Opportunity Details
Songea's Kids is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization based in the Seattle, WA area. We provide nurturing homes, food, clothing, health care and education to orphans and vulnerable children in one of the poorest regions of southern Tanzania. We are seeking a volunteer with experience in developing and implementing multi-media communications strategies to share our stories, impact and needs with current donors and to attract new donors to our cause. This is a critical role in our organization that helps us to expand our reach so that we can build hope, transform lives, and break the cycle of poverty for orphans vulnerable children and their communities.The Child Sponsor Coordinator is a critical role for our organization. The volunteer maintains files on all sponsored children, tracks updates from our Tanzanian NGO partner on each child's well-being and progress in school, communicates updates with the children's sponsors, and facilitates the building of relationships between sponsors and children. We currently have 152 sponsored children, and continue to add new kids who are in urgent need to our program. With the growing number of children, it would be ideal to have two volunteers for our child sponsor coordination.
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
Bring your team of 8 or more to Portland Backpack's office/warehouse space for a Team Building packing event! Volunteers will work side by side to craft care cards and pack food sacks. Your efforts & donation help our program address local childhood hunger.The visiting team makes a donation to our program to cover the cost of the food to be packed ahead of the event. Each food sack is valued at ~$6.00/sack. The minimum commitment is 304 food sacks.
We pack in our warehouse space with the door open for air flow. We recommend dressing in layers. Closed toe shoes are required in our warehouse space.
Safety measures
Closed toe shoes are required in our warehouse space Ample free parking on site near our warehouse/office space.
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Building Packing Event | no limit | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
Spend your time crafting the Care Cards that go into each of our food sacks and hanging out with other volunteers & our Portland Backpack staff.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
The host team purchases all of the supplies (ie: notecards & stickers) & provides the space for crafting the Care Cards that go into all of our food sacks. Portland Backpack provides a staff person to present about our program & all of the markers & colored pencils to make the cards beautiful!Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | no limit | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
As an Events/Fundraising Volunteer, you will play a vital role in supporting Journey to Josiah's mission by actively contributing to the planning and execution of fundraising/events, which are crucial to generating the necessary funds to provide capital for bringing on personnel to assist with adoption consultation, curriculum writing and training (Trainers would provide necessary curriculum training to other trainers at various adoption/fostering agencies and organizations) and the creation of other positions as needed. Your efforts will directly impact the lives of perspective LGBTQIA+ adoptive/foster parents and LGBTQIA+ youth in the foster care system by ensuring we can continue to deliver essential services and create positive change within our community. Finally, this would hopefully workout to be an ongoing relationship.
Opportunity Details
Hops ‘n’ Scotch is back and fresher than ever!Join the Boys & Girls Aid Ambassador Board as they welcome back Boys & Girls Aid's signature happy hour event with more tastings, raffle prizes, and games than ever before! Featuring live entertainment from the evening’s emcee, Portland’s own, comedian Jordan Cerminara, Hops 'n' Scotch will give attendees the chance to sample tastings from featured local breweries and distilleries, participate in raffles, and win prizes, all in support of the children and families served by Boys & Girls Aid’s foster care, adoption, shelter, and housing programs.
Volunteers are need to help Boys & Girls Aid staff and Ambassador Board members sell raffle tickets, check IDs, and host games throughout the three-hour event.
Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer | 8 | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
Volunteers will arrive at 8:00 a.m. to set up the stations from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Families arrive at Noon. Families will be served a meal, lite entertainment, and the finale will be to provide gifts from coats, pajamas, socks, gift cards, household items, and more. It is expected the event will conclude by 3:00 p.m.Available Shifts
| Shift Name | Signup Max | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy of Giving | 25 | n/a | n/a |
Opportunity Details
We are in need of friendly, warm personalities that are passionate about supporting families with young children in a non judgemental inclusive environment. Looking for help with hosting our Family Playtime Drop Ins. Setup, clean up of activities/toys, greeting parents and children, playing with children while parents catch a break.Could also use help with fundraising, events, marketing.
Opportunity Details
Seen&Heard is seeking a professional in finance for the executive board of our non-profit. Seen&Heard exists to promote the professional development in systems-impacted youth. Must be committed to attend quarterly meetings (virtually) as well as attend one program event and one fundraising event per year. Average time commitment is 4-6 hours a month. We are specifically seeking junior level employees, minorities and women. Our annual give/get is $500 annually to keep a "seat at the table" for everyone regardless of economic status.