Organization ANIMALS Cinderella Pet Rescue Palm Valley Animal Shelter Sea Turtle, Inc. Turtle Lady Legacy Art & Culture Donna Hooks Flethcer Museum Inc. McAllen Community Concert Association McAllen International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) Rio Grande Valley International Music Festival South Texas Symphony Association Inc. Texas Conjunto Music Hass of Fame & Museum The Lower Rio Grande Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Young Playwrights' Theater Community Amigos del Valle Brownsville Community Foundation Inc. Connections Ministries of the Rio Gande Valley Edinburg Economic Development Corporation EEDC Edinburg Recycling Center Edinburg Parks and Recreation Friendship of Women -Brownsville Hermes Music Foundation Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Lower Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Corporation RGV- Equal Voice Network Sebastian Water Supply Corp South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce South Padre Island Community Foundation Inc. South Texas Economic Development Coorporation Inc. Starr County Industrial Foundation Valley Initative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) Education Abriendo Puertas Parental Communication Initiative Inc. Cameron County Master Gardeners Communities in Schools- Cameron County Friends Of The Weslaco Public Library Harlingen Literacy Center Inc Llano Grande Center for Research & Development Nueva Luz Foundation Oratory Academy RGV First Christian Academy RGV LEAD Rio Grande Valley Literacy Center Roberts Ashley and Margaret Looney Mcallen Charitable Foundation South Texas Literacy Coalition Valley Alliance of Mentors for Opportunities and Scholarship(VAMOS) Enviroment Quinta Mazatlan Keep McAllen Beautiful Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center National Butterfly Center Valley Proud Enviormental Council Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Health American Cancer Society Easter Seals Rio Grande Valley Holy Family Services Birth Center Hope In Joy Make A Wish Access Esperanza Clinics Inc. (formally Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo Country) South Texas Juvenile Diabetes Association (STJDA) Rio Grande Valley Diabetes Association South Texas Health System* Su Clinica Familia Medical Foundation Texas/ Mexico Border Coalition Community Based Organization Texas Organ Sharing Alliance Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children's Cancer and Hematology Clinic Housing Advocacy Resource Center for Housing (ARCH) Affordable Homes of South Texas Inc Casa Hogar Mami Coto De Casa Inc. Edinburg Housing Authorities Habitat for Humanity-RGV Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville Ronald McDonald House Charities RGV Religious Abundant Life Church Catholic Charaties of the RGV Christian Life Church Grace Community Church of Pharr Texas Lakeway Ministries- A Family Church Inc. Love of Christ Lutheran Church Rio Grande Valley Healing Rooms Social Services ARISE Support Center ARISE South Tower Aurora House Foundation Advance Inc- Rio Grande Valley C.A.M.P. University Community Council of the Rio Grande Valley Colonias Unidas Comfort House Services Inc. Community Hope Projects Inc. Food Bank Good Samaritan Community Service RGV Justice For Our Neighbors La Union Del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) Loaves & Fishes of the Rio Grande Valley Inc Love Thy Neighbor Organization Minority Affairs Council (MAC) LRGVDC Foster Grand Parent Program MADD South Texas Affiliate-Edinburg Project Insight Proyecto Azteca Proyecto Desarrollo Humano Proyecto Juan Diego Inc. RCCC Inc.- The Recovery Center of Cameron County RDS Program for the Deaf RGV Community Dreamers RGV Down Syndrome Association RGV Special Olympics Southwest Community Investment Corporation Women's Business Center Special Olympics Su Casa de Esperanza The Palmer Drug Abuse Program McAllen United Way of South Texas VAIL Youth "The City" 97.7 FM KCYP Boys and Girls Club of Edinburg RGV Boys and Girls Club of McAllen Boys and Girls Club of Pharr Court Appointed Specia Advocates of Hidalgo County Inc. (CASA) Edinburg Child Care Inc. Family Crisis Center Inc. Girl Scouts - Tip of Texas Council Mexican Border Childrerns Fund P-16 Initiatives (On Campus Opportunities Only)-Migrant Services The Young Center Tip of Texas Family Outreach Inc. Buckner About ANIMALS Cinderella Pet Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation established to help animals that have been abandoned, abused or neglected. We rescue, rehabilitate and prepare them to be adopted into responsible, loving homes. We are a NO KILL shelter located in Mission, Texas, and care for many animals while searching for the right home to match up with each pet. Palm Valley Animal Center cares for homeless companion animals and enhances the relationship between animals and people through