Kiwanis Club of Seattle - Kiwanis is a worldwide organization of women and men who share the challenge of community and world improvement.
Lifelong AIDS Alliance - Lifelong AIDS Alliance is committed to preventing the spread of HIV, and to providing practical support services and advocating for those whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS.
Seattle Networking Groups and Events - Seattle's most comprehensive directory of groups for professional, business and social relationship-building, volunteering, civic engagement, career advancement, and strategic community relations & marketing.
FiveHumans - A local Seattle based company dedicated to raising awareness for a variety of cause related issues through hip and fashionable clothing. FiveHumans donates 10% of the sales price of all merchandise to a related charity.
IEEE GOLD - Young Professionals - If you are an IEEE member who graduated with your first professional degree within the last ten years, you are automatically part of IEEE GOLD!
Society of Women Engineers - The Society of Women Engineers is the largest non-profit educational and service organization representing both student and professional women in engineering and technical fields.
Space City Mixer - The aim of Space City Mixer is to organize fun and engaging events for its members.
Seattle Junior Chamber of Commerce - The Seattle Jaycees is a professional and personal development organization which provides young people with leadership and management training through community service.
nPost.com - nPost.com is a site devoted to entrepreneurship. We interview CEOs and Founders of small and startup businesses. Our interviews focus on their ideas, insights, experiences, and goals for each business
Seattle Works - Seattle Works is dedicated to building and maintaining a diverse community of young adult volunteers that regularly participate in their communities through volunteering and learning more about important local issues.
By providing a variety of opportunities for our volunteers to engage in community service, we are better able to meet the needs of our growing list of non-profit partners, working to create a deeper connection between the two groups. We encourage you to join us to experience the fun and rewards of getting engaged.
Northwest Harvest - Northwest Harvest collects and distributes food to approximately 300 hunger programs in Washington State. In an average month, over 434,000 services are provided to individuals and families in need. Nearly half of these services go to children. Our support comes exclusively from individuals, community and religious groups, foundations, corporations, and the food industry.
Refugee Women's Aliance - Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA) is a non-profit, multi-ethnic organization that provides responsive, culturally appropriate education, advocacy, and support services for refugee and immigrant women by building community partnerships and advocating for access to services and opportunities.
Special Olympics Washington - SOWA provide a year-round program of sports training and competition for children and adults with mental retardation, or a closely related developmental disability.
NPower Seattle - NPower helps local nonprofits to utilize technology to enhance their operation efficiency.
Cooperative Children's Center - We are a parent owned non profit childcare center located in the University District area of Seattle, Washington. We are currently celebrating our 32 year as an organization.
Habitat for Humanity of Seattle and South King County - Habitat for Humanityof Seattle/South King County is a non-profit home builder dedicated to eliminating substandard housing by working in partnership with donors, volunteers, community organizations and homebuyers to create decent, affordable housing.
No-kill Homeless Animal Shelter - Our mission is to provide food, shelter, medical attention and love to homeless, adoptable cats and dogs until we can find them new homes.
Strategic Mentoring Program - The Smarttogether Strategic Mentoring Program seeks to ensure that youth are matched with a circle of three mentors who are screened and trained in mentoring and the skills needed to support the academic, personal, and social success of the student.
Seattle Youth Tutoring Project - The Youth Tutoring Program is an after-school educational enrichment program for at-risk elementary, middle, and high school students who live in six low-income public housing communities in Seattle. The tutoring centers provide youth with a safe, positive, and stimulating environment to explore learning and experience academic and personal success.
nGoAbroad - nGoAbroad is a unique clearinghouse and referral service that custom-fits peoples' skills, interests and goals to suitable community and international humanitarian organizations in other countries. For more information, email info@nGoAbroad.com.
Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority - Founded in 1975, the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) fosters neighborhood renewal by bringing new projects to the neighborhood that increase the economic viability and quality of life within the Chinatown International District. SCIDPDA encourages new projects that fit the existing historical and cultural characteristics of the multi-ethnic neighborhood.
Big Brothers Big Sisters - Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with proven results.
