Opportunity Details

The Sophia Way currently has two shelters on the Eastside that serves 21 women experiencing homelessness at Sophia’s Place in Bellevue and 40 women at Helen’s Place in Kirkland.

All year round, we request cooked meals for weekday lunches and dinners, and weekend breakfast. Your group has the opportunity to cook meals together and deliver it to the shelters on a date/time of your choosing. The shelter staff will then take it from your car so you don’t have to enter the building.

To select a date for your meal donation, SIGN UP HERE: https://thesophiaway.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=80149

Cooking a meal
- The meal must be prepared on the day of donation or the day prior
- Please prepare a complete meal (main and side dish) for the number of women selected to ensure they all receive a full meal
- Meals must be ready-to-serve and ready-to-eat. Please bring the meal in disposable containers (aluminum trays are a good option). It is not necessary to bring plates, bowls, cutlery, or other serving essentials

Learn more about meal donation and guidelines at https://sophiaway.org/nourish/

Sophia’s Place
Bellevue
3032 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
Lunch for 30 women
Dinner for 21 women
(all days of the week)

Hot breakfast for 21 women
(Saturdays & Sundays)

Helen’s Place
Kirkland
8045 120th Avenue NE
Suite 200
Kirkland, WA 98033
Lunch and dinner for 40 women
(all days of the week)

Hot breakfast for 40 women
(Saturdays & Sundays)

QUESTIONS: Contact Megan - megan.d@sophiaway.org

We are grateful and appreciative of the time and effort you will take to prepare nourishing meals for women sheltering at The Sophia Way.

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Donation Center is where we unpack, sort, and store in-kind donations for women experiencing homelessness.

The community is very generous with donations and we need help recording, sorting, and organizing the items.

If your group is interested in a micro-volunteering activity at the donation center, please email Megan Duncan - megan.d@sophiaway.org, our Engagement Manager to set up a date and time for your group. We can accommodate up to 40 volunteers at one time and shifts are typically 2-4 hours.

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Assemble sack lunches for women experiencing homelessness and deliver them to one or both of our shelters, Sophia's Place in Bellevue and Helen's Place in Kirkland.

Event Details:
 Time: Anytime that works for your group
 Location: Your office
 Group Size: Any size group is welcome!

Quantity of bags needed:
 30 bags for Sophia’s Place in Bellevue
 40 bags for Helen’s Place in Kirkland
 Grand total: 70 bags
** You are welcome to supply for both shelters or just one

How to Get Started:
1. Gather Supplies: Collect the items needed for the sack lunches (see shopping
list below).
2. Assemble Lunches: Work together to make the sandwiches, pack the snacks
and drinks, and decorate the bags.
3. Coordinate Delivery: Arrange a time for one of your volunteers to deliver the
lunches.

Gather Supplies:
Lunch bags must include 1 sandwich, 1 drink and at least 2 snack items.
Non-refrigerated items only!

For PB&J Sandwiches:
 Bread: Enough loaves for the number of sandwiches you plan to make
 Peanut Butter: Smooth or chunky, based on preference
 Jelly/Jam: Various flavors for variety (e.g., grape, strawberry, raspberry)

For Drinks (select one):
 Water bottle
 Can of soda
 Juice box or bottle
 Iced tea/ Lemonade bottle

For Snacks to include (select 2 or more items):
 Granola Bars
 Pre-packaged Snacks: Trail mix, nuts, etc.
 Individual bags of chips
 Individual fruit cups (please provide 1 plastic spoon)
 Individual apple sauce (please provide 1 plastic spoon)
 Individual hummus and chip packs
 Fruit/ fruit snacks
 Cookie/ Rice Krispie or other dessert item

For Assembly:
 Paper Lunch Bags
Plastic Wrap or Sandwich Bags: For packing sandwiches individually
 Napkins or Paper Towels: For handling and cleanup
 Disposable Gloves: For handling food
 Plastic knives for spreading nut butter and jelly
 Paper plates or other protected surface for creating sandwiches

Assemble Sack Lunches:
Coordinate a micro-volunteer event with your team to assemble the sandwiches and lunch bags.

Delivery:
One volunteer (or a small group of 5 people or less) from your team can deliver the completed lunches at any convenient (BUT SCHEDULED) time.

Please email Megan Duncan, Engagement Manager, at megan.d@sophiaway.org 24 hours in advance to notify the staff. Include the approximate time of drop-off in your email.

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Hospitality Basket Overview

This year, The Sophia Way is on track to house 170 homeless women, and when they move into their new space, they often start with very little to make it feel like home.

Beyond furniture, bedding, towels, and kitchen essentials, we offer a hospitality basket filled with household items to help them settle in comfortably.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Organize a team volunteer event at a location of your choosing or our donation center in Bellevue! Your group will work together to assemble hospitality baskets for the women we serve. To accomplish this project a monetary donation is needed so that The Sophia Way can purchase the items ahead of time. The estimated price for each basket is listed below.

Bathroom Basket ($65 per basket)
- Garbage can (items are placed in garbage can)
- Hand soap
- Plunger
- Shower curtain & hooks
- Shower curtain liner
- Toilet brush & bowl cleaner
- Toilet paper

Kitchen Basket ($125 per basket)
- Aluminum foil & cling wrap
- Dish soap & sponges
- Food storage containers
- Hand soap
- Kitchen trash bags
- Measuring cups & spoons
- Oven mitts & kitchen towels
- Paper towels
- Salt and Pepper shakers (disposable)
- Serving utensils
- Tall kitchen garbage can (items are placed in garbage can)

Laundry & Cleaning Basket ($95 per basket)
- Clorox wipes
- Dryer sheets
- Glass cleaner
- Hangers
- Laundry basket (items are placed in basket)
- Laundry soap
- Misc cleaning cloths and products
- Notepad/pens
- Scissors

Please reach out to Engagement Manager Megan Duncan - megan.d@sophiaway.org to coordinate!

**You can customize this project to fit your team’s capacity—there’s no set number of baskets required.

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Roll up your sleeves and help us freshen up the outdoor grounds and indoor facilities at our Family Village Redmond apartments. Help beautify the indoor and outdoor space with various projects: window washing, play equipment cleaning, painting etc. to spruce up the grounds for the women and families living in there. #Give2024 After you/your group signs up for a shift we will contact you to schedule a specific volunteer date

Located in downtown Redmond, YWCA’s Family Village Redmond provides 20 units of permanent, supportive housing to families with children. All residents have access to YWCA’s culturally specific, individualized support to navigate barriers to housing stability and economic independence.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Facilitated session led by YWCA (3 participant min/5 participant max)	2	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We have projects for small teams (3-5 volunteers) to support one local senior. If you have a larger team of 10, the team could support 2-3 seniors and so on.

Team volunteering is an extended team building experience where everyone shares in helping the same person, but in different ways and on different dates.

Your team will share the responsibility of meeting the requested needs (tasks) of this Senior in a 3-6 month or longer timeframe. We meet with your team to ensure we find a senior in need of the tasks you would be willing to do as a group. We can facilitate a group engagement at the begining and end of your term (if desired by your team).

Various tasks requested: rides, running errands, helping at home, taking out the garbage, shopping, helping with technology support, fix-its & social visits from a live list of options (dated and flexible) with Northwest Neighbors Network.

Reach danie@northwestneighborsnetwork.org or call 415-724-8283 to learn more about Team Volunteering.

Opportunity Details

Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN) volunteers choose ¨good neighborly¨ tasks to help with for Seniors like offering rides, running errands, helping at home, taking out the garbage, shopping, helping with technology support, fix-its & social visits from a live list of options (dated and flexible) with Northwest Neighbors Network.
We offer an easy, flexible, self signup process to make volunteering easy, at your pace and fun! No schedules unless you want one!
Reach danie@northwestneighborsnetwork.org or call 415-724-8283 to learn more about the flexible volunteer opportunities or to sign up!

Opportunity Details

Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN) volunteers choose ¨good neighborly¨ tasks to help with for Seniors like offering rides, running errands, helping at home, taking out the garbage, shopping, helping with technology support, fix-its & social visits from a live list of options (dated and flexible) with Northwest Neighbors Network.
We offer an easy, flexible, self signup process to make volunteering easy, at your pace and fun! No schedules unless you want one!
Reach danie@northwestneighborsnetwork.org or call 415-724-8283 to learn more about the flexible volunteer opportunities or to sign up!

Opportunity Details

Gratitude cards are inserts with handwritten quotes that we include in our donation thank you letters. We send many thank you letters and rely on volunteers to help us transcribe these quotes, which we’ve collected from our guests. We will provide a selection of quotes and our Mary’s Place stationery.

This activity is repeatable, must be completed in person, and takes 60 minutes to complete. We can accommodate 15-25 volunteers per instance of this activity. Available as a facilitated opportunity only. We can offer five facilitated sessions in October for groups of 15-25 volunteers. There is no funding required. Thank you for supporting us during #Give2024

Mary’s Place ensures that no child sleeps outside by centering equity and opportunity for women and families. We are known for providing shelter to families experiencing homelessness in King County, Washington, as well as for our Women’s Day Center in downtown Seattle and our extensive outreach and prevention programs.

Opportunity Details

Help to support our families at Mary’s Place by providing kits for us to hand out. Kit assembly and donation to Mary’s Place functions as both an in-kind donation of supplies and volunteer time. Please plan to coordinate drop off or shipping of supplies with Mary’s Place. We are not able to pick up kits.

Examples of kits include Mobile Meal Kits for unsheltered families (approx. $4/unit), Multicultural Haircare Kits (approx. $10/unit), Cold Care Kits (approx. $10/unit), and Welcome Home Baskets (approx. $90/unit). Mary's Place will provide lists of suggested items for each kit type.

This activity is repeatable, can be done remotely, and takes 60 minutes to complete. Funding requirements vary depending on the type of kit and the number of participants. Available as facilitated (virtually or in-person) or non-facilitated. We can offer five facilitated sessions in October for groups of 15 or more volunteers. Thank you for supporting us during #Give2024

Mary’s Place ensures that no child sleeps outside by centering equity and opportunity for women and families. We are known for providing shelter to families experiencing homelessness in King County, Washington, as well as for our Women’s Day Center in downtown Seattle and our extensive outreach and prevention programs.