Impact Opportunites give Legacy an opportunity to connect with our neighbors and serve the people of Plano and the surrounding areas.
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes
Thank you Legacy Church - we turned in 190 physical shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child. The online build-a-shoebox site will remain open through December. Simply use our Legacy Church Build a Shoebox Online site.
Love Where You Live (LWYL)
The Love Where You Live program, sponsored by the City of Plano and its partners, is a neighborhood revitalization initiative.
The goal of the program is to keep our Plano neighborhoods beautiful, safe, and stable, and to connect residents to each other, the City and our volunteers who are ready to serve.Groups will help with a wide variety of tasks needed by residents of the neighborhood. This may include, but is not limited to, landscaping, painting, fence repair, litter cleanup, and more. Both individuals and groups are welcome to register!
Typically Spring Service Day Projec like Neighborhood Litter Cleanup, are usually in May. Fall Service Day Project are normally planned for October. Click on "GET INVOLVED" for details and to sign-up.
PISD
Wells Elementary is asking Legacy Church to connect with its students.
Mentors meet weekly or bi-weekly during the student's lunch or recess time for approximately 30 minutes. This is not academic mentoring. Mentors can bring their lunch and eat with the student; the time with the student is to visit, play games, read books, etc.
See the Wells Mentoring Program Handout to sign-up!
Do you love to read? Volunteer for our Wells Elementary Reading Rockstar program on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning September 6th from 7:15 am to 7:40 am. You can choose to volunteer on just Tuesday or Thursday, or both days. No experience necessary! Training will be provided!
See the Reading Rockstar Handout to sign-up!
For more details: email missions@legacychurch.org
Plano West Rotary
Their website provides a calendar of various service opportunities throughout Plano. Projects updated regularly. Sign-up for a community service project that works for you! Easy to connect; simply sign-up, show-up, and serve. Check out the calendar of events often - lots of opportunities to serve!
Volunteers in Plano (VIP)
Community Clean-Up
The Community Cleanup Trailer has everything your group needs to keep Plano’s streets and streams clean! The trailer is equipped with trash/recycle bags, gloves, safety vests, pickup sticks and chest waders. The trailer is FREE to groups with 25 or more volunteers. Simply organize a group, select a date, reserve the trailer and City staff transports it to the cleanup location.
Live Green in Plano Volunteer Program
Turn your passion into purpose by joining the Live Green in Plano (LGIP) Volunteer Program. Get involved and make a difference in your community through engaging, educational and exciting volunteer opportunities all year-round. Group opportunitees also available.
Local Partners
Baptist Student Ministry (BSM)
The University of Texas at Dallas BSM exists to develop lifelong followers of Christ. Their mission is to encourage students to engage with the Gospel, grow in Christ, and go proclaim Him to the world.
BSM Student Lunch Outreach:
The weekly BSM Free Lunch, every Tuesday during the school session on the UTD campus, has started back up. You can serve eery Tuesday, twice a month, once a month, whenever your schduel permits.
Legacy Church sponsors/hosts the BSM Free Lunch three times a school year. It would be great to fill the room with Legacy volutneers on our host days. The Janaury and March 2024 registration is coming soon!
Emily's Place
Emily’s Place provides long-term housing that is critical for helping domestic violence survivors permanently escape abuse. It is the “bridge” from a shelter, which typically allows women a safe place for 30 to 90 days, to independent living, free of the barriers preventing them from achieving self-sufficiency away from their abusers. The mission is to break the cycle of abuse through transformational care that seeks to restore faith, hope, and health.
In general, ongoing needs for Emily’s Place (Requires volunteer application, training, and a background check):
- Childcare (volunteers for childcare during our evening programming are essential)
- Minor Repairs
- Yard Work
- Gardening
- Deliver dinner and fellowship
- Pro bono services, tutoring, training skills
- Monthly automotive maintenance
To volunteer, click this link.
Real Options for Women
Immediate need for patient advocates, especially those that can communicate in multiple languages, to counsel women through their options. If you are interested in this training, click this link.
In general, ongoing needs for Real Options (Training provided as needed):
- Office Help
- Patient Advocates
- Nurses
- Sonographers
- Administration
- Special Events
- Mentors (both female and male)