Volunteer: Food Drive Hosts for the YWCAThe YWCA Central Food Bank currently serves 300+ food-insecure households in Central & South Seattle. Every Wednesday, 80+ volunteers pack and distribute over 6,000 lbs. of food. Food requests have increased and we have a waitlist of families who need help. Much of our food comes from institutional and government donors like Food Lifeline, NW Harvest and the USDA. We also rely heavily on our community for assistance – for both food and volunteers. Volunteers who would like to host a food drive will connect with their communities for donations, collect and deliver the donations to the food bank. This is a great opportunity for school, work, church, and other groups. Most needed: Always useful: What are the items the YWCA cannot accept? Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish The YWCA Central Food Bank currently serves 300+ food-insecure households in Central & South Seattle. Every Wednesday, 80+ volunteers pack and distribute over 6,000 lbs. of food. Food requests have increased and we have a waitlist of families who need help. Much of our food comes from institutional and government donors like Food Lifeline, NW Harvest and the USDA. We also rely heavily on our community for assistance – for both food and volunteers. Volunteers who would like to host a food drive will connect with their communities for donations, collect and deliver the donations to the food bank. This is a great opportunity for school, work, church, and other groups. Most needed: Always useful: What are the items the YWCA cannot accept? Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Organization Requirement: >12 years old Zip Code: 98122 Allow Groups: Yes |
Volunteer: Weekly Food Bank Volunteers--WednesdaysVolunteers to coordinate and organize activities at our Emergency Housing Food Bank. The food bank serves upwards of 40 needy families with healthy food and needs volunteers once a week in 3 shifts to help with unloading and organizing food, preparing it for dissemination, and, most importantly, distributing food to the families who need it. Volunteers must be energetic, friendly, interested in interacting with wide range of people, able to effectively organize, and able to work in a team setting. Our current needs are every Wednesday 2 volunteers for the morning shift (9-12) that gets the food unloaded, organized, and the food bank area ready to open at 12 noon. This is a recurring opportunity and needs a strong weekly commitment Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Volunteers to coordinate and organize activities at our Emergency Housing Food Bank. The food bank serves upwards of 40 needy families with healthy food and needs volunteers once a week in 3 shifts to help with unloading and organizing food, preparing it for dissemination, and, most importantly, distributing food to the families who need it. Volunteers must be energetic, friendly, interested in interacting with wide range of people, able to effectively organize, and able to work in a team setting. Our current needs are every Wednesday 2 volunteers for the morning shift (9-12) that gets the food unloaded, organized, and the food bank area ready to open at 12 noon. This is a recurring opportunity and needs a strong weekly commitment Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Zip Code: 98122 Allow Groups: No |
Volunteer: Adopt a Unit - Domestic Violence,Teen Units, Girls First & So. King CountyIn our homeless family shelters, things can be pretty basic when a family moves in, this group opportunity is all about changing that. Ideally your group would be about 5 strong, and have a weekend to give. You come into a recently vacated unit, 1 to 3 bedrooms, and do a spring time heavy duty cleaning, from washing walls, sometimes painting, to making beds, decorating and taking inventory before han
No training required, but good physical help is a plus. The minimum age for this opportunity is 16 years old.
Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish In our homeless family shelters, things can be pretty basic when a family moves in, this group opportunity is all about changing that. Ideally your group would be about 5 strong, and have a weekend to give. You come into a recently vacated unit, 1 to 3 bedrooms, and do a spring time heavy duty cleaning, from washing walls, sometimes painting, to making beds, decorating and taking inventory before han
No training required, but good physical help is a plus. The minimum age for this opportunity is 16 years old.
Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Organization Requirement: >16 years old Zip Code: 98122 Allow Groups: No |
Volunteer: FIGHT Hunger by serving at our Central Area Food Bank!!Located in Central Seattle, the YWCA Central Area Food Bank distributes food to families from the community and YWCA client families. Open each Wednesday, the food bank serves over 75 families and hands out over 2,500 lbs. of food each shift. The food bank meets a vital need for many low income families that struggle to meet all of their financial obligations and provide food for their families. We ar
All YWCA ongoing volunteers/interns must complete all the following steps before starting: ? Create an online volunteer profile and apply for the volunteer position at: www.ywcaworks.org/volunteer/ongoing ? Complete all necessary paperwork ? Submit two character references ? Criminal Background Check (at the YWCA's expense) ? Attend a YWCA Volunteer Orientation within 30 days of the volunteer's first day.
Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Located in Central Seattle, the YWCA Central Area Food Bank distributes food to families from the community and YWCA client families. Open each Wednesday, the food bank serves over 75 families and hands out over 2,500 lbs. of food each shift. The food bank meets a vital need for many low income families that struggle to meet all of their financial obligations and provide food for their families. We ar
All YWCA ongoing volunteers/interns must complete all the following steps before starting: ? Create an online volunteer profile and apply for the volunteer position at: www.ywcaworks.org/volunteer/ongoing ? Complete all necessary paperwork ? Submit two character references ? Criminal Background Check (at the YWCA's expense) ? Attend a YWCA Volunteer Orientation within 30 days of the volunteer's first day.
Organization: YWCA Seattle-King-Snohomish Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Organization Requirement: >16 years old Zip Code: 98122 Allow Groups: No |