Volunteer

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Marra Farm Giving Garden

Garden at Solid Ground's Giving Garden at Marra Farm to help grow food for local food banks.

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Magnuson Park Community Food Pantry

The Food Pantry seeks volunteers to help provide food for Mercy Housing and Solid Ground's Sand Point Housing campus residents.

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We honor older Americans' wisdom & life experience!

55 & older? Connect to hundreds of volunteer opportunities through King County RSVP.

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Volunteers of ALL ages make a real difference!

Dedicated 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

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Volunteer with us!

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:

COVID-19 Self-Screening Tool

Community Leadership

Name	Type	Description	Program
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

Gardening, Food & Nutrition

Information for current Cooking Matters volunteers.

Name	Type	Description	Program
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
Paused: Cooking Matters at Home Facilitator	Individual	Volunteer to facilitate virtual cooking and nutrition classes!	Community Food Education

Housing & Support Services

Name	Type	Description	Program
Supply Drive Coordinator	Group & Individual	Help Solid Ground provide supplies to our residents!	Supply Drives

How to Apply

A Solid Ground Volunteer Application, Washington State Patrol (WSP) Background Check Form, and Volunteer Orientation are all required before we can place volunteers with opportunities – and some positions need additional forms and training. To get started, complete the forms below, then register for an upcoming volunteer orientation! (Volunteer orientations are currently held virtually via Zoom.)

REQUIRED FORMS

Online Volunteer Application Form

WSP Background Check Form (PDF)

Also required for volunteers under 18:

Underage Volunteer Waiver

Upcoming Volunteer Orientations

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You may also download this Word version of the Volunteer Application; email completed Word applications, Background Check forms, and/or Underage Waivers to volunteers@solid-ground.org, or print and mail them to: Solid Ground, Attn: Volunteer Coordinator, 1501 N 45th St, Seattle, WA 98103. (When in-person volunteer orientations resume, you may also bring completed forms with you.)