2025 Katy Stake Day of Service
April 26th has been designated as our day of service in the Katy Stake for 2025. This year, we have partnered with several community organizations to offer a service opportunity to everyone in our stake. This page contains detailed information and signups for your ward specific project. We encourage you to actively participate and support your community with these wonderful opportunities.
Open to Everyone 1-5pm @ Katy Stake Center
Blood Drive (Click to register)
Earth Day Recycling Project
Feed the Hunger (Stake Center)
Feeding the spiritual and physical hunger, especially in at -risk children
Time 3pm-5pm
Volunteers will help set up and participate in packing over 10,000 meals
Wards Assigned: Nottingham Country and Cinco Ranch
Team Lead: Todd Teeples
Coastal Prairie Conservancy Indiangrass Preserve (Waller)
Sustaining a resilient Texas by preserving coastal prairies, wetlands, farms, and ranches to benefit people and wildlife forever.
Time: 10am-12pm
Volunteers will be helping to restore creek bed habitat, harvest prairie seeds, remove invasive vegetation to encourage native growth, or clear fencing.
Wards Assigned: Seven Lakes, Katy 2nd , Katy 3rd branch
Team Lead: Gary Gudmunson
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Katy)
A non-profit organization that constructs and delivers beds to children without beds.
Time: 8:00am-12pm
Volunteers will build and deliver beds to children in the West Houston area who are without a bed.
Wards Assigned: Jordan Ranch, Sealy, Cross Creek and Cinco West
Team Lead: Heather Waite
Blood Drive with Gulf Coast Blood Center (Stake Center)
To help save and sustain lives by providing a safe supply of blood, biotherpies, and other related services.
Time: 1pm-5pm (Primary room)
Everyone eligible can participate
Team Lead: Fred Knies
Earth Day Recycle Fair (Stake Center)
Time:TBD
Everyone can participate
Items to donate:
Please donate any of the following items for Katy Christian Ministries for their Resale Stores: Furniture, appliances, electronics, housewares and clothing in good, working condition with no stains, tears, fading, soiling, peeling, damage, breakage or excessive wear, pet hair, or smoke smell.
Donate Prescription Eyeglasses & Reading Glasses
Bring any prescription eyeglasses and reading glasses to donate to the Lions Club where their volunteers clean the glasses, fix them, sort them by prescription strength and package them. The glasses are then distributed through non profits to those in need, mainly in developing countries.
Donate gently used or new books for Books Between Kids
Books Between Kids provides books to children in Houston ISD to build their home collection of books to encourage reading and access.
Needs: New and Like-New Pre-K through 5th-grade level reading:
story books, chapter books, leveled readers, children’s non-fiction books (that kids would pick out to read for fun), board/toddler books, Spanish or dual language books
Books we cannot use: books with torn binding, pages or covers, discolored pages, religious books, workbooks, coloring books, sticker books, puzzle books, reference books, textbooks, or outdated non-fiction books
E-cycling with CompuCycle: bring electronics that are no longer working or unwanted. What can not be reused will be dismantled and appropriately recycled to ensure that outdated devices will be properly disposed, which often can contain hazardous materials; they also ensure any personal data will remain secure.
Computers & Mobile Devices:
- Desktops
- Laptops
- Tablets
- All-In-One Computers
- Cellphones
- Smartphones
- Pagers
Home Office Equipment
- Routers
- Modems
- Wi-Fi Extenders
- Network Switches
- Printers
- Fax Machines
- Scanners
Personal Electronics
- E-Readers
- MP3 Players
- Smartwatches
- GPS Devices
- Fitness Trackers
- Portable DVD Players
- Portable Hard Drives & USB Flash Drives
Entertainment & Gaming
- TVs (LCD, LED, Plasma)
- DVD/Blu-ray Players
- Streaming Devices (Roku, AppleTV etc)
- Gaming Consoles
- Handheld Game Systems
Audio & Video Equipment
- Speakers
- Sound Systems
- Home Theater Systems
- Digital Cameras
- Camcorders
Power Systems
- HDMI Cables
- Ethernet Cables
- Composite Cables (red, white, & yellow)
- All Charging Cables
- Power Cords & Adapters
Items NOT to donate:
- Furniture
- Dishwashers or slide mounted ranges or other slide or wall mounted appliances
- Oversized furniture – (large office desks, cubicles, entertainment center, armoires; sleeper sofas, futons, pool tables, hospital beds, mattresses
- Particle Board Furniture
- No baby items: Cribs, Strollers, Car seats, Bassinets, Highchairs
- Frameless mirrors or glass, fixtures, chandeliers, ceiling fansHousehold appliances, hazardous materials or specialized equipment like smoke alarms, solar panels, A/C units or dehumidifiers
- Medical equipment aside from wheelchairs, walkers and mobility scooters
- Other
- Stuffed animals (unless new)
- Board games/puzzles (unless new)
- Car Seats (unless new and in the box)