Community Advocacy
Community Organizations
This is a running list of community organizations. There are many organizations that are in need of volunteers through out the year and if you are looking for a way to help out in the community you can visit Volunteer South Texas or contact any organization below. We will be updating this list through out the year and if you know of an organization that should be on this list please email our office with their information.
This is a running list of community organizations. There are many organizations that are in need of volunteers through out the year and if you are looking for a way to help out in the community you can visit Volunteer South Texas or contact any organization below. We will be updating this list through out the year and if you know of an organization that should be on this list please email our office with their information.
Organization Name |
What do they do? |
Contact Info & Address |
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LUPE La Union del Pueblo Entero |
Leadership Development with in the low income community in the RGV specifically in colonias, advocate for immigrant rights, hold civic leaders accountable, create strategic plans to improve the quality of life |
P.O. Box 188, San Juan, TX 78589 (On the corner of Cesar Chavez Road and Business 83) (956) 787 – 2233 Please click on their website for other local locations |
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Habitat For Humanity |
Build, refurbish, and improve housing for low income community |
412 W. Ash Ave McAllen TX 78501 956-686-7455 Please click on their website for Harlingen local location |
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Estrella's House |
Provide a safe haven with a child-friendly, non-institutional environment where child abuse victims are not afraid to tell their story. |
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Food Bank of the RGV |
The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley is passionately committed to improving lives through food assistance, nutrition education, and access to community services. |
724 N Cage Blvd, Pharr, TX 78577 (956) 682-8101 |
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Proyecto Azteca |
A self-help construction company located in San Juan, TX and serves low-income families in colonias and other rural areas in Hidalgo County. |
U.S. 83 Business, San Juan, TX 78589 located next to the LUPE offices (956) 702-3307 |
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ARISE |
A community based program that works with colonia families to strengthen their communities by offering educational programs and workshops for youth and adults that focus on personal development and leadership. |
1417 S. Tower Rd., Alamo, TX 78516 (956) 783-6959 |
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Sacred Heart Church |
Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (Diocese of Brownsville) has organized efforts to assist immigrants and provide needed services in the Sacred Heart parish hall (Welcome Center). Assistance includes a bath, food and clothing. Information on their travel itinerary and an opportunity to contact someone back home. |
306 S 15th St, McAllen, TX 78501 (956) 686-7711 |
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Hidalgo County Assistance Programs |
A variety of government programs to assist with utility bills, housing, food, clothing, etc. |
Various locations click on the website for more information. |
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Loaves and Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley |
Improving the community by feeding the hungry; sheltering the homeless; training and placing into jobs those that desire to rejoin the community as productive members; and, by providing monetary and non-monetary aid to those experiencing a life altering event that takes away their ability to afford the necessities of life. |
514 South E Street Harlingen, TX 78550 956-423-1014 |
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Easterseals Rio Grande Valley |
Easterseals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities. |
PO Box 489 McAllen, TX 78505-0489 956-631-9171 |
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Family Crisis Center of the Rio Grande Valley |
A domestic violence and rape crisis center that provides services to victims and their families. The Center offers a 24 hour hotline, provides 24 hour emergency shelter, crisis intervention, hospital accompaniment and advocacy. We also offer intervention and prevention services within our community. |
616 W. Taylor Harlingen, Texas 78550 (956) 423-9305 (956) 423-9306 |
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Aqui Estamos |
In order to create a safe community for diverse sexual and gender identities in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, Aquí Estamos aims to engage people in critical dialogue on the existence, theories, intersectionalities, and liberation of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) identities in our region. |
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Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid |
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to low-income residents in sixty-eight counties of Southwest Texas |
Various location click on the link for more information |
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Young's Center for Immigrant Children's Rights |
The mission of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is to promote the best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children with due regard to the child’s expressed wishes, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law. |
Harlingen Location 806 Morgan Blvd Suite K, Harlingen, TX 78550 (956) 230-1850 |
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