Volunteer and Community Service
Volunteer & Community Service
Community Service is not a graduation requirement of the Olympia School District. However, there are individual classes/clubs that do require community service hours (i.e. Honor Society, Key Club, etc.). If students are involved with any of these they should check with the Advisor regarding the required number of hours.
We recommend 25 hours per year, which provides students up to 100 hours by senior year.
Community Service can have a lot of positive effects on students, such as helping to develop skills, making contacts, and improving the quality of life of others. Community Service can also be helpful in paying for college. Several scholarships are based on community service hours rather than need-based or merit-based. Colleges like seeing that students have done community service. They see them as being the type of student who will be actively involved in making the college community a better place to be, learning about themselves and others.
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Track Your Hours HERE >>> Community Service Record
Volunteer hours can be collected year round. The following links provide some great volunteer opportunities. Remember, volunteering not only benefits your community, but it's good for your health too!
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- All Kids Win
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Compelled to Care - NEW
- Hands On Children's Museum
- Harbor Days - Downtown Olympia (email re: volunteering)
- The YMCA
- Puget Sound Blood Center
- STEP - Sharing Time with Elders Project
- GRuB Farms
- Thurston County Animal Services
- Capital Place
- Friend to Friend
- City of Olympia
- City of Tumwater
- Olympic Flight Museum
- Olympia Downtown Alliance - NEW!
- Timberland Regional Library
- Nature Nurtures Farm
- Department of Fish & Wildlife
- Nisqually Estuary
- Thurston County Food Bank
- Thurston County Inclusion Summer Camp - Camp Counselors needed ages 14
- Volunteer Information
- Volunteer Sign Up Link
- Washington Trails Association
- Point Defiance Zoo
- Puget Sound Estuarium
- Stream Team
- Black Hills Audubon
- Nisqually River Stream Steward
- LoveOly CleanUps
- Special Olympics Washington Volunteer Opportunities
- Capitol Land Trust
- Intercity Transit
- Wolf Haven
- Toys For Tots Thurston County
- Virtual Student Tutor
- Volunteer Crowd
- South Sound Dance
- Volunteer Olympia - NEW!
- Reach out to elementary schools regards their special events
If you don't find what you're looking for, feel free to check in with your Counselor or at the College and Career Readiness Center!