Get Involved – Donate: Time, Talents, and/or Treasures
Time: Volunteer
Volunteers are often needed to help answer telephones, help with special projects, and to provide practical assistance to seafarers during peak times. Volunteers are an essential part of our work.
Volunteers who undergo special training also service as ship visitors. When visiting aboard ships, volunteers and Center Chaplains offer a friendly welcome, an invitation to visit the Center and spiritual or practical guidance and assistance.
Call the Seafarers Center (713.672.0511) to inquire about becoming a ship visitor or to learn more about our other volunteer needs.
Talents: Throw Seafarers a Party!
Groups can come host a party for the seafarers at our Center! Just bring snack food, beverages and yourselves, and come visit with the seafarers. To arrange a party, just call the Seafarers Center (713.672.0511) and ask to speak to the Chaplain-On-Duty.
Prior groups have: brought Valentine’s cards, Christmas cards and greeting cards for the seafarers to write home to their families; brought choirs and singing groups to give a small concert for the seafarers (and encouraged) them in a sing-a-long; and planned a weekend cook-out serving hamburgers and hotdogs. We’re always open to new ideas that will make seafaers time in Houston meaningful and memorable.
Treasure: Provide funding or specialty items
Contributions of money are tax deductible, as the Houston International Seafarers Center was chartered in 1972 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
To donate toward the operational expenses of the Seafarers Center, please make your checks payable to “Houston International Seafarers Center” or donate online: