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Mulchfest at Maplewood Playfield
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
Date/Time: Saturday, December 8, 10am - 2pm
Location: Maple Wood Playfield, 4801 Corson Ave S, Seattle
In November, the Student Conservation Association planted nearly 400 native trees and shrubs with the help of over 60 local volunteers for Green Seattle Day! This month, we will be returning to that planting site and mulching around our new baby plants to help keep them warm this winter. Mulching around young plants helps with water retention, soil health and weed suppression. Volunteers should come dressed for the weather (rain or shine) in clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes (rubber boots, hiking/work boots, tennis shoes), long sleeves, long pants, warm layers and rain jacket. We'll have tools and gloves for you to use, as well as coffee, water, and a mid-morning snack. Help reduce waste by bringing your own refillable coffee mug/water bottle if you have one.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
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ADOPT-A-FAMILY
YWCA
Date/Time: All gifts need to be dropped off between December 12-16.
Location: DEXTER Warehouse between Thomas and Harrison, 312 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle
The housing crisis continues in Seattle and our shelters and transitional units are all full. For the low-income and homeless families we serve, nothing seems to be changing, and the struggle to provide a normal Christmas continues. With your help, our families will feel the joy and magic of the holidays this season. When you sponsor a family through our Adopt-A-Family program, you receive information about the children in a family including first names, ages, sizes, and gift ideas. You then shop for 'your' family. Parents don't get gifts, but volunteers provide a grocery store gift card for them to buy groceries for a special holiday dinner. Adopt-A-Family recipients are current YWCA clients, living in our shelters, fleeing domestic violence, or in young parent units. All of these families are on the road to self-sufficiency and are receiving assistance with job training, housing, counseling, and other services. Families to be sponsored range in size from one child to 10 or more. For each child under 18, you are signing up to provide two gifts for each child, each present has a limit of $50. You also provide a grocery store gift card for the parents at a minimum of $50, this is intended to help them buy Christmas dinner. That means it will cost $150 to sponsor a family with one child and double that for a family with two children and so on; please take that into account when you decide what size family you would like to sponsor.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
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Volunteer Work Party
Nature Consortium
Date/Time: Tuesdays or Saturdays from 10am - 2pm
Location: Directions will be sent to you via email on the day before the work party. Click
here for a map of Nature Consortium Restoration sites.
Volunteers are needed to participate in fun, hands-on conservation work led by the Nature Consortium staff. Restoration work includes removing invasive plants, planting native species, and mulching new plantings, depending on the restoration progress in each site. Please dress appropriately with long pants, warm and dry layers, closed-toed shoes and rain gear as needed. Gloves, tools, a light granola bar snack (feel free to bring a lunch) and a jug of water will be provided. Please bring a refillable water bottle.
Ages: Children ages five and older are welcome if accompanied by an adult. A
youth waiver form is REQUIRED for all youth under 18 before participating. Please bring a signed and completed form to Nature Consortium staff at the beginning of your first work party.
Time Commitment: Four hours
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Adopt-A-Family Elves
YWCA
Location: DEXTER Warehouse between Thomas and Harrison, 312 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle
The winter season can be especially difficult for families living in poverty. It can be easy for parents to feel pressure to create a festive atmosphere while struggling to meet basic needs. The YWCA Adopt-A-Family program helps bridge the gap - it's a fun and meaningful way to get into the holiday spirit while helping families in need. Families are adopted by generous donors who purchase gifts for each child. Donors then drop all the gifts off during our designated drop-off dates and times. Adopt-A-Family Elves act as YWCA ambassadors and enthusiastically accept holiday donations in an organized and safe manner. Volunteers will assist donors in bringing gifts from cars to the gift room as needed. You will be trained on YWCA procedures to enthusiastically check-in donations, thank donors, and organize donations by destination location. Volunteers must be comfortable with frequent bending and lifting of 10-25 pounds.
What to Wear:
- Close-toed, flat comfortable shoes that provide safe footing on wet and dry surfaces are strongly recommended
- Festive holiday attire encouraged
- Be sure to dress warmly! Volunteers will be working both indoors and outdoors.
Ages: Minimum age is 12 years old (If under 18, you must be accompanied by an adult.)
Time Commitment: Four-hour shifts
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Provide A Meal!
