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Please check with your instructor to make sure your chosen project meets class requirements. Your instructor may have additional or similar requirements in place. If you have any questions, please contact stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu.

We update the opportunities on this page regularly. Check back soon! You can also go to the Edmonds College events calendar and check the Service-Learning checkbox for our current schedule.  Check out our service learning projects below (scroll down for virtual, self-guided, and off-campus volunteer opportunities and projects).

In-Person Opportunities 


Leadership Opportunity for STEM-Interested Students.

WABS has a great experience for college students hoping to increase their leadership skills, and anyone passionate about STEM subjects or education. The after-school programs, which begin in March and continue through May, seek college students interested in working with grade school students to facilitate STEM clubs. Over 4 weeks, students lead pre-designed, hands-on activities with grades 3-8 students. All curriculum, materials, and training are provided. After the program wraps, WABS provides each volunteer with a $200 stipend and a preferred letter of recommendation. 

MESA, student leadership groups, and preservice teachers are great fits for this opportunity, but all students are welcome to apply. Please review the attached flyer to share in your school community. We've also included an additional page of talking points to help expand on the opportunity.

Click the link if you are interested in this opportunity: Volunteer Interest Form

Contact Grace Schouten at grace@wabsalliance.org with any questions.


Help English Language Learners in their Classroom

Location/service site address: in-person in a classroom
When: Throughout the quarter, see time options below.

One or two hour Skills Labs Two Hour Classes
8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. -
11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m. -
7:30 p.m. (Needed Most) 7:30 p.m. (Needed Most)

Work with ELA students at Edmonds College! Learn more about cross-cultural communication by working with members of the immigrant and refugee population in our community. 

Volunteers will observe and assist in ELA classes. Experience how a classroom is managed, lessons proceed and how language learning activities are used in a classroom to improve a student's English.

Click the link if you are interested in this opportunity: ELA Volunteer Interest Form

Contact Karen Sanchez for more information at 425.640.1410 or email karen.sanchez@edmonds.edu


 

Native Gift Making

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Where: Triton Student Center (Brier 140)
When:
Spring Quarter dates announced soon!

Looking for a cultural experience? Join us for Native Gift Making.

In this workshop you will experience Native American wood burning, cedar weaving and beading taught by local Snohomish tribal elders Mike Evans and Karen Condo. Learn the Blue Heron Canoe Family way of "make two gift one" towards Canoe Journey and hear teachings of modern and traditional ways of native beings.  -- Don't know what those things are? We are just the space for you. No sign-up, just show up!


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Volunteer at the Food Pantry

Volunteer at the Edmonds College Food Pantry.  Our food pantry is a critical service that provided food to our student and staff who are facing food insecurity.  Are you looking for a service project, extra-credit, make new friends, or just want to serve your community, then look no further.

Click here to fill out the Food Pantry Volunteer Interest form.


Campus Community Farm Work PartiesPicture of campus farm

Where: Campus Community Farm
When: Every Monday during Spring Quarter with sessions starting at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The Campus Community Farm is looking for volunteers to help us keep our student-run urban farm growing strong! The Campus Farm is a vital part of the Edmonds College community, producing food for the Campus Food Pantry, providing research space for classes, and relies on volunteers like you to help us keep growing! Volunteers will help our Student Farmers with projects like weeding, harvesting, seeding, transplanting, and other farm maintenance. If you’re interested in volunteering with the Campus Farm, please sign up using the registration link. All skill levels welcome; gloves and tools will be provided; dress to work in the dirt and bring your reusable water bottle. The farm's location can be found on the campus map. It is number 3 on the map.

*Please be advised there are honeybee hives located on the Campus Farm. If needed, please take any necessary precautions before coming to the Campus Farm*

Registration Links:

April 1,  11:30 a.m. April 1, 1:30 p.m.
April 8, 11:30 a.m. April 8, 1:30 p.m.
April 15, 11:30 a.m. April 15, 1:30 p.m.
April 22, 11:30 a.m. April 22, 1:30 p.m.
April 29, 11:30 a.m. April 29, 1:30 p.m.
May 6, 11:30 a.m. May 6, 1:30 p.m.
May 13, 11:30 a.m. May 13, 1:30 p.m.
May 20th, 11:30 a.m. May 20, 1:30 p.m.
May 27, 11:30 a.m. May 27th, 1:30 p.m.
June 3, 11:30 a.m. June 3, 1:30 p.m.
June 10, 11:30 a.m. June 10, 1:30 p.m.

Learn more about campus community farm



Virtual and Self-Guided Projects


Off-Campus Volunteer Opportunities

Edmonds College has several community partners who we share in mutual support of each other. This page lists off-campus opportunities to support our partners while earning Service Learning hours. (See our Service Learning page for more details on the benefits of participating in SL during your academic career)  Your free time is precious, but setting aside some time for volunteer opportunities can provide many benefits that make the experience more than worth the effort it takes. Spending time helping others can contribute to a sense of accomplishment or sense of purpose which adds to your overall positive mental state. 

Note: these opportunities are self driven and self transported. No group van transportation provided. Bus information listed for your convenience. 

Additionally, if you have an off-campus event/organization you think might qualify to post/participate in, please email stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu 

Questions?

Please contact Stewart Sinning at 425.640.1882 or stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu or visit our contact page.

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