Whenever we pause for a moment and quietly listen, we find that life is calling out to us: inviting us to deepen our connection to ourselves and others, contribute what we can to the lessening of difficulties, and unfold into the person we can be. The vision for this group is to help you choose volunteer work that you are interested in, or for you to provide information to volunteers on how they can help out your nonprofit organization. Just post the info on our Message Board! We work with o …

Ever wanted to get your kids involved in the community and show them that they can make a difference in the world? This is the group for you. This is a group for families of all shapes and sizes. Anyone wanting to get a child involved is weclome - parents, single parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles etc. We will be involved with a number of different organizations in the Dallas area, so you should have no probelm finding an opportunity for you and your family. Some volunteer locations may only be …

Do you love to travel?  Do you enjoy volunteering and helping others?  We now have a meet up group with the purpose of introducing as many people as possible to the concept of volunteer travel. Volunteer Travel-Voluntourism is defined as the blending of the traditional elements of travel and tourism alongside a volunteer service project. Meet up members are provided with opportunities to contribute their time. talent or resources by making a difference in the lives of others when they travel. …

Wanna help organize or run the monthly Gaybingo fundraiser for Resource Center Dallas? Every month take the S4 Rose Room and Granite Bar and convert it into a bingo hall to host the Gaybingo fundraiser. There's a lot of work, a lot of people, and a lot of fun to prepare for, setup, and organize this event! Come and help us raise money for the programs and services that we provide to people impacted by HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community. Next Gaybingo: Saturday, February 16, 2013 Theme: Broadway w …

Help those who help others. Many area Charites need help making their events successful. Lend your support to help make that happen and reap the karma of kindness and support and meet people of like mind.

Helping Hands is a social and fundraising auxiliary of The Family Place, the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area. Helping Hands hosts social events and happy hours in some of Dallas' most popular venues. We also provide hundreds of volunteer hours each year to The Family Place, hosting parties for children at the emergency shelter, organizing donations, and assisting at various fundraisers. Meet new people and make great friends as you join us and other civic-minded prof …

This is a group for anyone interested in giving back to the Greater Dallas Communities. Our goal is to assist in the improvement of struggling communities in the Dallas area and provide support to youth/families in these communities through volunteer efforts, mentorships, and character development activities.

We are a pet rescue organization serving the DFW area. We host fun events to raise money for our pet shelter in Rockwall but also serve pets in Collin County and surrounding areas. We are looking for members that are interested in socializing, having fun, volunteering and/or pet fostering. This is a great group for everyone as our events are always fun and we are working to help a good cause, pets!

Our rescue group of volunteers are the lifeline for each and every Lab that comes through DFW Labrador Retriever Rescue. Every one of our volunteers makes a difference no matter what the contribution. Meet and Greet events are held on Saturdays at locations around The Dallas/Fort Worth area.

A diva is a strong and vibrant woman, and a Divine Diva is a woman who gains her strength from her faith. Divine Divas is a social group for Christian African American women in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. This group is primarily for African/Black American women, but all Christian women are welcome. We are simply a group of friends, who all just happen to be Christians, creating a safe/sane atmosphere, where we can go out and have a good time, and occasionally give back to the community …

With 2 healthy, happy babies and the chance to be a SAHM, I can't help but feel an urge to give back to this world that has given me so much. I imagine many moms feel the same way! My goal is to use the overwhelming empathy that comes with motherhood to help make the world, community or even just a single block a better place for our kids and neighbors. This group is for selfless moms who want to help out without having to neglect mommy duties. All meetups will be kid-friendly playdate meetings …

One of the items on my Bucket List was to create this Meetup Group. This group was created to help you fulfill items on your "Bucket", "Things to do", "Things to Try" or "Things you should know" lists. We have all things we want to do or try, but no one wants to do these things alone. Join this group and create your list. We will then do our best to match you up with people to share these accomplishments with. Life is a choice. We all have abilities we can do and abilities we can't or dont k …

The purpose of Random Acts of Kindness is to bring hope and a ray of sunshine to those who perhaps may be in need of some...

