Needs From: Skagit Volunteer Center

Serve prepared meals to Skagit First Step Center residents 11am Lunch or 5pm Dinner.  Meals are served for 1 1/2 hr.  Then cleanup following.

Join the WE Ignite Conference Committee; we are looking for volunteers to support with planning the WE Ignite Conference in the following positions:

By volunteering your time for WE Ignite you will develop skills around organizing an event and gain valuable experience. It gives you free access to the conference and an opportunity to network, which can unlock new opportunities. You will supporting positive change within your community and will have the opportunity to create new friendships with similarly passionate individuals.

For more information on the positions please apply or email eventchair@weignitewa.org.

About WE Ignite & our annual conference

WE Ignite is an educational non-profit with the mission to ignite the inner spirit of women to connect, inspire and empower each other.

Our vision is to provide opportunities, through educational events such as retreats, workshops, and our annual conference, for women from varied backgrounds to connect and support each other through both online platforms and in-person events.

The WE Ignite annual conference provides attendees with time for reflection and impactful conversations around gender, sexuality, and race.

WE Ignite is committed to facilitating diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments where everyone can learn and grow. The conference sessions contain an anti-oppressive and anti-racist lens with an intersectionality and positionality focus to center the most marginalized.

By volunteering with us, you join us in the furthering of our commitment towards liberation and antiracism.

Qualifications

Heading off to camp for the first time can be filled with a wide variety of feelings and nerves.  And that is just for the parents!  Now imagine sending your child with complex medical conditions off to camp for the first time...

Camp Korey strives to create an environment that is welcoming, feels like home, and creates a sense of belonging. 

Throughout the week, campers lay their heads on a wide variety of colorful and fun pillowcases. Each pillowcase is handmade by the loving hands of volunteers, and it helps to create a homey and safe atmosphere for all our campers.  After a big week of camp we want to remind each camper how special they are and how much they learned and grew during the week, so they get to take their pillowcase home with them and be reminded of camp all year long. 

So, as you can guess, we go through a lot of pillow cases!  If you are someone who sews, or knows someone that sews, go pick out some fun (and appropriate) fabric that you like and help keep the magic of camp going. Many people use one fabric for the main part of the pillowcase and another for the trim at the end.

Check out an easy how-to video here.

Carrying Camp with You

Warm fuzzies in all forms are used to spread love and positivity at camp. They are a way to show that we care about and appreciate each other. Building on the special tradition of writing or sharing warm fuzzies, each camper receives a physical puff ball warm fuzzy creature which was created and designed by a camper in 2017, who wanted to continue the sense of community and support created at Camp Korey in a more tangible (and huggable) way.

Each camper receives a warm fuzzy creature to take home with them after they complete a week of residential summer camp. These warm fuzzies will serve as a reminder of the support and friendships made at camp whenever they need a boost in spirits.

Warm Fuzzies are sewn to a pre-made pattern which ensures all fuzzies are consistent in size and shape. The children we serve often have severe allergies and sensitivities, which limits our use of supplies to only new fabric that is machine washable. Visit our Warm Fuzzy Project page for the pattern and more details!

Volunteers are at the heart of Camp Korey! Your gift of time is how we make camp wishes come true. You are the journey maker, the superhero, the glue that brings our Campers and community together. You bring the magic to Camp!

Camp Korey relies on the kindness of hundreds of volunteers every year to accomplish our mission of bringing joy to children with life-altering medical conditions. Each year, our community of program, medical, corporate, and at-home volunteers generously give thousands of hours to make the wishes of our campers a reality. When you volunteer with us, you become a part of the Camp Korey story: a caring, supportive, and compassionate community that comes together to enrich the lives of our campers.

Our 204 acre property is always in need of individuals or groups to help us create a safe space for campers and their families! We are looking for non-skilled and skilled volunteers to help us maintain our camp! Facility needs could fall under these categories:

Groups or individuals welcome! Please reach out today! 
Learn about our campers!

Adopt a Senior!  Community Action’s Volunteer Services Program is looking for community volunteers to provide direct services for elderly and disabled adults. Volunteers are needed to provide housekeeping, shopping, meal preparation, yard work, transportation, moving assistance, firewood chopping and stacking, minor home repair, and more as we strive to help clients remain living independently in their own homes.  With summer fast approaching, help with yard care is especially appreciated.  Adopt a senior's yard to take care of for the summer!  COVID protocol in place to provide for safety.

Groups and individuals are greatly needed to work as a team on weekdays or weekends to assist with these services on a regular basis.

