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Places for Service Learning

The following organizations have indicated they welcome service from the UIW community. If faculty seek assistance in arranging service opportunities, the Ettling Center staff may be able to help.

Brackenridge Park Conservancy

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address:
Brackenridge Park Conservancy
PO Box 6311
San Antonio, TX 78209

Phone: (210) 826-1412
E-mail: lynn@brackenridgepark.org
Website: Brackenridgepark.org

Service Description: The Brackenridge Park Conservancy will help secure long-lasting financial, institutional and community support for the park's preservation, enhancement and maintenance. The Conservancy seeks to ensure the best possible user experience for future generations by improving park amenities, providing programming and building a sense of stewardship in the community.

Headwaters at Incarnate Word

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address:
4503 Broadway
San Antonio TX 78209

Phone: (210) 828-2224
E-mail: howard.homan@gmail.com

Website: Headwaters-iw.org/

Service Description: The Headwaters mission is to preserve, restore and celebrate the rich natural, cultural, historical, spiritual and educational values of the headwaters of the San Antonio River, especially within the 53-acre Headwaters Sanctuary. Headwaters is a non-profit sponsored Earth care ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. Headwaters is adjacent to, but not part of, the University.

San Antonio River Foundation

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address:
100 E Guenther St
San Antonio, TX 78204
(in the San Antonio River Authority building)

Phone: (210) 224-2694
E-mail: info@sariverfound.org
Website: Sariverfoundation.org/

Service Description: The River Foundation's ambitious projects range from creating unprecedented opportunities for education, recreation and interaction with nature along the river to initiating, funding, installing and maintaining exciting urban art projects by renowned artists from San Antonio, the U.S. and across the globe.

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively to support charitable, scientific and educational activities that promote and encourage the conservation, stewardship, restoration, preservation and enjoyment of the land and water resources of the San Antonio River Basin and its tributaries.

Gardopia Gardens

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address:
619 North New Braunfels Ave
San Antonio, Tx 78202

Phone: (210) 478-7292
Email: info@gardopiagardens.org
Website: Gardopiagardens.org/

Service Description: Gardopia sprouted in 2015 to address health disparities in a high-crime corridor on the near-Eastside of San Antonio. Initially funded by the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), Gardopia implemented crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) as a methodology to reduce crime around an abandoned lot. Working with SAHA, this became the Eastside's first "gardopia," or garden utopia, where neighbors grow their own food and transform their community.

Gardopia a sustainable society, empowered and educated to lead healthy lifestyles through gardening.

Public Citizen Foundation

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address:
309 E 11th Street
Suite 2
Austin, TX 78701

Phone: (512) 447-1155
E-mail: texasfeedback@citizen.org
Website: Citizen.org/

Service Description: Since 1984, Public Citizen's Texas State Office has concerned itself with: environmental enforcement policies, global warming, promoting renewable/clean energy, product safety, nuclear safety, medical safety, auto safety/quality, pesticide safety, insurance reforms, campaign finance/ethics issues, improving state government agency operations and fair trade policies. We have trained over 300 interns and have worked with/mentored numerous grassroots organizations.

American Gateways

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
2300 W. Commerce Street
Suite 313
San Antonio, TX 78207

Phone: (210) 521-4768 ext. 232
E-mail: claudiag@americangateways.org
Website: Americangateways.org/

Service Description: American Gateways is the only nonprofit in the state to provide legal orientation, immigration workshops and pro bono legal representation at four immigrant detention facilities. Our Austin office serves the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas. Our San Antonio office serves the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall, Texas, the Karnes County Residential Center for families in Karnes City, Texas and the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

American Gateways is also one of the largest immigration legal services providers in Texas. Our clients receive culturally sensitive, trauma-informed legal representation from start to finish of a case. Our staff are experts in the areas of: Asylum, Violence Against Women's Act (VAWA) Petitions, T Visas, U Visas, Representation before the San Antonio Immigration Court, Permanent Residency and Naturalization, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Family-based Petitions.

Each One Teach One

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address: 815 El Monte Blvd

Phone: (210) 320-1287
E-mail: JudyF@eotosa.org
Website: Eotosa.org/

Service Description: The Each One Teach One vision is to enable functionally illiterate, out-of-school teens and adults to reach their educational and personal goals and to strengthen those who are economically and socially disadvantaged. Their mission is to improve the literacy levels of San Antonio's adult population through individualized curricula and one-on-one tutoring.

Ella Austin Community Center

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
1023 N. Pine St.
San Antonio TX
78202

Phone: (210) 224-2351
Email: devans@ellaaustin.sa.org
Website: Ellaaustin.org/

Service Description: The Ella Austin Community Center promotes healthy life styles, leadership skills and self-sufficiency to individuals and families across the life span by providing multiple, integrated services that meet the needs of San Antonio and Bexar County area.

