Impact Opportunites give Legacy an opportunity to connect with our neighbors and serve the people of Plano and the surrounding areas.
Use this link for a printable copy of all the current Legacy Church Serve Opportunities listed below and more.
Legacy Students Serving Marissa's House
From April 23rd through May 5th, you can drop off new or gently used shoes, crocs, or slides at Legacy Hall.
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.
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.
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!
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!
For more details: email missions@legacychurch.org
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, starts back up in the Fall Semester. Consider serving with BSM over the summer months as they welcome and prepare for the new students.
Summer Serve Opportunites:
Serve with the UTD Big Howdy
During July and August, the UTD Big Howdy, a collaboration of 5 Christian student organizations and their partner churches, will welcome about 2,000 new UTD international students from around the world through airport pick ups, a welcome party and a furniture give away. The UTD Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) is one of the Big Howdy organizations. (date expected late May)
Airport Pick Ups
Pick Ups: July 24-August 21, 2023
Sign up to pick up a new international student from DFW or Love Field airports and get them to their new accommodations at or near UTD. This is about a 4-hour effort. Pick Ups will take place between July 24 and August 21, 2023. Pick ups happen at all hours of the day so volunteers will be able to sign up for times that fit their schedule.
A one-hour training will be required for new volunteers. Trainings will happen a few times in June. Once training is complete, volunteers will be sent a sign-up calendar at the end of June in order to be paired with a pick up assignment.
Welcome Party
Potentially Saturday August 19, 7 pm
Volunteers needed: approx. 200, Volunteer Sign Up: will go live late July
Help us give a big Texas welcome for about 2,000 new international students. New students will get to experience Texas line dancing and hospitality while meeting home groups sponsored by local churches and other connections that will serve them during their time at UTD.
Furniture Give Away
Potentially Saturday August 26, 8 am to 4 pm
Help the Big Howdy team deliver beds, desks, couches, dining tables and more to about 100 new international students who will be chosen from the Big Howdy Welcome Party registration. We will need volunteers with pick up trucks to help move furniture and volunteers willing to lift and move furniture. A volunteer sign up will go live late July.
Furniture Donations
Throughout the summer, the Big Howdy team will be gathering donations of twin beds, couches, desks, dining tables and chairs. If you have furniture to donate, email utdbighowdy.airportpickups@
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)