Location and Time Commitment: Senior and Disabled volunteer services go wherever they are called, so locations vary throughout Skagit County. We try to match the location of our clients with that of volunteers, depending on current needs.

Time ranges between 2-6 hours per week; firewood projects and moving typically happen on Saturdays.

Volunteer Benefits: Increase the quality of life for a senior or adult with a disability, gain new friendships, make the community a safer place to live, and gain new skills you can put on a resume.

Community Need Met: Community Action’s senior and disabled services program is one of the largest volunteer based programs in the area that meets one of the greatest needs by providing this population of individuals with dignity and a safe, healthy home. Without volunteers these needs would not be met.

The Burlington Healthy Community Coalition (BHCC) supports & promotes healthy environments and opportunities for youth to gain skills and recognition. BHCC is actively looking for youth who want to be involved in positive change within their community to join the Coalition's members and leadership team. 

Youth Sector Representative: Our BHCC Drug Free Communities Youth Sector representative provides a strategic alliance within the Coalition ensuring youth voices are heard among community partners in an effort to create a safe, healthy and drug-free community for all our youth.

BHCC Leadership: Join the BHCC Executive Team as an officer or member-at-large position and guide the Coalition in strategic projects that support reducing risk factors and building on community strengths and protections.

- No experience required
- Meetings held online once a month
- Opportunities for in-person activities
- Key Club, Rotaract Club, Varsity in Volunteerism, and other service organization hours are counted

We are looking for individuals who are interested and able to assist us with building repairs and maintenance at our Clubs.

Currently we are needing assistance repairing foosball tables and a bumper pool table at the Mount Vernon and Sedro Woolley Clubs.

Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services is seeking compassionate individuals to provide a wide range of volunteer services to support domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.

The General Support Volunteer assists Skagit DVSAS staff by performing clerical duties, assisting with custodial duties, and providing program support to advocates. The General Support Volunteer may also be asked to help with special projects; awareness events, fundraising, etc.

Qualifications:

To submit a volunteer application or for more information, please visit www.skagitdvsas.org, call (360)336-9591, or email the Volunteer Coordinator at juliar@skagitdvsas.org.

Are you interested in supporting victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault? Do you want to end domestic violence and sexual assault in our community?

This volunteer opportunity provides hands on advocacy experience with crisis intervention and advocacy-based counseling. The Direct Services Advocate will have the opportunity to work directly with victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Every Direct Services Advocate must complete and certify in our 42-hour Core Advocacy Training prior to service with clients. 

Requirements:

To submit a volunteer application or for more information, please visit www.skagitdvsas.org, call (360)336-9591, or email the Volunteer Coordinator at juliar@skagitdvsas.org.

Volunteers who are committed to working one-on-one with clients to support and encourage them in achieving their goals and maximizing their potential.  

The AFC is seeking volunteers to provide onsite (short-term) childcare while the residents are attending either of the support groups below:

Life Skill classes

Counseling Sessions 

Please spread the word.  Volunteers can contact Karen at (360) 293-2993 ext 112.

HSSV is not supported by lucrative government grants and contracts like many big-city shelters are. The majority of our funding comes from community support, as well as sales at our Thrift Shop. That's why it's such a vital component of our shelter's ability to thrive and why we must keep our overhead to a minimum.  To that end, we need help from volunteer cashiers.

DUTIES: Operate cash register for a four-hour shift, greet customers, make change, help with items behind our display case. No experience necessary, we'll train! Contact 360-424-5991 between 11:00 am and 6:00 pm. Be sure to leave a message if you get our voicemail and we'll get back to you ASAP. You could also come to visit us at the store between 11:00 am and 6:00 pm, Monday through Saturday to meet us in person!

This is a great opportunity for youth seeking real-world work experience or seniors who would like to get out of the house and socialize!

The Humane Society of Skagit Valley (HSSV) Barn Buddy Program was established to find feline-friendly homes for cats who, for various reasons, would not do well as indoor-only companion pets and are considered unadoptable through our standard adoption process. Cats who are placed into our Barn Buddy Program fall in these main categories:

We are currently seeking volunteers to help with this program. Volunteers for this program help to make sure the cats in our colony are safe and well-fed, watch out for any medical issues and report them to staff, keep fresh clean drinking water available, and pull food in the evenings to avoid attracting predators. You can learn more about our Barn Buddy Program, here.

Do you have experience with marketing, grant writing, planning events and the like? The NOAH Center would LOVE for you to join our volunteer team and have fun while making a difference helping animals! If you enjoy thinking outside of the box and coming up with inventive ways to help save (and raise) money, then we'd love to meet you. Background check is required. Please visit our website to fill out an application. 

