Yesterday, 29 nonprofit organizations gathered in the Auxiliary Gym for ESD’s annual Volunteer Fair.

This annual event allows students in grades 8-11 to get familiar with Dallas-area nonprofit organizations. Upper school students have the opportunity to find out about potential summer service opportunities, year-round opportunities, as well as Teen Boards, while middle school students participated in a scavenger hunt in which they visited each nonprofit's table in order to complete the challenge and learn more about the organizations. Understanding the available opportunities and needs of organizations in our area can better assist our students in their journey of upholding our ongoing commitment to community service learning.

Thank you to all of the nonprofits that join us yesterday! You may find a list of all 29 participating organizations below: 

• Children's Hunger Fund
• CitySquare 
• Community Partners of Dallas
• Dallas Arboretum
• Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
• Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 
• Voice of Hope
• Equest
• Heart House
• Homes of Hope
• Luke's FastBreaks
• Network of Community Ministries
• OurCalling
• Owenwood Farm & Neighbor Space
• Planned Parenthood Of Greater Texas
• Rays of Light
• Readers 2 Leaders
• Reading Partners
• The Family Place
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• The Salvation Army of North Texas
• The Stewpot
• United to Learn
• Vickery Trading Company
• We Rock the Spectrum Dallas
• Wesley-Rankin Community Center
• Youth World
• Ronald McDonald House of Dallas
• Jubilee Park and Community Center