Check out the volunteer opportunities for Washington below:

Hunger Intervention Program

The mission of the Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) is to increase food security for underserved populations in North King County through nutritious meals, educational programs, and advocacy. We envision a world where nutritious food is accessible to everyone in our community.

Address: 

3841 NE 123rd St

Seattle, WA 98103

Website: www.hungerintervention.org

Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve meals for HIP's meal programs, which serve seniors and unhoused individuals across North King County. In addition, help is needed to create Healthy HIP Packs, which are weekend food packs for students. Depending on the time of year, other volunteer opportunities may include delivering meals or groceries to participants, helping to address and stuff appeal letters, technical assistance, and more.

How to Sign Up: To learn more about HIP's current volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page of our website at www.hungerintervention.org/volunteer or email HIP's volunteer coordinator at madeleine@hungerintervention.org.

Friends of Youth

We partner with youth and families to provide the relationships, resources, and skills they need to attain personal growth and success.

Address: 13116 NE 132nd St. Kirkland, WA 98034

We have several programs throughout East King County

Website: friendsofyouth.org

Volunteer Needs: Volunteers can help with our donation sorting and organizing, as well as administrative tasks. We also have opportunities to donate meals, help out around the holidays, or do projects at one of our sites. In 2023 will be opening up our volunteer opportunities to work directly with our programs.

How to Sign Up: You can visit friendsofyouth.org or email volunteer@friendsofyouth.org to learn more!

Tilth Alliance

Tilth Alliance works in community with Washington farmers, gardeners and eaters to build a sustainable, healthy and equitable food future. Tilth Alliance promotes organic and sustainable practices using farms, gardens and kitchens as classrooms where people from all backgrounds can learn to grow, prepare and eat food.

Address: 4649 Sunnyside Ave N #100, Seattle, WA 98103

Website: www.tilthalliance.org

Volunteer Needs: We host a wide variety of volunteer opportunities that will get your hands dirty in the gardens, farm, wetlands, and forests. Volunteers can also help improve access to fresh produce in our community, celebrate community meals and support family and senior nutrition programs, and make our annual events successful.

How to Sign Up: First-time volunteering? Please complete a volunteer registration form before signing up for your first shift. Once you’ve registered, you can browse the types of volunteer opportunities that we offer below and sign up for a shift.

Most of our volunteer opportunities are one-time commitments lasting 2-4 hours, with easy online sign-ups. If you decide to volunteer on a regular basis, simply sign up for multiple shifts. Most volunteer jobs display shifts for 4-6 weeks at a time. Some volunteer jobs lend themselves to flexible scheduling and their descriptions will include staff contact information so you can arrange a time to volunteer. Find more information at https://tilthalliance.org/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/

First Five Years & Beyond

We work with immigrant and African American families to support them in preparing their children for school and life. We run an expanded learning program for elementary and middle school students providing after school enrichment activities.

Address: 302 w Harrison st suite 101 kent, WA 98032

Website: Ffyb.org

How to Sign Up: Visit the United way volunteer website for more information.

African Community Housing & Development

Our mission is to provide opportunities for African Diaspora immigrant and refugee communities, families, and individuals in King County to attain health and housing stability, economic development, high-quality education, and referrals to legal services. Led by visionary women of color, ACHD provides holistic, complete, and culturally-responsive support for African Diaspora immigrants in South Seattle and South King County.

Our main volunteer opportunity is at the Delridge Farmers Market, our BIPOC-priority market bringing fresh, local culturally relevant food and goods to Southwest Seattle. We are building a new market model rooted in community care, building food systems and economic equity - each market day we have lots of free food and resources available, charge no vendor fees, give all kids youth bucks to practice healthy shopping, purchase and freely distribute any leftover produce at the end of the day, and much more.

Address: 16256 Military Rd S Suite 206 SeaTac WA 98188

Website: achdo.org

How to Sign Up: We are always accepting volunteers for our Saturday farmers market that will reopen weekly around mid-May 2023 through October. You can sign up at achdo.org/volunteer

Orting Senior Center

We are a day facility that offers meals, entertainment, educational and resources for seniors.

Address:

120 Washington Avenue North

Orting, WA 98360

Website: www.facebook.com/ortingvalleyseniorcenter

How to Sign Up: We require volunteers to sign up in person.

The Salvation Army

As long as there's The Salvation Army, there's no such thing as 'no place to go.'

Salvation Army programs help the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our community meet their basic human needs for safety, food, and shelter. The Salvation Army offers a comprehensive suite of social services that address homelessness, hunger, youth programs, domestic violence, and addiction recovery. Our programs are designed to meet clients’ immediate needs then encourage and support them on a path toward self-sufficiency.

As an international Christian movement with an acute social conscience, The Salvation Army is called to a mission of service that provides dignity and respect for all is committed to accommodating all those in need without discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic in accordance with our capacity to help.

The Salvation Army believes that everyone should have access to basic rights, such as nutritious food, health care, education, and economic opportunity. Identifying obstacles and seeking solutions is imperative to ensuring human rights are upheld.

Address: 111 Queen Anne Ave N. Seattle, WA 98109

Website: https://northwest.salvationarmy.org/

How to Sign Up: Right now, we'd love to have volunteers help us sort and pack toys for struggling families.

Volunteers can sign up here: https://volunteer.usawest.org/OpportunityDetail.aspx?ID=6999

YouthCare

YouthCare works to end youth homelessness and to ensure that young people are valued for who they are and empowered to achieve their potential.

Address: 2500 NE 54th Street | Seattle, WA 98105

Website: https://youthcare.org/

Volunteer Needs:

• Cook and Serve Opportunities- Join us at our Orion center to help cook a meal, serve food, and lead clean up!
• Meal Donations- Cook at home and make your way to a program and drop off your meal.
• Holiday Meals- We are currently looking for individuals or groups to cook meals and donate them for Thanksgiving or December Holiday Parties.
• Holiday gifts- We are currently looking for individuals or groups to answer client wish lists by purchasing and wrapping the items they wished for.
• Group projects- Always looking for groups to come in and help deep clean/organize program houses and centers.
• Donations- Always looking for snack, clothing, shoes, school supplies, art supplies, games, hygiene product donations

How to Sign Up: Visit our website at https://youthcare.org/ways-to-volunteer/

https://youthcare.org/home/holiday-giving/

Backpack Brigade

We feed homeless and food insecure children every weekend.

Address: 1729 1st ave so Seattle Wa. 98134

Website: www.backpackbrigade.org

How to Sign Up: Just email me at nichelle@backpackbrigade.org! Or go to our website.

Hopelink

Hopelink is a nonprofit serving North and East King County. We have five centers focused on helping low-income and homeless individuals and families meet their basic needs through food assistance, energy assistance, adult education and more.

Address:

Bellevue (14812 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98007)

Kirkland (11011 120th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033)

Redmond (8990 154th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052)

Shoreline (17837 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133)

Sno-Valley/Carnation (31957 E Commercial St, Carnation, WA 98014)

Website: https://hopelink.org

How to Sign Up: Volunteers must go to https://hopelink.volunteerhub.com and click create account. Once they have created an account, our volunteer team will run their background check and send them an invitation to attend a 90-minute volunteer orientation. Once the volunteer has attended orientation, they'll be able to see and sign up for volunteer shifts.

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