Mother-son teams from the Young Men’s Service League of Aledo have been busy since the start of the school year, serving at nonprofits across the area.
The Newton family volunteered Aug. 30 at The Welman Project in Fort Worth, a creative-reuse organization that rescues surplus materials from businesses and distributes them to local teachers and students. Volunteers cut, sorted, and prepared supplies that will end up in area classrooms.
The Tillotson family served at Tarrant Area Food Bank West on Sept. 6, helping sort and pack food donations for families facing food insecurity.
Other members spent time at Clearfork Assisted Living and Harvest Assisted Living, playing board games, puzzles and learning a fun game the residents call Noodle Ball.
“Volunteering our time in our local community is very important. I like getting to help those in our own backyard,” said Bowen Judd, president of the Aledo High School Class of 2030.
Founded in 2018 by Jennifer Herring, the Aledo league is the first and only chapter in Parker County. The chapter brings together more than 200 mothers and sons from Aledo High School and area private schools for a four-year program of community service, leadership-development, and relationship-building. Each mother-son pair commits to at least 20 service hours a year, half of them served side by side.
The chapter partners with more than 24 local philanthropies and has taken on projects ranging from playground construction to community clean-ups.
Beyond the service itself, the program is designed to build lifelong skills. Through chapter leadership roles and hands-on projects, young men gain experience in public speaking, interviewing, and teamwork, while mothers and sons build lasting memories together.
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