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Offers an online volunteer matching system, providing access to hundreds of volunteer opportunities. Manages other community initiatives and group projects for corporate partners.

Matches adult volunteers with a young persons ages 6-17 based on mutual interests to spend at least one hour together each week. Safety is of the highest concern of this program, therefore volunteers are carefully screened. Even though "Friends" is not a government agency, it complies with adult-child mentoring program guidelines established by the federal Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice. Children participating in the "Friends" program is completely voluntary.

Offers volunteer opportunities in various areas including shelter ministries (Bible studies with clients, tutoring, grading study materials, hair cutting, chapel participation, and driving men and women to essential appointments), administration (newsletter, special mailings, and events), meals (preparation and serving food, cooking, setting up dining room, washing dishes, cleaning up dining area after meals), miscellaneous (appointment schedulers for clinic, maintenance, sewing, Christmas gifts, and construction), warehouse (recycling, driving, testing and repair of major appliances and furniture).  Accepts electronic donations such as: computers, towers, laptops, monitors, and televisions. Will pick up donations on some cases.

Children are mentored one-on-one in a structured, supervised setting.   Various locations in Thurston, Lewis, Mason, Grays Harbor, and Pacific Counties. Mentors may be high school students or adults in this program.   Matches meet only at one specific location (such as elementary school, community center) one hour each week for a year.

Assists those in the area with clothing and commodity needs (toilet paper, shampoo, deodorant, laundry soap, etc.). Provides limited food items.

The YWCA Kitsap Domestic Violence Core Competency Training meets DSHS requirements to provide direct advocacy to DV clients. The training is also designed to increase knowledge and understanding of domestic violence dynamics. Organizes and facilitates 20-hr and 30-hour Domestic Violence Victim's Services Trainings throughout the year. Who should take this training? • Anyone who needs to meet the pre-service domestic violence training requirements for advocates • Allied professionals working with domestic violence survivors

Offers opportunities for volunteers who want to help Kitsap County youth.  Varieties of opportunities are available from secretarial, board membership, running errands, sorting, packaging, and deliveries.

Limited financial assistance for things such as deposits, utilities, or other needs. Seeks to connect the household to other services that may prevent the situation from re-occurring. Calls for intake appointments are answered based on funding availability. Also accepts volunteers and donations to help households in need. Focuses on meeting the often desperate material needs of an individual or household, and to prevent and/or reverse homelessness in our community. Once these basic needs are satisfied, we further offer mentoring in life skills, financial advocacy, and guidance to help our clients transition from dependent poverty to self-sufficiency through personal, spiritual, and professional growth.

There are a number of volunteer opportunities to support the work of TACID.

Service matches volunteers with low-income seniors or people with disabilities to provide household assistance which enables recipients to remain in their homes and maintain a connection with their communities. Will provide snow shoveling for low-income seniors and disabled - CANNOT SHOVEL SNOW FROM ROOFS. PLEASE NOTE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE CALLING. Currently has a wait list.

IVC connects neighbors facing challenges related to aging, disability, or adversity with volunteers and resources to support independent and fulfilling lives. With the help of our caring volunteers, IVC provides help with transportation, errands and shopping, meal preparation, chores, respite care, companionship, and cultural and recreational activities.  IVC primarily serves Bainbridge Island residents though surrounding areas sometimes are served.  Island Volunteer Caregivers meets needs not filled by local agencies and provides free services for older adults and persons with limitations.

Provides access to grooming and personal hygiene supplies; haircuts and foot washing; a hot meal; and an opportunity to have clothing and sleeping bags replaced. All resources are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Also provides volunteer opportunities.

Goes out to offer a church without walls, and provides prayer, food, free haircuts, clothing, hygiene supplies, batteries, candles, sleeping bags, blankets, back packs, diapers and more.

Offers an online volunteer center. Connects people who have an interest in volunteering with current volunteer opportunities in the community. Accessible 24 hours daily.

Bigs and Littles meet 2 to 4 times a month at times that fit the schedules of the Big, Little, and guardian. Time is one-on-one, meaning that Bigs and Littles are in public, but focus their time on getting to know one another. Big Brothers Big Sisters staff and guardians provide safety supports for the match. Visit website to see how children are kept safe in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Matches hang out in the community and do activities they both enjoy: go to museums or sports events, make crafts, go on a hike, explore the community, and more. It’s up to the Big and the Little! Plan outings whenever it’s convenient. Being a Big is all about sharing enjoyable experiences with a child in the community. It doesn’t take a lot of time or money or any special skills. All you need is a willingness to be a friend to a child who needs a positive role model. Bigs consistently tell us that they “get back more than they give,” and having a Big changes a child’s life for the better, forever!

Offers volunteer opportunities include, assisting with the unloading of food delivery trucks, assisting clients on food distribution days.

Provides community volunteers the opportunity to work directly with street youth by training them to operate as street outreach teams that provide crisis intervention and information and referral service.

Provides a website to help local nonprofits & people with an interest in volunteering come together for the betterment of our shared community.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County offers two mentoring programs: community based and school based. The community based mentoring program connects adult volunteers (Bigs) with children (Little) ages 6 to 14 from single parent families. The volunteer and child meet in a variety of locations (i.e. movie theater, park, zoo) depending upon their interests. The "Bigs" see their "Littles" 2-4 times a month for 2-4 hours per outing.  The school based mentoring program brings volunteers to the classroom to develop mentoring relationships with boys and girls during the academic year. The matches meet once a week for one hour during the school day on school grounds.

Provides a fun, safe environment for the youth of the White River School District area. Offers several programs throughout the year. Serves as the home for other programs who support students and their families. Services include: - a free, daily, drop-in program for youth ages 8 to 18 - free lunch during school breaks - summer camps - connection to White River Community Outreach. Also offers many opportunities for volunteering.

Provides support for people who have a developmental disability in achieving greater independence and fulfillment on their pathway to employment. - Coordination of DDA employment and community inclusion services ages 21+ - Transition Services for young adults with developmental disabilities who have turned 21 years old and have graduated from High School. Adult Services to assist adults with developmental disabilities to find and maintain community integrated employment and live full participating and contributing lives within their community. - Community Education and Information Services are designed to increase public awareness and build community acceptance for including people with developmental disabilities.

Service matches volunteers with low-income seniors or people with disabilities to provide household assistance which enables recipients to remain in their homes and maintain a connection with their communities. Will provide snow shoveling for low-income seniors and disabled - CANNOT SHOVEL SNOW FROM ROOFS. PLEASE NOTE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE CALLING. Currently has a wait list.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers and guardian ad litem provide advocacy in court and the community for the rights of children who are subject to child welfare and court intervention due to abandonment, abuse, or neglect. CASA's purpose is to secure a safe and permanent home for each child served as quickly as possible.

Serves low-income elderly (60 plus) and disabled (18 to 59) people living independently in the community.  Volunteer services provided include: shopping/errands, transportation, household repairs, yard care, housekeeping, occasional meal prep, and other necessary assistance. We have added telephone welfare checks, mental wellness check-ins, and grocery store pick up and delivery.

Assists children with dependency issues that are either living with a relative or guardian when they have been removed from a home with domestic violence, abuse, neglect, and other issues. Serving as advocates for children facing abuse and neglect in family court, present reports and recommendations regarding the child's well-being to the court.