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February 29, 2024

This Women’s History Month, celebrate champions of equity and inclusion

The roots of Women’s* History Month as a national commemoration run all the way back to March 8, 1857, when women from various New York City factories staged a protest over poor working conditions. The first Women’s Day celebration in the United States was in 1909, also in NYC. In 1911, March 8 was designated…


January 15, 2024

Be a guiding light: get inspired and get involved in mentoring

January may be most celebrated—or cursed (depending on your perspective)—as the season of new resolutions and fresh starts. But did you know it’s also National Mentoring Month? Since its establishment in 2002, January has been designated as a time to help others make fruitful starts and guide their success in school, work and life. Mentoring…


February 5, 2024

Black History Month: engage, explore and support Black arts, culture and community

February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements, influences and legacies of Black Americans. Also called African American History month—and, more recently, Celebration of the African Diaspora—Black History Month began as Negro History Week in February 1926, thanks to the efforts of scholar Carter G. Woodson. Black History Month was officially recognized…


July 26, 2023

Celebrate your canine friends this National Dog Month

Dogs enrich our lives in so many ways. This August, recognize the awesomeness of dogs for National Dog Month.  Founded by Milk-Bone brand in 2020, National Dog Month is an opportunity to celebrate all the ways dogs make our lives better. And although October is National Adopt a Dog month, anytime is a good time to adopt if…


Family-friendly summer volunteering opportunities

Give back to your community by volunteering to help neighbors, animals and the outdoors. There are countless benefits to volunteering, for yourself and the community: volunteering builds trust between communities and nonprofits, can teach new skills and broaden your interests, and help you connect with and expand your network. In Washington State, each hour you…


July 17, 2023

Volunteers needed at the U District Food Bank

Are you interested in working toward greater food security in Northeast Seattle? Do you have a passion for equity, nutrition, food access? Come volunteer with the University District Food Bank! We need you to help ensure that food is available to those who need it most. Summer is our lowest season for volunteers, and if…


June 30, 2022

Support literacy in your community

Seattle is one of the most literate cities in the nation, and yet tens of thousands of people in our region lack adequate literacy for self-sufficiency. According to Literacy Source, a leading local non-profit providing basic education to low-income adults, 1 in 6 adults in Washington don’t have the basic educational skills needed to earn…


May 10, 2023

Engage with LGBTQ+ nonprofits at Pride Month lunch & learn

In recognition of Pride Month, join the UWCFD for a virtual lunch and learn seminar featuring local LGBTQ+-serving nonprofit organizations from 12 – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21.  Register here to join us via Zoom Speakers: Brennon Ham (Brennon/they/any) Director, University of Washington Q Center Brennon is originally from Maryland, just outside of DC…


March 27, 2023

Congratulations CFD campaign 2022 award winners

Each year, the Sno-King and UW Combined Fund Drive campaigns make a call for nominations to recognize volunteers who go above and beyond in their efforts to make the campaign a success.  Volunteers are nominated by their peers, supervisors, campaign leaders or campaign assistants and the winners are determined by a vote of the Sno-King CFD…


Acceptance, not just awareness: Changing the conversation around Autism

April is Autism Acceptance Month, an opportunity to deepen our understanding of this complex developmental disability. According to The Autism Society of America, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, or just Autism, capitalized) is a complex, lifelong developmental condition that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, ability to communicate, ability to…



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