Find service-learning opportunities
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).
Why Volunteer?
Giving back to the community, a sense of accomplishment, and overall pride in your work helping others. Volunteering can provide a gateway to many professional benefits as well. Such as networking and peer-collaboration. Being with a group of like-minded individuals leads to many great opportunities. It is also a great way to step out of your comfort zone while providing directly into your community.
Students who reach 25 service hours within a given academic year will be eligible for a service learning award certificate to add to their portfolio. As well as a letter of recommendation that can be used for job applications.
In-Person Opportunities
Why should YOU get involved?
- Make a real impact in your community!
- Build Your Resume: Volunteer work looks great on your resume!
- Meet Like-Minded People
- Get Outside & Have Fun
Native Gift Making
Where: Brier Hall, Triton Student Center, Room 141
When: June 11 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
No registration required. Just show up and sign in!
Join elders from the Snohomish Tribe in making multiple different types of small gifts.
We will be carving small paddles for necklaces, wood-burning feathers, beadwork, and
possibly more! Learn about the Canoe Journey they accomplish each year and the purpose
and deep-meaning behind the gift giving process within the tribe. If we’re lucky,
Mike Evans (didalhalqid) will also provide songs and stories of the Snohomish Tribe.
Snacks will be provided.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the importance of cultural practices and language to the preservation of cultural heritage and identity.
- Learning about indigenous communities, tribes, and bands in and around the Salish Sea.
- Developing a respect for indigenous sovereignty and culture.
Volunteer at the Food Pantry
Interpreters Needed, too!
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.
Do you speak other languages? We are looking for students who can help with translation during these hours listed here:
- Tuesday 3-7 p.m.
- Wednesday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Thursday 12-5 p.m.
We also need to translate written signs in common languages like Dari, Spanish, French, Korean etc. If you are able to take this on as a service learning project, contact the Food Pantry today!
fill out the Food Pantry Volunteer Interest form
Campus Community Farm Work Parties
Where: Edmonds Campus Community Farm
When: Every Monday with two 1-hour sessions starting at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
and Wednesdays at 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*
Learn more about campus community farm
Virtual and Self-Guided Projects
Zooniverse Research 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
Edmonds Driftwood Players
Volunteer Orientation sign-up sheet with Edmonds Driftwood Players in residence at
The Wade James Theatre.
Do you love the arts and looking for community? Become an EDP Volunteer! This is the sign-up sheet to attend an Edmonds Driftwood Players "no-obligation" Volunteer Orientation. You will meet one of our staff, hear a short presentation about our theater, the history, and our community as well as a brief description of some of our volunteer needs.
Our volunteer orientations are a time for you to learn more about our volunteer-based nonprofit community theatre as well as receive information about different ways you can personally get involved (ushering, set painting, acting, being a stagehand, and more!). There will also be a tour of the theatre, and the orientation shouldn't last longer than 1 hour.
You will have also the opportunity to fill out a volunteer interest survey so we can add you to the notification lists for the specific volunteer opportunities you might be interested in.
Address: The Wade James Theatre at 950 Main Street in Edmonds.
If you need to remove your name from this list, please contact the office at office@edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or call 425.774.9600.
Looking for More?
Check back frequently for more opportunities.Our website is updated weekly with new information and service learning opportunities.
Questions?
Please contact Stewart Sinning at 425.640.1882 or stewart.sinning@edmonds.edu or visit our contact page.
Suggestions?
Our office is always open for suggestions and feedback. If there are any opportunities you would like to see or any organizations you could see providing a beneficial learning experience to students please let us know below.