Student Leaders: Latreia

Volunteer Opportunities

Second Annual Downtown Volunteer Fair

On Sunday, March 4, join forces with organizations across downtown Seattle in their mission to support Seattle's vulnerable populations. The Downtown Volunteer Fair is your opportunity to connect with many social service agencies and learn from justice and advocacy speakers.

For more information visit www.annualdowntownvolunteerfair.org or find "Annual Downtown Volunteer Fair" on Facebook.

Christian Clinic seeks media, advocacy and administrative help

Puget Sound Christian Clinic is committed to providing quality and compassionate health care to our homeless, low-income, and uninsured neighbors as a demonstration of Christian love.  We currently have a great need for volunteer leadership roles for managing and expanding our social media presence, creating tools for community advocacy, and working to connect with churches. 

In addition, we need lots of help with administrative tasks including processing donations, bookkeeping, database support, and filing.  If any of these opportunities are of interest to you please contact our Director of Development, Edward Sumner, at edwardsumner@pschristianclinic.org.

VegFest 2012 seeks volunteers

Vegfest is coming up on March 24th and 25th!   VegFest is the biggest Vegetarian food festival in the country.  We’ll be handing out hundreds of free food samples – there’s over 500 different kinds to try.  We will have doctors and dietitians speaking on nutrition topics, chefs cooking demonstrations, authors signing books and a special kids program.  For more information about the event, visit www.vegfest2012.org   

To volunteer, download the information sheet or contact Amanda Strombom: amanda@vegofwa.org


"Bridge to Basics" seeks volunteer benefits application help

United Way seeks volunteers to help with tax preparation and public benefits applications during tax season. For more information download the information sheet, or contact Katherine Buckley (kbuckley@uwkc.org) or Nora Peters (npeters@uwkc.org)

Childcare Volunteers needed at SPU’s Community Kitchen

Volunteer childcare helpers are needed on Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 PM on campus for SPU’s Community Kitchen. 

The Community Kitchen involves individuals in need of affordable food, cooking and meal planning skills, food and nutrition knowledge, and a supportive community. During each CK session, participants work alongside students to prepare four to seven different recipes. At the end of a session, some of the prepared food is consumed in a shared meal, and the rest is divided among participants to take home. 

For more information, contact Dr. Geleva: dgeleva@spu.edu or 206.378.5409.

Rainier Beach Tutors needed!

Urban Impact's Rainier Beach High School tutoring program seeks tutors for all subjects. Tutoring hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 2:30-4:30 PM. For more information, contact Laura Wright: lwright@urbanimpactseattle.org

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