Garden at Solid Ground's Giving Garden at Marra Farm to help grow food for local food banks.
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Learn MoreDedicated youth volunteers helped fight food insecurity at our Marra Farm Giving Garden! Thanks to John, Kate, Bobby, Daisy, and all other volunteers who helped harvest 2,000+ pounds of vegetables in summer 2020.
~by Jackie Rybin, Solid Ground AmeriCorps Youth Food Educator
Read StoryHelp organize a supply drive to support Solid Ground participants and residents! Essential school supplies are especially needed right now.
See OpportunityGarden at Solid Ground's Giving Garden at Marra Farm to help grow food for local food banks.
At Solid Ground, we believe poverty is solvable – but we can’t do it alone. Volunteers are essential to our work to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change – and they also support our race and social justice efforts. Join us to create a community beyond poverty and oppression where all people have equitable opportunity to thrive!
Please use this self-screening tool before every in-person training or volunteer session to help keep yourself and others safe:
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Solid Ground Board Member | Individual | Solid Ground’s Board of Directors is responsible for providing guidance and making policy to ensure that the agency's mission and goals are carried out. | Resource Development |
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Cooking Facilitator | Individual | Teach hands-on cooking and nutrition classes to people with small food budgets. | Cooking Matters |
Cooking Matters at Home Facilitator | Individual | Volunteer to facilitate virtual cooking and nutrition classes! | Community Food Education |
Cooking Matters Class Assistant | Individual | Help out behind the scenes in our cooking and nutrition classes! | Cooking Matters |
Marra Farm Field Trip Educator | Individual | Help lead hands-on educational farm field trips for elementary school students and support students in garden-related activities. | Community Food Education |
Marra Farm Giving Garden Work Party | Group | Volunteer groups of 6-40 help grow produce at Marra Farm! (open March-November) | Community Food Education |
Marra Farm Giving Gardener | Individual | Grow food at Marra Farm! (open March-November) | Community Food Education |
Master Gardener Volunteer | Group & Individual | Help redo landscaping around Solid Ground's Wallingford building. | Solid Ground |
Nutrition Facilitator | Individual | Facilitate nutrition lessons and activities for Cooking Matters classes. | Cooking Matters |
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Paused: SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors) Volunteer | Individual | (SHIBA) provides free, unbiased information about health care coverage and access to help improve the lives of all Washington state residents. | Health Care and Public Benefits |
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Broadview Child Care Volunteer | Individual | Provide a safe, supervised space for children while their parents attend onsite groups or meetings. | Broadview |
Free Summer Meals Distribution Volunteer | Individual | Sand Point Housing is looking for volunteers to distribute free summer meals to youth. | Sand Point Housing |
Sand Point Housing Tutor | Individual | Help provide one-on-one and group tutoring support (virtual and/or in-person) to children and youth. | Sand Point Housing |
Supply Drive Coordinator | Group & Individual | Help Solid Ground provide supplies to our residents! | Supply Drives |
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Photographer | Individual | The volunteer photographer will support our storytelling work by photographing Solid Ground program participants, staff, volunteers, and community members in a variety of settings. | Solid Ground |
Social Media Assistant | Individual | Work with the Digital Communications Specialist to post content to social media platforms, conduct and develop social listening practices, and support livestreaming content and programming. | Solid Ground |
Name | Type | Description | Program |
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Data Entry Specialist | Individual | This position will focus on data entry, reporting and other administrative tasks with our transportation team! | Transportation |
Also required for volunteers under 18:
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When in-person volunteer orientations resume, you may also bring completed forms with you.
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