations
Please check-in with the contacts listed on how to safely deliver PPE to hospitals. Please use your best judgment in following CDC and state guidelines.
There is a national shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used by medical staff while caring for patients on the front lines. Help keep our healthcare heroes safe by donating through the following:
BCM COVID-19 Response: A team of health professions students collecting PPE donations from the Houston Metro Area. Contact them here.
Harris Health: The Harris Health System is accepting in-kind donations to help protect hospital staff
#GetUsPPE: Facilities accepting in-kind donations across Texas
MedSupplyDrive: Regional coordinators are accepting in-kind donations
Project C.U.R.E. Houston PPE Drive: The Houston chapter of Project C.U.R.E has organized a city wide PPE drive. Find details on how to donate or get involved here.
GogglesForDocs: A National organization dedicated to collecting eye protection for healthcare workers on the frontlines. Find out more here.
Plasma Transfusions
Baylor College of Medicine and the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center have partnered to provide COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma from eligible donors to current COVID-19 patients, as part of a transfusion study. This process specifically provides plasma transfusion from recovered patients to those still critically ill.
Eligibility requirements and more information, as well as the study questionnaire for potential donors, can be found here.
For additional questions or more information, you can reach the study coordinators at COVIDplasma@bcm.edu.