Accelerator YMCA
Date/Time: Contact
Hannah to select a date and time
Location: Contact
Hannah for specific location
The Accelerator YMCA provides Transitional Housing for young adults (18-24) who are transitioning out of homelessness or foster care. Accelerator YMCA has a total of seven transitional housing locations throughout King County. The neighborhoods they are located in include, Auburn, Bellevue, Central District, Downtown (YAIT), Northgate, Shoreline and West Seattle. Meals can be purchased or prepared. Please include both meat and vegetarian items. Food service is not required. Contact
Hannah for more specific information.
Ages: Open to all ages
Time Commitment: Varies
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Lend a Hoping Hand Toy Drive
HopeLink
Date/Time: Drop off your toys at our Kirkland Service Center, Wednesday, December 5, 5:30 to 7:30pm. Not available that day? New, unwrapped gifts will also be accepted at your
nearest Hopelink service center. Gifts should be delivered no later than December 12. Service centers are open Monday - Friday, from 8:30am to 5pm. (Sno-Valley Center is closed Fridays)
Location:
Hopelink's service centers are located in Bellevue, Kirkland/Northshore, Redmond, Shoreline and Sno-Valley (Carnation)
Each year Hopelink serves more than 64,000 homeless and low-income families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities in north and east King County. You and your family can help make the holiday season easier and more joyful for HopeLink clients by collecting toy donations. Checkout
Hopelink's Holiday Drive kit for more information.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
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Holiday Wishes for Homeless Youth
YouthCare
Date/Time: Dropping off holiday wishes is easy! Unwrapped donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday between 9am and 5pm. In addition, special holiday hours will start Monday, December 10, with drop-off hours from 8am - 7pm. We'll also be open on Saturday, December 8, 15, and 22, from 10am - 2pm. All holiday wishes should be dropped off by 6:30pm on Friday, December 14 in order to get gifts to youth in time. The absolute latest time to deliver items is 2pm on Saturday, December 22.
Location: YouthCare Main Office, 2500 NE 54th St, Seattle
YouthCare helps build confidence and self-sufficiency for homeless youth by providing a continuum of care that includes outreach, basic services, emergency shelter, housing, counseling, education, and employment training. Help bring a little holiday joy to YouthCare clients by donating items from their
holiday wish list. Visit the
YouthCare holiday giving page for additional ways you and your family can help homeless youth in our community during the holiday season.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate in the YouthCare holiday giving drives.
Time Commitment: Varies
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Sort and Pack Food
Food Lifeline
Date/Time: A variety of shifts are available, Tuesday through Saturday. Check
Food Lifeline's calendar for shift availability and to register each member in your family. Please arrive 10 minutes early and plan to work the full session.
Location: 815 S. 96th St., Seattle
Volunteers help Food Lifeline inspect and repack 40 million pounds of food each year and help make it possible to distribute 91,000 meals daily to our neighbors in need. Volunteers inspect, sort, and repack these donations into family size package for distribution to Food Lifeline's network of 300 hunger relief partners. Projects take place in a cool warehouse. Please dress in warm layers and wear close-toed shoes. Volunteers must be able to stand for the full session and light lifting and some bending may be required.
Ages: Families with children age six or older are welcome to volunteer.
Time Commitment: Two- and one-half-hour shifts
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Giving Plates
Doing Good Together
Date/Time: Flexible
Location: Your own home or community location
Making some baked goods to bring along to a holiday gathering? You and your family can bake up some extra treats to share as a holiday gift with new or isolated neighbors, sick or stressed friends, or even service providers you meet on a regular basis, like the mail carrier or school bus driver. Then your family can design giving plates to place your home baked goodies on as part of your gift! Visit the
Doing Good Together Design a Giving Plate for directions to make your plates and for additional ideas and reflection questions.
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
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Shop Kind for the Holidays!
Whether you're shopping for birthday gifts, making your holiday gift list, or just looking for big-hearted books, games, and activities for your family, be sure to keep kindness in mind. DGT has compiled a variety of "kind vendors," and we've found some fun Amazon products that could turn
online shopping into a big-hearted activity. Best of all, as an Amazon affiliate and having sponsored vendors, DGT benefits from these purchases as well. Want to become a Kind Vendor?
Contact us and tell us about your big-hearted product!
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| This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)
When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project.
Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.
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