Opportunities From: Volunteer Spokane

Support your community from your living room. Dispatch help in real time and make a difference behind the scenes. Flexible shifts available.

Make a Real-Time Impact During Disasters

Disaster Action Team (DAT) Duty Officers are the behind-the-scenes heroes who coordinate local emergency responses as they unfold. From the comfort of your home, you’ll ensure that people affected by disasters receive the care and support they need by dispatching trained volunteers to the scene.

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Why It Matters:

Your coordination ensures that families affected by disasters receive timely help, shelter, and emotional support. You’ll be a vital part of the Red Cross mission—Sleeves up. Hearts open. All in.

Get started: Visit www.redcross.org/volunteer or contact your local chapter at JoinUsNW@redcross.org

Child care volunteers assist our staff by engaging in one-on-one interaction with children during indoor/outdoor activities, including assisting with nap or bedtimes, and soothing and nurturing children.  Please visit our website to apply:

www.vanessabehan.org

There are many screening requirements to be fulfilled to volunteer with the children, and I will walk you though each one:

complete application; provide references and their e-mail addresses

attend a formal tour of the facility

pass two background and fingerprinting checks

obtain a food handler's permit; have a TB test, a current flu shot, and a current TDaP booster

We have volunteers who come to the Wiener Ranch and hug dogs.  This is the easiest gig ever if you like dogs.

The time is at 10 am daily with an appointment in advance so no one gets chomped.  Send an email to schedule.  We are open with appointments on weekdays as well as weekends. 

Having folks come to the farm and hug dogs helps us get them socialized before they are placed in their new homes.  Most come inside and sit and we turn loose the hounds.  If you can't stay seated when asked or are terrified of a group of wiener dogs then this is not the volunteer job for you.

We are located on a farm northwest of Spokane and out of town.  There is no bus line to this area so you will need a car and drive yourself to visit us.

I am open for visitors at 10 am daily ONLY with an appointment in advance.  We need to have large watch dogs locked up so no one is injured.  If roads are too icy or dangerous we are also closed then as well.

Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes as dog toe nails can scratch when jumping on laps.

I am not sitting by email or phone so I need to plan my days in advance when taking dogs back and forth to the vet, etc. so please email me to make an appointment in advance.

More details on the To Volunteer page on our website at www.spokanwienerdogs.org  We have placed over 2,500 dogs since 1991!

Thanks,
Margo
DirectorDachshund Rescue NW

At U-District Mentoring, we believe that everyone has something to offer as a mentor. It doesn’t take much to greatly impact a child's life. By showing up consistently, for four hours each month, you can help to decrease depression symptoms, increase self confidence, and encourage higher educational goals for your mentee. Forming these relationships and expanding a child’s horizons can be one of the most rewarding experiences.

Unlike other mentoring programs, we don’t have a waitlist of children. Instead, we intentionally match the mentor and the child based on interests and experiences. Hoping to be matched with a child that likes to paint or play sports? With the help of school counselors, we work to find that perfect match. 

The commitment level is easy, even for the busiest of people. You can create the schedule and get to plan each outing!

Ready to make an impact on a child's life and your community?

Just click the blue tab that says: Respond to Need to learn more. 

Or email Lexi at lexi@udptfoundation.com or text or call at 971.322.4684.

You can visit our website at: https://www.u-districtmentoringprogram.com

Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/udistrictmentoring

and Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/udistrictmentoringprogram/

We need a gate installed that is about 6' wide and built to match and a new ramp for crippled or injured dogs updated.  We are looking for someone with carpentry experience who has an morning or two to donate to our dog rescue.   We like working mornings before it gets too hot outside.

We also need to build a dog house for a latest guard dog to keep away coyotes at the farm.

We are located northwest of Spokane near Seven Mile and not on the bus line.

We supply the supplies and have the wood all purchased and just need a bit of expert help when we can supply the labor needed too.

We educate the public on responsible pet ownership as well as attend area pet events when we place around 150 dogs a year.  In covid 202 we still placed 96 homeless dogs and a few horses.

Dachshund Rescue NW rescues wiener dogs and we have now placed over 2500 dogs since 1991.

Station & library volunteers commit to working for 2 to 3 hours a week in Spark Central's Creative Station - or they can fill in as a substitute for someone who can't make their regular shift. Their role focuses on making Spark Central a welcoming space accessible to everyone!

These volunteers welcome patrons, answer our Help Desk telephone, describe what Spark Central is to adults, offer free membership to new guests, and learn our library software so that they can check in and out books, technology, and creative kits. Station volunteers may assist staff in engaging youth and families in engaging creative activities; library volunteers may assist with maintaining technology or cataloguing new library items. Station & library volunteers may also assist in inventory, data entry, and cleaning.

Visit https://spark-central.org/volunteers or email volunteers@spark-central.org for more information.

Vanessa Behan is always accepting applications for those who would like to train as a Receptionist.  The hours you would be asked to cover are between Monday-Friday, 8:30am-12:30pm or 12:30pm-4:30pm.

If you enjoy interacting with people and organizing donations, please visit our website and apply!

www.vanessabehan.org

Our Dare to Dream program offers an opportunity to mentor a youth in foster care or youth who has aged-out of foster care (ranging from 15-21 years old). Our mentors are advocates, coaches, teachers, guides, role models, valued friends, available resources, cheerful critics, and career enthusiasts. The heart of the Dare to Dream program is to give foster youth a second chance. Many of the youth we recruit are living in emergency shelters or are homeless. They need the wisdom, advice, encouragement, and community that mentors can provide. As a mentor you commit to meeting with your mentee every other week, set goals, and help them achieve their dreams. The program is a one year commitment; however, it is our hope that these relationships will last a lifetime.

This volunteer position has an important role in providing fresh meals to our senior clients. It will help us improve the nutrition and quality of the meals we deliver.

The tasks that you may be asked to perform:
• Prepping food with various kitchen utensils
• Portion, pack, and seal meals
• Cleaning (counter tops, cooking equipment, floors, etc.)
• Serve lunch to the seniors who attend Mid-City Senior Center (Monday-Friday)

To be eligible to help with this volunteer position you must:

This opportunity is available to anyone, 16 years of age or older, who wants to help feed the seniors in our community. You will be working in a team that includes staff member(s) and other volunteers. You do not need any prior experience working in a kitchen. Just a passion for serving your community. Training will be provided. Let us know if you have any questions.

Volunteer Time Frame: 2-4 hours

Meals on Wheels Spokane: Feeding Bodies, Nurturing Souls, Saving Lives

Rising Strong is a holistic, family-centered drug treatment and housing program supporting families in staying together while they begin to recover from addiction, heal from trauma, reunify with their children, and rebuild their lives in a residential setting (our residents stay with us for up to a year or more).  

Volunteers are needed to help with childcare on a weekly basis while the parents are in treatment, classes, and other programming. This program runs Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Volunteers will always work with one of our staff people in a childcare setting.

Interested individuals must fill out a volunteer application on our website Click here to access the volunteer application

Overview: Produce creative, high-quality, unique images for use in print and online by capturing photos during special events and day-to-day operations at Mobius and offsite.

Responsibilities and Qualifications: Assemble and submit a photographic portfolio of activities at Mobius and offsite, obtain signed photographic releases when necessary, demonstrate advanced photographic ability by providing examples of work, must have the creativity and desire to assemble a body of work that is varied, dynamic, and interesting, must be able to stand/walk for at least 3 hours at a time, must provide own equipment, must have 3+ years of professional photography experience 

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