Day of Service - Solid Ground

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2025 Day of Service Recap

Thank you to all who rolled up your sleeves with us on this year’s Day of Service on Friday, August 22, 2025, 9am-12pm as we gathered across several Solid Ground volunteer sites to plant and tend to garden beds, beautify parks, and clean up our Solid Ground Transportation’s ACCESS bus fleet!

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A mom and two kids pose while collecting trash in bright yellow trash bags.

Volunteers spread mulch and clear overgrowth.

Three people pose under a tree surrounded by a fresh layer of mulch.

Three volunteers pose next to a wheelbarrow and a fresh layer of mulch.

A man in a purple shirt carries a bundle of plant debris to compost.

A volunteer in a sun hat spreads mulch with a rake.

Volunteers on their knees spread mulch around trees.

Two volunteers spread mulch around a playground.

Volunteers spread mulch around the base of several trees.

Two volunteers use rakes to spread mulch in a park.

Volunteers gather to pick up orange buckets and shovels.

Volunteers spread mulch around a grove of trees.

A crowd of people squeeze under a shade tarp for a group photo.

A woman in a white tank top cradles a tomato and an enormous squash.

A woman takes off her hat to address a group gathered under a tarp at a farm.

Several people stand around listening to a speaker.

A man in a farmer's hat and blue shirt gestures as he speaks to a group.

Three men stand outside with arms slung over each other's shoulders.

Several volunteers rest in the shade of a tree.

Volunteers weed along a row of tomato plants.

A woman in a yellow visor clutches a handful of sunflowers.

A woman in overalls holds a pitchfork in front of a pile of mulch.

A group of people pose in front of a pile of mulch they're helping to spread.

A volunteer relaxes in a wheelbarrow while taking a break from shoveling mulch.

A group of volunteers shovel mulch from a giant pile into wheelbarrows and cart it away.

A group of volunteers pose by a giant mulch pile.

A group of volunteers shovel mulch from a giant pile into wheelbarrows to cart away.

Volunteers shovel mulch from a giant pile into wheelbarrows to cart away.

A volunteer in purple UW Huskies shirt pushes a wheelbarrow between tall rows of plants.

A volunteer in a blue shirt and sun hat pushes a wheelbarrow between tall rows of plants.

A volunteer in a black tanktop and cap pushes a wheelbarrow between tall rows of plants.

A volunteer in a purple T-shirt and pushes a wheelbarrow between tall rows of plants.

A man with a sun hat, sunglasses, and mustache pushes a wheelbarrow between rows of tall plants.

Two people in sunhats smile as they each clutch a bundle of sunflowers.

A woman in a sunhat and glasses smiles from behind a tall sunflower.

A man in a white T-shirt leans on a shovel while standing in front a vining plant.

A white bucket full of orange-handled spades.

Two enormous stacks of orange, blue, green, and white 5-gallon buckets.

A pile of rakes strewn across brown grass.

A group of people wearing yellow safety vests and carrying various cleaning supplies crowd around a bus labeled "Solid Ground."

A woman wearing a yellow safety vest and holding a spray bottle stands next to the open cab of a paratransit bus.

Two people in yellow safety vests wave at the camera from in front of a row of paratransit buses.

A man in a yellow safety vest leans against a paratransit bus with a sign that reads "Solid Ground."

A woman in a yellow safety vest wipes down the door of a paratransit bus.

Two people holding cleaning supplies and wearing yellow safety vests pose in front of a paratransit bus.

A man in a yellow safety vest, glasses, and a cap sits behind the steering wheel of a bus.

Two people in yellow vests stand outside a paratransit bus.

A man in a yellow safety vest and holding a blower cleans the cab of a paratransit bus.

A woman in a yellow safety vest and sunglasses leans down to wipe the consule of a paratransit bus.

All photos by Rachael Green and Margaret Su

QUESTIONS? CONTACT: volunteers@solid-ground.org

Projects & Sites

Solid Ground Transportation Access Fleet Cleanup

Solid Ground Transportation (SGT) provides ACCESS bus services to people who can’t use Metro’s fixed-route system, helping people get to critically needed health and human services resources, and connecting people with their communities.

SGT vehicles are fully accessible, equipped with lifts for loading passengers with wheelchairs and other mobility devices, and have the space to accommodate multiple passengers. Service is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

We’ll meet at the SGT Hub in the South Park neighborhood (8100 8th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108) for coffee and pastries, then get to work cleaning our fleet of buses.

Marra Farm Giving Garden Work Party

Since 1996, Solid Ground has cultivated a 3/4-acre Giving Garden on historic urban farmland at Marra Farm in the South Park neighborhood.

Each year, community members, volunteers, and staff grow thousands of pounds of fresh, organic produce there. All the produce grown stays in southwest Seattle, nourishing residents via food banks, meal programs, health clinics, and other organizations.

We’ll meet at the Giving Garden in the South Park neighborhood (9026 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108) for coffee and pastries, then work on building soil, preparing vegetable beds, planting vegetable starts and seeds, weeding by hand, composting, watering, harvesting, and washing produce.

Sand Point/Magnuson Park Cleanup

Solid Ground houses 400+ people at our Sand Point Housing campus in Magnuson Park. The campus provides permanent supportive housing, affordable permanent housing, and onsite support services for formerly homeless families and individuals.

Since 1999, several thousand people have stayed at Sand Point Housing in their journeys from homelessness to stability.

Folks who sign up for this project will meet at a location in the Sand Point neighborhood near campus (exact location TBD) for coffee and pastries, then get to work beautifying Magnuson Park. Seattle Parks and Recreation will have all the tools and instructions we need to complete our jobs.