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Community Volunteer Opportunities

Is your organization looking volunteers for a non-profit or community organization?

Post your position here, free of charge, to leverage LE's large network of passionate Eastside community leaders.

Please send position to info@leadershipeastside.com for submission.

Open Positions

Hopelink Opportunities

Kids Need School Supplies
More than 1,800 students from low-income families on the Eastside will need help to start the school year prepared and ready to learn this September. With the help of local companies, organizations and individuals, Hopelink¥'s School Supply Drive will supply backpacks and school supplies to kids who, without help, would not have the school supplies they need.

You can help by making a cash donation to help us buy supplies in bulk. $18 provides a backpack and school supplies for an elementary school student. $26 provides a backpack and school supplies for a junior high student. $37 provides a backpack and school supplies for a high school student.

You can also donate supplies to any of Hopelink's six emergency service centers. To learn more about our school supplies drive, please click here.
Community Events
Volunteers Needed at 2008 Farm Work Parties for Hopelink
Volunteers are needed on the farm to help with stream restoration in exchange for produce donations to Hopelink food banks.
Sponsored by Cascade Harvest Coalition's Helping Hands Project and Full Circle Farm. Tools and light lunch will be provided.
Full Circle Farm, 31904 N.E. 8th St., Carnation
Saturday, September 13, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Ames Creek Farm, 27307 N.E. 100th, Carnation
Saturday, October 11, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday, October 18, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

For more information, please click here. To register, contact Tim Bernthal at 206.783.3088 or via email.

The City of Bellevue has the following community volunteer opportunities:

Volunteer Nature Center Host/Hostess Needed. Wanted! Reliable, friendly volunteers to staff the visitor's center at Lewis Creek Park (5808 Lakemont Blvd in Bellevue). Duties include greeting visitors, leading tours and light administrative duties. Hours are flexible. A love of nature is preferred. Contact Christina Kruger at 425-452-4195 or e-mail CKrueger@bellevuewa.gov.
Stream Team Volunteers Needed: Salmon Watcher Volunteers help us learn more about salmon populations in Bellevue by observing and reporting when, where and what type of salmon are returning to streams in Bellevue. No prior experience is needed, and the more volunteer eyes watching the better! The work accomplished by Salmon Watcher Volunteers is essential to local salmon recovery efforts. The information gathered indicates how salmon are using local streams, identifies possible fish passage barriers and helps target professional salmon recovery work. To volunteer attend the Salmon Watcher Workshop at Bellevue City Hall on Thursday, September 11 from 7:00 ﾐ 9:00 pm. Register for a workshop by calling Bellevue Stream Team at 425-452-5200 or streamteam@bellevuewa.gov. For additional information and dates of workshops offered in other cities visit: http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/salmon/volunteer.htm
Youth Volunteers are needed for Teen Closet Teen Closet is a clothing bank program operated by Bellevue Youth Link, in partnership with Plato's Closet and the World Impact Network. Volunteers classify and set out donations, and assist clients. Contact Patrick Alina, Youth Link Program Coordinator at 425.452.5254 or Email: palina@ci.bellevue.wa.us. If you are interested in donating items, please drop them off at 2015 Richards Road in Bellevue, WA 98005.
Bellevue Police Department needs volunteers o staff its three community police stations. These are located in the Crossroads area, inside Factoria Mall, and at the Downtown Transit Center. Volunteers answer phones, assist walk-in visitors, and help the station officer with special projects and community events. Shifts vary by location. BPD volunteers join an exceptional team of officers and civilian staff dedicated to serving their community. Successful applicants will be at least 21 years of age, have a strong customer-service orientation, and be able to pass a rigorous background investigation process. For more information about this opportunity or to request an application booklet, contact the Bellevue Police Volunteer Coordinator at (425) 452-6017.

Throughout The Community

Chore Services Needs your Help

Volunteer Chore Services is a program of Catholic Community Services that is dedicated to serving low-income seniors and adults living with disabilities and help them keep their living independence. Ongoing, one-time, and on-call volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups are available in your neighborhood. There are currently 94 people on the waiting list in the Eastside; some are in peril of losing their homes.

Here are some of the current openings:

Help a lively senior who is recovering from knee replacement surgery! Great senior in Bellevue needs your help with light chores for a few months while her knee recovers. If someone doesn't help her with some things 1x week, she will end up doing it herself and could slow her recovery time!
A dear middle-aged woman in chronic pain who cannot drive needs someone who can spend 3 hours a month with her at Costco filling Rx and shopping. Someone sensitive and patient and someone who wants to make a true difference for this woman who has been through so much. 3 hours a month can lower her anxiety about how she can get food in the house and her medication. Give her a social outlet to get out of the house and chat! Must love small cute dogs, she has a companionship dog.

An hour a week can make a huge difference in someoneﾕs life. The times are flexible. Must pass a WSP and provide references. Call Adria at 425-679-0342 or adriab@ccsww.org.

Evergreen Healthcare is looking for a few good men and women to participate in the 2009 Evergreen Gala Procurement Committee.

The Evergreen Gala is a premier Eastside Event hosting 700 guests each spring in a gigantic tent at Marymoor Park. The 2009 Gala is March 14, 2009 and will benefit Evergreen's Neurosciences Institute which is the home of Evergreen's Parkinson's, Stroke and MS Programs. Each year the Gala begins with a cocktail hour and silent auctions which transitions into an exciting live auction and live entertainment during dinner with a finale of dancing beneath the stars.

Evergreen is looking for two types of volunteers:

those who may be interested in participating on the Procurement Committee
those who may be interested in procuring one or more auction items.

The Procurement Committee works during the year to find unique items for donation to populate the silent and live auctions. Page two of the "Gala Volunteer Document" contains Evergreen