Fit for the Fight (FTF)

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
P.O. Box 904
Cibolo, TX
78108

Phone: (210) 241-9496
Email: jbigley@f4tf.com
Website: F4tf.com/

Service Description: Fit for the Fight offers veterans and first responders mentorship to support the healing process from challenges incurred while serving our country and its vision is to instill success, camaraderie and continued service in our members and their families.

La Casita del Saber of Incarnate Word

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
830 W. Mulbery St
San Antonio, TX
78212

Phone: (210) 733-5467
E-mail: cynthia.bossard@amormeus.org

Service Description: La Casita Del Saber addresses the needs and concerns of economically poor women and children by helping them achieve greater self-sufficiency and independence through education which offers year-round, one-on-one tutoring and small group classes in GED preparation (English/Spanish), English as a Second Language, computer skills training, college prep and college-level tutoring as well as academic and financial aid advisement.

Martinez Street Women’s Center

Type of Organization: Environmental

Address: 801 North Olive Street

Phone: (210) 908-9772
Email: lvaldes@mswomenscenter.org
Website: Mswomenscenter.org/

Service Description: The Martinez Street Women's Center transforms communities through women and girls by providing access to vital health services, quality education and advocacy. We envision a world where women and girls achieve empowerment, equality and justice. The Girl Zone program is a free empowerment program for girls in elementary and middle school who lack opportunities simply because of the zip code that they live in and the Community Health Program meets the urgent needs of our community-members by increasing access to preventative health services and enhancing the knowledge and awareness of health issues.

San Antonio Cultural Arts

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
2120 El Paso St.
San Antonio, TX
78207

Phone: (210) 226-7466
E-mail: info@sananto.org
Website: Sananto.org/

Service Description: San Antonio Cultural Arts organizes various events, including a Dia de los Muertos Barrio procession, mural tours, youth programming and the Huevos Rancheros Fundraising Gala. To build a community where people have the opportunity to realize their creative abilities, interpret their culture and heritage through their own unique vision, and to cultivate and showcase the talent of residents living in San Antonio's West side.

The Mission Continues

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
1141 South 7 ^th Street
St. Louis, MO
63104

Phone: (314) 588-8805
E-mail: info@missioncontinues.org
Website: Missioncontinues.org/

Service Description: The Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. We deploy veterans on new missions in their communities, so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve.

Witte Museum

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
3801 Broadway St.
San Antonio TX
78209

Phone: (210) 357-1900
Email: aaronguerrero@wittemuseum.org
Website: Wittemuseum.org/

Service Description: The Witte Museum promotes lifelong learning through innovative exhibitions, programs and collections in natural history, science and South Texas heritage. Lifelong learning is demonstrated in our daily activities, both inside and outside the museum. The Witte Museum embraces its venerable history, at the same time showing a bold front symbolizing the community's future.

Women’s Global Connection

Type of Organization: Civic Participation

Address:
4503 Broadway
San Antonio, TX
78209

Phone:
(210) 828-2224 ext. 297
E-mail: wgcinsa@gmail.com
Website: Womensglobalconnection.org/

Service Description: Women's Global Connection's mission is to promote the learning and leadership capacity of women locally and globally to strengthen families and communities and work for transformative change by fostering innovative partnerships that support catalytic projects linking women and girls to education, technology and business opportunities.

Franklin Apartment Management

Type of Organization: Homelessness/Housing

Address:
21260 Gathering Oak
#101
San Antonio, TX
78260

Phone: (210) 694-2223
E-mail: (waiting for a reply)
Website: Franklincompanies.com/

Service Description: The Franklin Companies are committed to developing, building and managing, exceptional housing communities and treats its residents with dignity and respect.

Housing Authority of the City of San Antonio

Type of Organization: Homelessness/Housing

Address:
818 South Flores
San Antonio, TX
78204

Phone: (210) 477-6262
E-mail: (waiting for a reply)
Website: Saha.org/

Service Description: The San Antonio Housing Authority provides quality affordable housing that is well integrated into the fabric of neighborhoods and serves as a foundation to improve lives and advance resident independence.

SAMMinistries

Type of Organization: Homelessness/Housing

Address:
1919 NW Loop 410
Suite 100
San Antonio, TX
78213

Phone: (210) 340-0302
E-mail: hope@samm.org
Website: Samm.org/

Service Description: SAMMinistries is an interfaith ministry whose mission is to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing and services. SAMMinistries also provides volunteers opportunities to be renewed and fulfilled as they serve.

San Antonio Inner City Development

Type of Organization: Homelessness/Housing

Address:
1300 Chihuahua
San Antonio, Texas
78207

Phone: (210) 224-7239
E-mail: marivel_resendes@saha.org
Website: Innercitydevelopment.org/

Service Description: SATX INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT is a nonprofit, community-based organization that responds to emergency, educational and recreational needs of the neighborhood on the near Westside of San Antonio in the vicinity of the Alazan-Apache Public Housing Project. It has been operating in this area, the economically poorest area of Bexar County, since 1968. The mission of the organization is to lift the dignity of the individual. This is done by providing critical, supportive, basic life services and inspiring persons to participate in the betterment of their neighborhood through volunteerism. With the exception of one part-time administrative assistant, the organization is run by an all-volunteer staff and administration.