Volunteer today and see how being a Big Brother or Big Sister is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable things you will ever do. It's easy, too. Your Little can join you for the kinds of activities you already like to do, such as: shooting hoops, going out for pizza, taking a walk in the park or just hanging out and talking. Children in our program come from all kinds of backgrounds. Some are really little (as young as six) and some are teenagers. Some may live on your block and some a few miles away. What do they all have in common? They need the friendship and guidance of someone like YOU. Volunteering just four hours a month can change a young person’s life.
NGOabroad matches your skills to international need. We seek people with business savvy who can help teach NGO's in Africa & Asia (later other regions) how to make sustainable organizations--not dependent on grants but to develop enterprises that sustain the non-profit.
NGOabroad has 3 services: 1) matching your skills to international need; 2) helping enter & advance in international work; 3) exciting new volunteer programs. See NGOabroad.com
Breast Cancer Site - By clicking on the "Donating a Mammogram", money will be donated to fight breast cancer.
Social Venture Partners - Seattle - Professionals looking for a way to invest their time, skills and resources in the Puget Sound community have joined to form Social Venture Partners. SVP links community professionals and nonprofit organizations to make a hands-on difference.
Junior League - Seattle - An organization of women committed to improving the community by training volunteers and providing funds for community projects.
The Ruby Room - The Ruby Room is a nonprofit organization that provides formal gowns to Seattle area high school girls who are unable to purchase their own prom attire.
The Arc of King County - Founded in 1936, The Arc of King County provides services and support to people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Elderhealth Northwest - We provide daycare for the frail elderly in the hope of keeping them in their homes, rather than going to a nursing home.
PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center - A northwest leader in protecting animals since 1967, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelters homeless animals, rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife and works to end animal abuse and exploitation.
Plymouth Housing Group - The mission of Plymouth Housing Group is to eliminate homelessness. We provide affordable housing for our neighborhors in need--the elderly, low wage workers,people with AIDS and other disabilities.
The BABES Network - The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. BABES reduces isolation, promotes self empowerment, enhances quality of life and serves the needs of women facing HIV through providing peer support, advocacy, education and outreach.
Viet Nam Scholarship Fund - VNSF provides direct financial assistance to the neediest and most qualified students who wish to pursue an education in Vietnam, primarily those from rural areas.
One By One - One By One was started in Seattle by two women who were profoundly moved by the plight of women suffering from obstetric fistula. We are a grassroots volunteer initiative in support of the UNFPA’s (United Nations Population Fund) Campaign to End Fistula. We are under the umbrella of a 501c3 agency, the United Nations Foundation. We feel that with good minds and open hearts, fistula could simply be gone. One By One’s main goals are to spread the word and raise funds to treat and prevent fistula.
Darfur Wall - Help sponsor a victim of the Darfur, Sudan tragedy.
Seven Ways to Maximize the Value of Networking Meetings - Marketing yourself through networking is essential for ongoing career and professional success. Here are seven ways to maximize the value of professional networking meetings.
Networking Survival Tips and Top Conversation Starters - Insight and conversation-starting tips from Diane Darling, author of The Networking Survival Guide and CEO of Effective Networking, Inc. Among her other ideas, she suggest that before attending any networking you prepare three "neutral" questions you can ask to get a conversation started and gives you topics to consider.
What is Networking - Set up by the Rochester (NY) Women's Network, this is a great introduction to the art of networking. It also includes tips on working a room, working a table, and the informational interview.
Networking Strategies For Shy Professionals - "If you're a reserved person, losing a job may feel like your worst nightmare coming true. [...] But your problems won't stop there. To land a new position quickly, you need to do what every shy person hates most: talk to people you don't know." This article has good tips on how to work with your natural shyness to network effectively.
Seattle Times - 10/8/2006 - "BEAN / Young, smart and socially aware, they're pros at volunteering" by Richard Seven
Seattle Woman Magazine - July, 2006 - "Small Is Not Insignificant: Local Women Help to End Suffering for Women Living with Tragic Childbirth Injury" By Jessica Bankes Beattie
CityClub Civic Voice Award - October, 2005 - Diverse citizens throughout our region give voice to their beliefs and passion about the meaning of our rich community life. Experience their thoughts in their own words in CityClub's collection of the voices and faces of civic participation. Howard Wu was given the 2005 CityClub Civic Voice Award.
