If you really want to make a difference that will last for generations, help S4L break the cycle of poverty in Houston.

Skills For Living offer exciting opportunities to volunteers. Everyone’s contribution is highly valued. By volunteering with S4L you have an opportunity to impact our society and to grow as an individual.

Most volunteers work with either adults, youth or in leadership / infrastructure positions

Working with Adults

You can be a mentor-trainer (M-T).  Mentor-trainers are an extremely important part of 20-20 Power Workshops.  Approximately 80 goal-oriented families meet weekly in four areas of Houston (SE, SW, NE, NW) and attend collegiate-style, evening classes on financial and career planning.  The first three weeks of each month, 2-hour workshops are conducted in English & Spanish by the trainers.  The fourth week of the month provides for 2-hours of personal mentoring. M-Ts are actively involved in the training and counseling of the families with the primary objective being to increase each family’s income and net worth by 20% in a one-year period.

M-Ts attend a certificate training course in August and are then paired with families. M-Ts attend the weekly meetings with their families, grade homework, chart benchmarks, motivate, brain-storm and encourage families to achieve their goals. 

An M-T's time commitment is approximately 46 hours per semester.
  2 hours – application and interview
  8 hours – certification course on 8/4 or 8/11
30 hours – attend weekly September to November classes
  4 hours – attend holiday family party in December
  2 hours – debriefing of experience and evaluate program

To request an M-T application, complete the volunteer form in Volunteer NOW!

Working with Youth

Skills For Living has several programs for the elementary, middle and high school students;

• SOAR – Summer of Awesome Reading for middle school
• STAR – Success through Active Reading for 4th & 5th grade
• Real Life – Summer school program with YES Prep for the incoming 10th  grade class

Volunteers are active in a variety of roles – teaching and inspiring the students to achieve their potential.  If you want to work with youth, please contact us.

Other Opportunities