Visitation House of Incarnate Word

Type of Organization: Homelessness/Housing

Address:
P.O. Box 12074
San Antonio, TX
78212

Phone: (210) 735-6910
E-mail: cynthia.bossard@amormeus.org
Website: Visitationhouseministries.org/

Service Description: The mission of Visitation House is to address the needs and concerns of economically poor women and children. To assist the homeless single mothers and to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness in their lives and the lives of their children, it offers the opportunity, time and resources to acquire the education and training necessary to achieve and maintain long-term employment and economic self- sufficiency.

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio

Type of Organization: Religious Service

Address:

202 W. French Place
San Antonio, Texas
78212

Phone: (210) 222-1294
Email: info@ccaosa.org
Website: Ccaosa.org/

Service Description: The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide for the needs of our community through selfless service under the sign of love. Committed to empowering individuals and families with the goal of fostering independence, we provide over 25 bilingual and culturally sensitive programs in 19 counties throughout the Archdiocese of San Antonio without regard to gender, race, creed, religion, disability, national origin or socioeconomic status. For more information about volunteering opportunities.

Christian Assistance Ministries (CAM)

Type of Organization: Religious Service

Address:
110 McCullough
San Antonio, TX
78215

Phone: (210) 223-4099
E-mail: skory@cam-sa.org
Website: Christianassistanceministry.org/

Service Description: Our mission is to share the love of Christ by providing immediate assistance and encouragement to people in crisis. Every person who comes to CAM, regardless of beliefs, is considered a child of God. Help is extended to all clients through the distribution of food, clothing, financial assistance or by referrals to other agencies, prayer and a listening ear.

Dialogue Institute of the Southwest

Type of Organization: Religious Service

Address:
4337 Vance Jackson Rd.
San Antonio, TX
78230

Phone: (210) 377-1110
E-mail: sanantonio@thedialoginstitute.org
Website: Thedialoginstitute.org/sa/

Service Description: The mission of Dialogue institute of the Southwest is to promote mutual understanding, respect and cooperation among people of diverse faiths and cultures by creating opportunities for direct communication and meaningful shared experiences. Additionally, the vision of this organization is to balance dignity in the society where everyone can view and treat each other with dignity.

The Jewish Federation of San Antonio

Type of Organization: Religious Service

Address:
12500 NW Military Hwy
Suite 200
San Antonio, TX
78231

Phone: (210) 302-6960
E-mail: jewishfederation@jfsatx.org
Website: Jfsatx.org/

Service Description: The Jewish Federation of San Antonio is the coordinating and convening body dedicated to building the Jewish community, to nurturing the quality of Jewish life, and to securing a favorable Jewish future in San Antonio, Israel and worldwide. Inspired by Jewish religious teachings, the Federation embodies a primary commitment to klal yisrael (the responsibility of each Jew for another), to tzedakah (justice, charity and righteousness), to tikkun olam (the process of repairing the world), and to the centrality of Israel to the Jewish people. In partnership with other Jewish institutions, the Federation promotes the advancement of Jewish learning and culture and seeks to perpetuate the values, practices and religious traditions that enrich Jewish life.

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of SA

Type of Organization: Religious Service

Address:
1 Haven for Hope Way
San Antonio, TX
78207

Phone: (210) 225-7837
E-mail: info@svdpsa.org
Website: Svdpsa.org/

Service Description: Today, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of the Archdiocese of San Antonio involves over 2,000 dedicated Vincentian members and other committed SVDP volunteers who serve children, families and individuals in need. Through our 68 conferences that are located in or near Catholic parishes throughout the community, Vincentians identify need and provide a wide variety of services for basic needs such as food, clothing, rent, furniture, prescription medicine and utility assistance. Person-to-person assistance is at the core of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Vincentians also visit the homes of those they assist. Through the home visit, Vincentians determine how to best help the individual or family in crisis. The home visit is a trademark of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. In addition, our San Antonio SVDP Central Office staff provides more than 400,000 meals annually to the homeless and offers food service job training at St Vinny's Bistro® at the Haven for Hope homeless campus. Our small staff is responsible for direct services to those most in need as well as overseeing and supporting the 68 conference sites.

San Antonio Food Bank

Type of Organization: Hunger/Nutrition

Address:
5200 Enrique M. Barrera Pkwy.
San Antonio, TX
78227

Phone: (210) 337-3663
Email: info@safoodbank.org
Website: Safoodbank.org/

Service Description: The San Antonio Food Bank provides food and grocery products to more than 530 partner agencies in 16 counties throughout Southwest Texas. In FY2015, the San Antonio Food Bank provided nearly 62 million pounds of food. The mission of the SAFB is to fight hunger in Southwest Texas through food distribution, programs, education and advocacy.

Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio