Articles in the Volunteer Week Category
For two years Richard Carter has been volunteering with Wellspring Family Services, an organization that helps families facing homelessness achieve self-sufficiency. Not only does Richard joyfully share his musical talents as a pianist at Wellspring’s annual events, but he has also courageously shared his own experience as a young person experiencing homelessness with donors and State Legislators in Olympia. Thank you Richard for lending your voice, talents and time to help address homelessness in our community.
April 10th-16th is National Volunteer Week!…
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Looking outside today, there’s no denying that spring is upon us (cheers and applause). I don’t know about you, but I’m itching to get outside and start digging in the dirt, planting my first veggies and soaking up the long awaited sounds and smells of spring. If you feel the same, or if you’re just looking for a way to help end hunger in our community, join us at Lettuce Link’s Marra Farm on April 12th from 4-6 pm for a couple hours…
United Way celebrates the extraordinary volunteers who are doing more to make our community stronger. From preparing meals at a neighborhood food bank, to skipping lunch to read to kids at a pre-school, to organizing a beach cleanup, to contributing skills as a board member, graphic artist, or camp counselor, the range of voluntary efforts is immense. And so is the impact. A better community – it starts with you. And it often starts with volunteering.
Volunteer at Solid Ground’s Marra Farm
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To celebrate National Volunteer Week, we set up our own little volunteer project which ended up being a blast!
A group of about 20 of us — which we recruited through this blog, Facebook, Twitter, and our mailing list — came out to Marra Farm on Tuesday. When we got there, we learned more about Marra Farm (It’s one of only two historical farms in Seattle and the food grown goes out to the…
As you may have heard, this week is National Volunteer Week. Here at United Way of King County we’ve taken this opportunity to collect stories from local organizations of exceptional volunteers. The story below was submitted by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks / Parks & Recreation Division. Geraldine has been a Park and Trail Ambassador for 9 years. Read about how she has volunteered her time to protect and promote her neighborhood park:
Geraldine became a Park & Trail
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As you may have heard, this week is National Volunteer Week. Here at United Way of King County we’ve taken this opportunity to collect stories from local organizations of exceptional volunteers. The story below was submitted by North Helpline Emergency Services and Foodbank, an organization that offers an array of human services to the North Seattle community including health services, a food bank and baby cupboard and emergency services. Bob has been a North Helpline volunteer for ten years. Read about his impressive contributions to helping…
As you may have heard, this week is National Volunteer Week. Here at United Way of King County we’ve taken this opportunity to collect stories from local organizations of exceptional volunteers. The story below was submitted by Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS), an organization that offers a broad array of human services and behavioral health programs to Asian Pacific Americans in King County. Dongkyu Hwang volunteers as a line dance teacher at ACRS. Read what those who have worked with Hwang have to say…
As you may have heard, this week is National Volunteer Week. Here at United Way of King County we’ve taken this opportunity to collect stories from local organizations of exceptional volunteers. The story below was submitted by Outdoors for All Foundation , an organization that provides year round instruction in outdoor recreation for people with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities. Ralph “RB” Brown has volunteered with Outdoors for All as a Volunteer Ski Instructor, Summer Program Volunteer and Board Tresurer. Read about RB’s impressive…
