Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Northwest Center. You can make a real difference in the life of someone with a disability by donating the gift of time.

We offer our volunteers meaningful projects that support our mission and services. As a small token of our appreciation, you will also receive our agency newsletters, acknowledgement on our website, and the knowledge that you have helped to expand dignity, choice, opportunity, and independence for people with disabilities!

Current Volunteer Opportunities

SEO Specialist
Northwest Center is seeking a volunteer with strong Search Engine Optimization skills.  Our team is interested in building the search engine presence of the Northwest Center website, along with the websites of 12 subsidiary businesses that support our mission. 

The SEO volunteer could analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each site, make recommendations to improve search engine rankings and track the results.  The volunteer could also train our web team on current techniques and implementation of best practices.  We’re looking for simple (but effective) methods of bringing more users to our sites—and ultimately, to Northwest Center.

Host a clothing drive
One of the ways you can support us is to host a clothing drive. It’s free and easy. It’s also the most efficient way for us to collect donations, raise money for our programs and keep reusable clothing and other items out of our landfills.

You can host a drive with your friends, family, co-workers, neighborhoods, religious groups or schools. Clothing drives are great for building morale and spirit among employees and communities. Let us know you're interested and we'll take care of the details!

Neighborhood flier distribution
We have 20 donation stations in the community where people can drop off their donations. A lot of people don't know that we are in their community so we are distributing fliers to local businesses, community centers and residences with the location of the nearest truck.

We need volunteers to walk around the communities where we have trucks and ask neighborhood businesses if you can put fliers up on their community boards or in the windows. In some cases, we also have fliers to be left at people's homes telling them where the local donation truck is located.

Donor Recognition and Fundraising Support
Assist the development department with tasks relating to acknowledging and thanking donors for their gifts of time, talent or cash. We also periodically need assistance with bulk mailings such as newsletters, appeals and invitations. This is an excellent opportunity if you're unable to make a regular time commitment.

Graphic Design and Marketing
We need assistance in creating graphics, brochures, websites, event materials and other marketing pieces.

Special Event Support
Volunteers are vital to making our fundraising and awareness events a success. Whether it is before, during or after the event, there are many ways to participate. Check out our upcoming events!

Before the event volunteer positions:

• Secure and pickup in-kind donations and other supplies
• Distribution of invitations and calling to confirm receipt or invitations
• Orgnaization of RSVP's and other guest confirmations

Day of event volunteer positions:

• Registration
• Ushers/greeters/parking attendants 
• Room Set up 
  

After event volunteer positions:

• Administrative duties including asknowledgement of donations and recognition of sponsors
  

If you have a group or other interests or ideas on how you can help out, we'd love to hear from you! For volunteer information please contact Erika Van Merr at 206-378-6389.