Volunteer
“Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. Simply put, we would not exist if not for the scores of engaged people who have amazing hearts and passion to help children in need. It has become one of the favorite things I have ever been a part of in my life, not just because of the importance of the mission, but the wonderful community of volunteers who have determined to chase after it with me!”
Mark Moder, Executive Director
Current Opportunities
Handwritten thank-you cards - We could use volunteers with good handwriting to help with some thank-you cards to donors. We will have everything set up for you at our normal Wednesday and Thursday volunteer times for the next few weeks.
More drivers - We have 3-4 schools that need a driver through the rest of the year.
Event help - We can always use hands-on help during events.
We have a Fundraising and Event Team that Mark leads, which meets every other Friday on Zoom for approximately 30-45 minutes. This is a fun team of 5-7 volunteers who enjoy making things happen! No experience necessary, we can train you.
Organize a granola bar drive (or any other food item we need) - You can do this personally or recruit a school, church, organization, etc. to do it. We always need more of these!
Make snack bags - Several businesses put together snack bags as a staff activity. Please contact Kathy Young (organizerkathy@yahoo.com) if you are interested in doing something similar.
Endowment - We are planning on an endowment in the spring of 2027 and are researching other long-term solutions to provide a sustainable funding stream for this work.
If you have a desire to do something that's not listed, let's discuss how we could make that happen together. This charity really is primarily volunteer-led and volunteer-run. Our Executive Director is part-time, so we lean hard on our volunteers, who really own this and make it happen.
Current Volunteering Information
Bellingham (during weeks when school is not on break):
-Location: St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church, 510 E. Sunset Dr., Bellingham, WA 98225
-Wednesdays 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - A team of 30-40 volunteers separates food from its packaging
-Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. - A team of 20-25 assembles the food bags
-Thursday delivery by 1:00 p.m. - Many volunteers take a bin or two full of food bags to one of the schools we serve, and the rest are distributed in a rental truck.
Blaine (during weeks when school is not on break):
-Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - A team of 3-5 volunteers assembles the food bags for the Blaine School District.
-The contact for Blaine is Bob Feaster at (530) 828-5195
Each of the following people are recruiting and forming sub-teams of volunteers:
Eliza Hurlbut – School Community Team
Kathy Young – Community Outreach Team
Sharry Nyberg – Faith Community Team
Sue Bakse – Business Community Team
Kim Weil - Volunteer Engagement Team
Volunteer Form
Please fill out our volunteer form and we will contact you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your interest in helping us help kids.