Love is a new meetup group that is committed to empowering the members of the group and the community. We will create a state of love and gratitude and passing it on to everyone we come in contact with. We will have discussions about creating this state of love and gratitude within ourselves and we will also actively go out at least once a month as a group and pass this state of happiness and bliss onto the community. We will shape the world and make a difference! As a group we will be working w …

GallantFew is a nonprofit, volunteer organization of veterans dedicated to helping other veterans transition from active duty, network, find jobs, and receive emotional support. We believe in one-on-one mentoring with the two veterans being as closely matched in terms of branch of service, military specialty, unit assignments, deployments, even injuries. Join us as we organize into an effective, mutually supporting group of DFW area veterans. Learn more:  www.gallantfew.org

This group supports all approved non-profit organizations that meet our standard for quality and the list of purposes and passions for the communities.  If you are a non-profit organization, please feel free to join in to this group as a member.  If you wish to be supported with events and activities, please send us an email and we will be in touch with more information. For all those who wish to volunteer and give back to the community, please join us and be part of our Meetup group here to sup …

Arlington North Rotary is a part of Rotary International, comprising 1.2 million members and 34,000 clubs around the globe. Rotary International is a service organization.  You'll find members volunteering in communities at home and abroad to support education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, and eradicate polio. Over the decades, Rotary has championed the eradication of Polio, which only exists currently in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. …

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! WE NEED AS MANY AS WE CAN GET TO HELP US OUT AT THIS YEAR'S LAKEFEST JUNE 25. THIS YEAR'S EVENT BENEFITS LEGACY BRAIN FOUNDATION! Lakefest on Lake Grapevine features an outdoor concert spotlighting Texas Country Music, local restaurants and a boat show. Boaters and landlubbers flock to Silver Lake Marina for this annual concert on the lake. This event draws concert goers from Grapevine, Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, The Colony and cities throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area …

We are pleased to introduce the Rotary E-Club of District 5810!  We were previously the North Dallas Evening Rotary Club, but we have now become our district's first E-Club.  We still meet each week and now broadcast our weekly meetings live via WebEx. Rotary is a global network of community volunteers. The Rotary E-Club of District 5810 is focused on building a club with young professional members who are forward thinking and bring a fresh dynamic to Rotary which was founded in 1905. Our club …

Are your ready to take action and make an impact in your community? Well, it's time to do just that. This group is designed to bring people all around the community to make a true change and help others. We will do everything from feed the homeless to build houses to help after natural disasters. If you are ready to go, join the group and lets take some action.

I love to kayak. I also love to help others if I can. I want to combine these two passions and hold fundraising events on an ongoing basis. We will help non-profit organizations devoted to providing clean water to people and/or protecting our local waterways. I intend to create multiple fundraising events for organizations such as charitywater.org and local water preservation societies who are valid and viable 501(c)(3)'s and rate well (transparent and efficient use of funds) on the charity watc …

DO YOU LOVE HIKING & ADVENTURE? DALLAS WILDLIFE is a group of easy-going people who love getting away from Dallas. In addition, we love participating in a variety of outdoors activities such as camping, backpacking, and hiking. We began our favorite activity, creek walking, in 2001 along the spring water corridors of Garland, Texas. We joined Meetup.com's calendaring system in 2004 before it became a paid subscription service, which is today funded by our group sponsors. Since our humble beginni …

This is a group committed to helping the indigents in poor communities abroad, providing scholarship programs and credit service assistance to business and individuals, conducting festival tours, medical/cultural missions abroad to foster international friendship and unity.

The Understand Men Dallas PAX community is led by a group of volunteers committed to share the education of PAX Programs.  We have such an amazing Dallas community — generous, giving, happy, appreciative, receptive, contributing — such a synergistic group of people who continue spreading PAX's message and impacting millions of lives globally.  Our lives have been profoundly impacted by this work, and we host free classes to support graduates of PAX workshops and generate interest in PAX workshop …

Welcome to Girlfriends NOW! Girlfriends NOW is a social group for women in their lower 30's to lower 50's.  We are married, single, new-in-town, native Texans, etc. While our backgrounds are varied, what we all have in common is the room in our lives for more real friends because Girlfriends Make Life Better! If you want to meet women just like you who want to have fun, meet new people, try new events and hobbies and be a new gal pal.  Join us! You have found the right group! We have a very act …

The Irving Women's Network (IWN) offers excellent networking opportunities for business women, community leaders, and volunteers in Irving and surrounding areas. Our purpose is to promote business interaction among women in the DFW area, to enlighten and encourage them in their business endeavors, and to educate them in the nuances of networking. This is accomplished through programs in networking techniques and the encouragement of the use of goods and services of fellow members. Members includ …

Join the Grapevine Lions and make a difference in the community. We are a service organization focused on community outreach. Lions Club is for men and women who want to participate in helping others through activities and partnerships. Our fundraisers help provide funds to organizations including our handicapped children's camp in Texas, organizations for the blind, disaster relief, drug awareness, youth exchange programs, and many more. Helen Keller charged Lions to be "Knights for the blind". …

Thanks for joining! We are a Rotary Club in Richardson, TX. "Good people doing good things for the community." This Meetup group is to keep people informed of our monthly socials. You don't have to be a member of Rotary to come to the social. I'll get our 2013 calendar finalized and get some events scheduled here shortly.