Put your love of animals into action by becoming a volunteer Cat or Dog Kennel Technician.  You will work directly with the animals, caring for their physical and emotional needs. You will assist with animal feeding, daily cleaning, socializing, and various other duties. We have two shifts available 7 days a week: 8am-11am and 2pm-5pm. Background check is required. Please visit our website to fill out an application. 

The General Advisory Committee (GAC) at NCTA provides direction and guidance to administrators and teachers for the entire Career and Technical Education program offered by the regional Skills Center--NCTA! This information helps drive programming and school input through labor market information, local industry needs.

The Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has a division devoted to Career & Technical Education.  They have created a website specific to CTE Advisory Committees.  This is a great resource and can be found here:   OSPI CTE Advisory

Our programs include pathways in manufacturing, construction, maritime, pre-nursing, animal care/veterinary assisting, dental, culinary and hospitality, programming/coding and automotive.  Our GAC is looking now at regional employment data investigating if there are areas that NCTA should be looking towards expanding pathways. 

Our GAC meets 3-4 times per year.  We would like to expand our advisory to include more members in our community.  Please let us know if you're interested and we'll be sure to follow up with individuals!  

On behalf of hundreds of juniors and seniors getting ready to launch into the career and continued educational pathways, thank you for your consideration! 

Lynette Brower, Director

lbrower@nwtech.k12.wa.us

The Skagit River Bald Eagle Awareness Team (SRBEAT), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is actively seeking community members to join the Board of Directors who oversee the operation and management of the Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center (SRBEIC). Located in Rockport at Howard Miller Steelhead Park our environmental educational facility is open weekends in December and January each year to welcome visitors during bald eagle migration on the Skagit River. Our mission for the past 20+ years has been to inspire appreciation and encourage restoration of the Skagit River Watershed ecosystem by providing opportunities to explore and learn about bald eagles, spawning salmon, and the interconnectedness of our fragile environment. We are seeking individuals to serve on our Board who are committed to furthering the mission of our organization, values conservation awareness and education, and will contribute to the growth and improvement of our education facility. 

To learn more about what we do please visit skagiteagle.org. 

If you are interested in joining our dynamic team and would like to discuss this unique volunteer opportunity, please contact the Board of Directors at srbeatic@frontier.com, or leave a message at 360-853-7626. The public is welcome to attend our Board meetings which occur the second Tuesday of each month at Annie’s Pizza Station in Concrete, 5:30pm. (In-person public meetings are currently postponed)

We look forward to speaking with you!

Please feel free to be creative! We need patchwork quilts to decorate every twin-sized bed in our cabins. The size of the quilt should be 60 inches wide by 80 inches long. Please make sure these quilts are machine washable and are not too heavy or warm.

Teach or Oversee a virtual STEM Class for a group of Stanwood and Camano Teens.  Examples of classes we have had in the past are Cooking, Art, Life skills, Guitar, Tutoring, and just about anything fun you might want to teach the teens.  This can be done by yourself or if you have someone you want to teach a class with they can volunteer also.  Please call Aubree our teen coordinator at 360.629.5257 x 1004 or email teens@crc-sc.org with any questions or interest.   Thank you

Position Title: Bag Lunch Distribution Volunteer

Community Need Met: The mission of Friendship House is to reflect the heart of God by feeding, sheltering, clothing, and healing… to empower those in need. A Bag Lunch Distribution Volunteer supports the ability to feed healthy meals to families, friends, and neighbors in our community. Volunteers will get to see firsthand the needs of our community while also taking steps to relieve the burden of those needs through providing a meal. Volunteers get to talk with meal recipients and be part of a web of resources for those recipients.

Qualifications: Volunteers must be willing and able to complete the following tasks

Location and Time Commitment: Shifts are from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on every day except for Tuesday and Friday when another organization provides a lunch service. Volunteers are asked to commit to volunteering for at least one consistent shift weekly or bi-weekly for a minimum of three months. Ending times for shifts are only estimates. Volunteers are expected to remain until all duties are complete.

How to Apply: Submit a Need Response on Skagit Volunteer Center or contact Olivia Hickerson for more information about this position. Both application routes will go through an application and an interview before placement into a volunteer position.

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Olivia Hickerson by email at olivia@skagitfriendshiphouse.org or by phone at (360) 336-6138 ext. 110

Position Overview: Kitchen Servers are essential in the continued ability to provide healthy meals for our communities. This includes work to prepare food, serve food, and maintain operations of the kitchen.

Position Details: The Kitchen Server will be in a fast-paced environment working closely with others. These tasks include customer service skills, attention to detail, willingness to take direction, and an embrace of diversity in the workplace.

