Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help decorating – We need help decorating our Center for Healthy Living space for special occasions. Events happen throughout the year.
Outreach Opportunities – If you enjoy being out in the community and enjoy interacting with others, we would love to have your help spreading the word about services and ways Homage can help our older adult population.
Chinese Translators – In addition to helping with the Chinese Group on Tuesdays, we are also looking for volunteers who are tech savvy enough to assist participants with simple tasks like use of a phone or tablet, hooking up to Wi-Fi, and helping understand apps and how to do downloads.
Filipino Translators – If you have a desire to assist older adults and speak Tagalog, please consider volunteering with our Filipino group. In addition to translating opportunities, the position includes hosting a coffee/tea bar and checking folks in for lunch along with cashiering.
Foster Grandparent Program Snohomish & King Counties – Older adults provide children with special and/or exceptional needs one-on-one support at community locations such as schools and daycares. Volunteers must be 55+. Small stipend for those who meet income guidelines.
Friendly Connections Calling Program – Do you have an extra hour or two a week to help a lonely adult? Do you want to give back to your community from the comfort of your home? If you’ve answered yes, please consider this new opportunity that pairs volunteers with an older adult who needs greater social connections.
Help our Kinship Families – We need individuals to help watch Kinship family youth while their family members attend a support group meeting. This group meets the first Thursday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
Korean Translators – If you have a desire to assist older adults and speak Korean, please consider volunteering with our Korean group. In addition to translating opportunities, the position includes hosting a coffee/tea bar and checking folks in for lunch along with cashiering.
Relief Helpers – Our Nutrition Program can use both relief volunteer Meals on Wheels drivers to help with morning routes and packers who help in the afternoons by pulling meals together for the following day.
Senior Companion Program in Snohomish and King Counties: Help seniors stay in their homes by providing socialization, lunch or walking buddy, transportation, and organization support through weekly visits or phone calls. Must be 55+ and meet income limits to volunteer.
Senior Peer Counseling – Volunteers 55+ provide one-on-one counseling for adults 60 and older who are struggling with life changes, loss, or other emotional issues. No counseling experience necessary. Forty hours of initial training is provided and there are monthly meetings. New training starting Summer/Fall 2023
Spanish speaking volunteer – Consider helping support our Hispanic Group on the 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month or with translating materials for our programs. We could also benefit from someone hosting a coffee/tea bar and checking folks in for lunch along with cashiering and potentially helping with their lunch program.
Vietnamese volunteers – If you have a desire to assist older adults and speak Vietnamese, please consider volunteering with our Vietnamese group. In addition to translating opportunities, the position includes hosting a coffee/tea bar and checking folks in for lunch along with cashiering.
If you don’t see something you would like to do call Tammy, Volunteer Coordinator at (425)265-2281 or Michelle, Volunteer Manager at 425-740-3787