Come out and make a difference! Volunteers will help run different field day events for the kids outdoors and ensure the instructions laid out for each station are successfully completed.
The Center for Success and Independence is a not for profit residential center for kids between the ages of 13 and 17. The Center has the capacity for 22 boys and 22 girls. Reasons for admission include mental health issues, substance use, addiction disorders, abuse and trauma and victims of trafficking. Inpatient stay vary from 1 month to six with the average stay 2-3 months.
Activities involve direct interaction with the kids. Staff with be present to assure the safety of the kids and volunteers. The purpose of the activity is largely diversional and provides the kids the opportunity to build on skills that they are learning in individual therapy and in group therapy. This particular activity is a outdoor field day activity where there will be approximately be 6 activities that the kids will rotate through as teams. Volunteers will be assigned to each group to encourage engagement and a positive experience. This is a hands on interactive experience with the kids.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
8:30 am to 11:00 am
The Center for Success and Independence
3722 Pinemont Drive
Houston, TX 77018
About TCSI
The Center for Success and Independence (TCSI) cares for and treats 12-17, whose psychological and emotional disorders, substance abuse and/or history of trauma have impaired their behavioral functioning and adversely impacted their everyday home, school and community environments. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Clients receive proven adolescent-focused treatment directed at the emotional, cognitive, and social roots of their behavioral issues. We have a proven success rate with youths and teens who complete the program. It is one of the reasons we receive referrals from physicians, hospitals, state agencies, and schools.
We are one of only a few free-standing intensive adolescent residential treatment centers in Houston offering a recommended 25 hours of therapy per week.