 Community Need Met: The mission of Friendship House is to reflect the heart of God by feeding, sheltering, clothing, and healing… to empower those in need. A Kitchen Server supports the ability to feed healthy meals to families, friends, and neighbors of our community.

Location and Time Commitment: Volunteers are asked to commit to at least one shift per week for a minimum of three months. All service will be completed at Friendship House Café at 108 Snoqualmie Street, Mount Vernon. Following are the available shifts

How to Apply: Submit a Need Response on Skagit Volunteer Center or contact Olivia Hickerson for more information about this position. Both application routes will go through an application and an interview before placement into a volunteer position.

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Olivia Hickerson by email at olivia@skagitfriendshiphouse.org or by phone at (360) 336-6138 ext. 110

Position Description: Support Goodwill Job Training instructors by providing an extra set of hands in the classroom. Assist with preparing the classroom and class materials, starting/ending class in a timely manner, helping with group activities, working with students who need extra guidance, and providing examples to students as needed.

Primary Responsibilities:

Role Requirements & Abilities:

Note : Interested volunteers are welcome to visit our Skagit County Center and speak with our center manager about what we do and learn little bit more about the open volunteering positions.

Position Description:

Provide general administrative support for Job Training and Education (JTE) Centers by greeting students and visitors, answering phones, and more.

Primary Responsibilities:

Essential Qualifications and Competencies:

Note : Interested volunteers are welcome to visit our Skagit County Center and speak with our center manager about what we do and learn little bit more about the open volunteering positions.

Position Description: Support Goodwill's Skagit County Job Training instructors by providing an extra set of hands in the classroom. Assist with preparing the classroom and class materials, starting/ending class in a timely manner, helping with group activities, working with students who need extra guidance, and providing examples to students as needed.

Role Requirements & Abilities:

Interested in volunteering at the Office of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival? We are looking for passionate individuals with high energy who want to help our non-profit organization by answering the phones, giving directions to visitors & selling tulip merchandise at the Tulip Office. Our office is now open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

Give Cindy Verge a call at 360-428-5959, or email her directly at cindy@tulipfestival.org.

We have drop in tutoring for 4th - 12th grade after school.  A volunteer need not be great at math or science but does need to be encouraging and supportive of teens while they are working on their homework.   

The Hotline Advocate responds to calls and provides advocacy, safety planning, crisis intervention, and resource referrals to domestic violence and sexual assault victims by providing coverage on our 24 hour hotline. Advocates are expected to provide high quality, fair, culturally-relevant, and accessible support services to all callers. Advocates are also expected to complete and submit all required paperwork accurately and promptly, and maintain hotline program records/files, documentation, and data entry as needed.

The Hotline Advocate must complete 42 hour DV/SA Advocacy Core training (provided by agency) prior to taking shifts on the hotline.

Hotline Advocates respond to hotline calls from Thursday 5 pm to Monday 9 am via an agency cell phone. We ask for Hotline Advocates to sign up for 1 shift every other month, at a minimum.

Requirements:

To submit a volunteer application or for more information, please visit www.skagitdvsas.org, call (360)336-9591, or email the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer_coord@skagitdvsas.org.

Duties:

Help clear dishes from tables after Senior Center noontime meal, wash dishes and assist in putting them away.

Requirements:

Clean and neat appearance, must be courteous to employees and participants in the meal program, have moderate physical ability to stand, walk and lift, must pass a background check, must have a valid Food Handler's Permit Card (reimbursement available).

Additional volunteer sites:

Anacortes Senior Center, Burlington Senior Center, Mount Vernon Senior Center

Deliver hot, noontime meals to seniors in the area. Each route takes approximately 2-3 hours and the schedule is flexible. If you enjoy helping out your community and putting a smile on the face of a senior than give us a call.  Mileage reimbursement is available.

As a Volunteer Kitchen/Dining Room Helper, a routine shift is up to 4 hours a day (usually 9:00am - 1:00pm), 1 day a week

Duties include:

Helping package food for hot home-delivered meal participants, assist in dishing up and portioning out meal components, preparation of the dining room, which includes place setting and clearing, and may assist in dish-washing if no dishwasher is present.

Requirements:

Clean and neat appearance, must be courteous to employees and participants in the meal program, moderate physical ability to stand, walk and lift, must pass a background check and must have a valid Food Handler's Permit Card (reimbursement available).

Locations:

Anacortes Senior Activity Center, Burlington Senior Center, Mount Vernon Senior Center, Sedro Woolley Senior Center