adoptions, education and community outreach. At Sea Turtle Inc., our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured sea turtles, educate the public, and assist with conservation efforts for all marine turtle species.Volunteers must read online manual found at website and must make contact via e-mail, to make arraingments PRIOR to volunteering. The Turtle Lady Legacy strives to make the public aware of the Kemp's ridley sea turtles and their precarious hold on survival as a species. Thanks to Ila Loetscher and others, the number of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico have increased but there's still a way to go before they are no longer an endangered species. The Turtle Lady Legacy provides presentations about Ila Loetscher and sea turtle conservation to the community as well as educational programs for children at local schools, libraries, and museums in South Padre Island and Port Isabel, Texas. Art & Culture In 1903, Thomas J. Hooks moved his family to the area because of the farming potential. Railroad entrepreneur Uriah Lott named the town after Hooks' daughter. When Donna Hooks Fletcher divorced in 1908, she received land from her father, which she turned into a prosperous produce and dairy operation. Local history is honored at her namesake facility Donna Hooks Fletcher Museum. Artifacts include the town's first telephone, a bar supposedly used in the 1914 Blue Goose Saloon and household appliances, including an ice box, clothes wringer wash tub and butter churn. Prominently displayed is the Bible that Donna Hooks Fletcher held in one hand, while the other hand held a pistol, during the tense 1910s when Mexican revolutionaries raided across the nearby Rio Grande. The McAllen Community Concert Association is a non-profit organization comprised of a 40 member board and an active membership that fills our 1750 seat auditorium for each concert. Additional volunteers assist this volunteer board each spring during the membership drive. Without these volunteers, there truly would not be a Community Concert Association in McAllen, Texas. “To provide quality entertainment at affordable prices" . this is the foundation of the organization now in the year 2012 just as it was in 1954. IMAS is always looking for motivated individuals who want to make a difference in their community. IMAS offers various levels of volunteer opportunities. Whichever level you choose, IMAS thanks you for your dedication to promoting a deeper appreciation of the arts and sciences. Please review the of following areas of service: The Rio Grande Valley Music Festival is a non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to two goals. First, to provide a venue for musicians of all levels of ability to perform in a professional setting. To that end we provide a "jamming tent" where players can gather in small groups and jam in an unstructured manner. The stages have scheduled performances. These are mainly working professionals who have other commitments and are generously donating their time for the festival. Open mic time is available on all stages. Open mic performers sign up with the Stage Manager for ten minute segments. The different types of volunteer duties consist of: •Office Tasks •Web •Social Media •Concert Volunteers •Advisory Committee Volunteers •Board Volunteers Application to volunteer is on site. The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum, founded in 2001, is part of the Museums of San Benito, the birthplace of conjunto music. The museum works to promote, preserve, archive, document, and display the history of regional conjunto music by honoring those who create it. Detailed information on the instruments used in conjunto music, their cultural origins, and stories of San Benito’s legendary music institutions such as “La Villita” dance hall and the Rio Grande Music Company, home of Ideal Records, are among the featured exhibits. Within our exhibit space are the accordions of conjunto pioneers: Narciso Martínez, Pedro Ayala, Ricardo Guzmán, Enrique Vela, Mario Montes and Gilberto Pérez. Also on display is an old bajo sexto donated by Ramiro Cavazos, a leather jacket on loan from the family of Mario Montes, a suit and pair of shoes donated by the family of Ruben Vela, a set of drums donated by Higinio Guzman, and an electric Fender bass on loan from Hector Barron of Los Fantasmas Del Valle. The LRGV-AIA is the voice of the architectural profession dedicated to serving its members, advancing their value, and improving the quality of the built environment. Young Playwrights’ Theater inspires young people to realize the power of their own voices. By teaching students to express themselves through the art of playwriting, YPT develops students’ language skills, and empowers them with the creativity, confidence and critical thinking skills they need to succeed in school and beyond. YPT honors its students by