Help us make a difference in the lives of youth in your community.
The YMCA is uniquely suited to meet community needs with initiatives aimed at empowering youth, building healthier families and fostering more inclusive communities. We are focused on the continued and ongoing effort of creating not just physical space, but developmental and emotional well-being opportunities for people who truly need it most.
For 20 years, YMCA Operation Backpack has filled a critical need in communities across the Houston area providing school supplies for children in need, filling them with hope for a brighter future as they start the school year.
In 2023, the investment of many provided 30,000 children the opportunity to return to learning with the tools to be successful.
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View the center information below for more information on whom they are serving and volunteer opportunities:
Aldine & Wussow Park Area YMCAs
Serving Aldine ISD and YMCA outreach service sites to collect 700 backpacks for students.
Alief Family YMCA
Serving Alief, Fort Bend, and Houston ISDs and Charter Schools to collect 2,000 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Saturday, August 3 from 9 am-1 pm, we will need 10 volunteers to assist with student arrival and distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Dianna Visoso.
Brenda & John Duncan Family YMCA
Serving Spring Brand ISD to collect 1,500 backpacks for students.
D. Bradley McWilliams Family YMCA
Serving Spring and Tomball ISDs to collect 1,000 backpacks for students.
Fort Bend Family YMCA & T.W. Davis Family YMCA
Serving Fort Bend and Lamar Consolidated ISDs to collect 2,100 backpacks for students.
Harriet & Joe Foster Family YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 1,300 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Saturday, August 3 from 10 am-12 pm, we need 5 volunteers to assist with backpack distribution and engagement activities. In addition, we are looking for 2-3 people whom are bilingual in English and Spanish to assist with interpreting. If interested in volunteering, please contact Lesley Zimmer.
Holcomb Family YMCA
Serving Conroe and New Caney ISDs to collect 2,000 backpacks for students.
Houston Texans YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 500 backpacks for students.
Lake Houston Family YMCA
Serving Humble and New Caney ISDs to collect 3,000 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Friday, August 2 from 10 am-2 pm, we need 6 adult volunteers to assist with backpack distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Jessica Penney.
Langham Creek Family YMCA
Serving Cypress-Fairbanks ISD to collect 1,000 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Friday, August 9 from 5-8 pm, volunteers are needed to assist with backpack distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Catherine Hollis.
Mark A. Chapman YMCA at Katy Main Street
Serving Brazos, Katy, Lamar Consolidated and Royal ISDs to collect 1,500 backpacks for students.
M.D. Anderson Family YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 800 backpacks for students.
Monty Ballard Family YMCA
Serving Katy ISD to collect 1,000 backpacks for students.
Perry Family YMCA
Serving Clear Creek and Dickinson ISDs to collect 1,800 backpacks for students.
Tellepsen Downtown Family YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 1,200 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: 10 volunteers are needed to assist with organizing and backpack stuffing prior to distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Deanna McDougal.
The Woodlands YMCAs
Serving Conroe ISD to collect 700 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Tuesday, August 6 from 1-3 pm, 8 volunteers are needed at 333 Holly and The Pines Apartments to assist with organizing and backpack distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Lauren Jelen.
Trotter Family YMCA
Serving Houston and Spring Branch ISDs to collect 1,400 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Thursday, August 8 from 4-7 pm, 5-10 volunteers are needed to assist with event set-up and clean-up, backpack distribution and activity facilitators. If interested in volunteering, please contact Sarah Makiyama.
Weekley Family YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 1,600 backpacks for students. For more information, please contact Shaun McCowen.
Volunteer Opportunities: Distribution event: Sunday, August 4, 2-4 pm
Wendel D. Ley Family YMCA
Serving Channelview, Galena Park and Sheldon ISDs to collect 3,000 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: Saturday, July 27 from 10 am-12 pm, 15-20 volunteers are needed to assist with backpack distribution. If interested in volunteering, please contact Cleveland Landheart.
West Orem Family YMCA
Serving Houston ISD to collect 500 backpacks for students.
Volunteer Opportunities: 10 volunteers to assist organizing and filling backpacks. If interested in volunteering, please contact Tiffany Irving.
YMCA Children’s Academy at Texas Medical Center
Serving Houston ISD to collect 100 backpacks for students.
YMCA International Services
Serving Alief, Houston, Fort Bend, Katy, Pasadena and Spring Branch ISDs to collect 1,200 backpacks for students.