Volunteerism Articles
Browse articles on giving back through the UW Combined Fund Drive, community impact and ways to get involved.
Many hungry Huskies: food pantries fight rising food insecurity across the UW
September 8, 2025
“We have all the data,” says Ellie Green, student director of the UW Food Pantry, as she pries open a thick ring binder packed with spreadsheets, charts and graphs tracking every aspect, in minute detail, of the essential campus resource she manages. Sources of food. Volunteer hours. Donations. Food drives. Quantity distributed. But one data visualization in particular…
Volunteering is good for the world—and good for you
September 3, 2025
Volunteering is a fun way to support your favorite nonprofit organization – plus, research demonstrates that it’s good for you. Whether you are able to volunteer on a regular basis, or just have the occasional hour or two to spare, you can support a cause you are passionate about. Why volunteer? Volunteering is good for…
Getting involved in ecological restoration
April 23, 2025
Volunteers to plant trees Celebrated forest ecologist and UW Professor Emeritus Jerry Franklin once thought he’d been grabbed by Sasquatch while conducting research in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington. It turned out to be a mature Douglas fir shedding 1,000 pounds of its bark. Professor Franklin, a longtime steward of old growth forests and…
