Healthcare organizations, civic agencies, non-profits, private businesses, and volunteers from across the State of Washington joined together to produce a giant free health clinic October 22 – 25 in Key Arena at Seattle Center. The four-day volunteer-driven clinic provided a full range of free dental, vision, and medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations in the region. [...]

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On November 18, get ready for a stair climb like no other: the Climb to $10K for Facing Homelessness cosponsored by the UW Combined Fund Drive and The Whole U. As you reach the top of the stairway, you’ll see portraits on display, like the ones here, accompanied by unique stories. We’ve already raised over [...]

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Alice Ryan stays pretty busy these days. On top of teaching in the School of Social Work, she’s a part-time social worker at Seattle Children’s Hospital and a full-time mother of two. She’s also proof that you’re never too busy to volunteer. For the past year, Ryan has served on the board of the Seattle [...]

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The leaves are changing, Pumpkin Spice Lattes have returned, and students are back on campus – it can only mean one thing: the UW Combined Fund Drive is kicking into high gear! It starts with the Charity Fair and Silent Auction on Thursday, October 22 in the HUB Ballroom from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. [...]

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When you watch Rex Hohlbein’s TEDx talk, you see him speak calmly yet forcefully on his humanizing mission. You hear him tell the origin story of his nonprofit, Facing Homelessness, and you learn how he uses Facebook for the greater good. Rex’s trajectory has been from successful Seattle architect to committed advocate for those who [...]

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Never heard of a Birthday Bag Blitz? Neither had I, until I was introduced to Cheerful Givers. Cheerful Givers is a nonprofit organization that provides birthday gift bags to disadvantaged children. At a Birthday Bag Blitz, volunteers get together to create gift bags filled with toys. The birthday bags are then distributed to local food [...]

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Stan Chernicoff never gets bored. Despite retiring with no plans for the future, the former UW professor has found a way to stay busy in his second act: he’s a self-confessed “serial volunteer.” Chernicoff, who taught earth and space sciences at UW, has served on the board of a Post-Prison Education Program, lectured at a [...]

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Like President Kennedy once said, “One person can make a difference and every person should try.” This is what we experienced at Northwest Harvest’s warehouse in Kent last weekend. We learned that, although there is no quick solution to poverty, we can all help and make a difference, one person at a time, or in [...]

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Volunteerism is one of The Whole U’s six pillars, and we organize ways to make a difference at local non-profits such as FareStart all year long. Another way that faculty are making an exponential impact is by incorporating service-learning into their courses. Service-learning classes are just like other courses, but with an additional requirement of performing a [...]

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Our minds often travel to far off places when we hear the word hunger. However, we do not need to go far to encounter people who struggle to put food on the table everyday. In Washington state one in seven people struggle with hunger. That number is even higher for kids (one in five). In [...]

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Thursday, July 23 will be the first-ever UW Night at FareStart. The three-course meal will benefit an incredible cause, and friends and family are welcome. Register now. Chef Jon from the UW Club designed the menu, so we know that it will be delicious, but what exactly does FareStart do? To explain, they shared this [...]

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With 72 volunteers in 44 countries, the University of Washington was the number one producer of Peace Corps volunteers among large colleges and universities in 2015. It’s not a recent trend — UW has had 2,888 volunteers since John F. Kennedy’s administration launched the Peace Corps in 1961 — but the school has performed better [...]

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