Volunteers play a critical role at Neighborhood House, helping us help immigrants, refugees, and low-income people overcome the challenges they face in everyday life. Our volunteers also enjoy a supportive workplace, satisfying work, and hands-on experience.
In-Person Ongoing Opportunities
Ongoing, regular volunteer opportunities allow you to build relationships with Neighborhood House staff, volunteers, and community members while making a difference.
After School Youth Program Volunteer
Neighborhood House collaborates with diverse individuals and families to build community and achieve their goals for health, education and self-sufficiency. At Neighborhood House, we have a deep commitment to valuing our employees’, volunteers’, and clients’ diverse experiences and backgrounds, which guide our work for a more equitable future.
The After-School Tutoring Program is designed to contribute to students’ overall academic achievement by providing students with personalized homework assistance and engaging them in activities to further develop their academic and social skills. The program serves students aged K-12th grade.
Seeking Skill Sharer’s for Youth Program Centers
Every day, Neighborhood House builds community and increases access to housing, health, education, and economic opportunities for low-income, immigrants and refugees across Seattle and King County. Since 1906, Neighborhood House has advanced our mission to partner with individuals and families to build community and increase access to housing, health, education, and economic opportunity. At Neighborhood House, we have a deep commitment to valuing our employees’, volunteers’, and clients’ diverse experiences and backgrounds, which guide our work for a more equitable future.
Neighborhood House’s Youth Engagement Program offers academic assistance, engagement through project based learning and social emotional learning, as well as other supports to youth and their families. We are seeking volunteers to engage with youth in grades K-12 to teach a new skill or activity. Some examples include: If you are passionate about fitness you could teach a series of at-home workouts! If you are a crafter and want to share out how to crochet, we can have a class on that! Professional photographers that can teach youth how to take expert photos with the phone cameras! The possibilities are endless in this remote setting. If reasonable, supplies can be distributed to youth to make sessions interactive.
Yoga Instructor Needed
Neighborhood House partners with diverse individuals and families to build community and achieve their goals for health, education and self-sufficiency. The Neighborhood House Family Resource Center provides a variety of services to the High Point community. At Neighborhood House, we have a deep commitment to valuing our employees’, volunteers’, and clients’ diverse experiences and backgrounds, which guide our work for a more equitable future.
The Yoga Instructor is responsible for demonstrating yoga poses, using the correct terminology, and safely guiding students through the flow of the practice.
Burndale and Firwoord Circle-Auburn
Virtual/Remote Ongoing Opportunities
Ongoing, regular volunteer opportunities allow you to build relationships with Neighborhood House staff, volunteers, and community members while making a difference.
Language Bank
Translate program flyers, in writing, on an as-needed basis. Both professional translators and individuals fluent in English and another language are welcome to apply. High-needs languages include Arabic, Farsi, Tigrinya, Oromo, Amharic, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Create a custom coloring/activity book for preschool classrooms
Neighborhood House helps diverse communities of people with limited resources attain their goals for self-sufficiency, financial independence health and community building. At Neighborhood House, we have a deep commitment to valuing our employees’, volunteers’, and clients’ diverse experiences and backgrounds, which guide our work for a more equitable future.
We’re asking volunteers to create a custom coloring book made from print paper stabled together. Volunteers can have the option of printing out landscapes, animals, plants, coloring pictures and glue it to the page so children can color it during their quite/free times.
Events & One-Time Opportunities
Event volunteering allows you to make an impact in one day, or even a few hours, of helping to provide enrichment, resources, and FUN! to our local communities.
Volunteers needed for What Matters Most
Join Neighborhood House as we commemorate 119 years of building community, fostering equity, and transforming lives.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time: 5:00 – 9PM
Location: Town Hall Seattle
Interested in volunteering? please email us at nhvolunteers@nhwa.org.
More information about the event please click on this link
When we find new homes for our families to move into, we like to provide them with a starter kit of supplies, such as dish soap, towels, trashcans, cleaning products, etc. We are looking for a partner who is willing to acquire supplies and assemble the welcome baskets for newly housed families.
Site Clean-up
Neighborhood House is dedicated to welcoming families, clients and funders to clean and functional areas. With your help, we ensure we keep that promise, this volunteer opportunity you will be helping various sites clean inside and outside so we can welcome families to a clean and inviting spaces.
Not sure what to volunteer for?
Do you have a specialty skill or profession that you would like to use to make a difference? Fill out a volunteer inquiry form with your skills and interests. Our Volunteer Engagement Manager will reach out!
COVID-19 Safety
Face Covering Protocol for Volunteers
Face coverings and masks are not required but encouraged and recommended for volunteers, visitors, staff, and clients.
To learn more about applying to volunteer at Neighborhood House, please read Volunteering at Neighborhood House or contact our Volunteer Engagement Manager, Muna Ali at 206-461-8430 or by email at munaa@nhwa.org.