Offered year-round, 2-5pm on Sundays
Planting and harvesting of vegetables for Food Lifeline
Popular with the scouts who participate, they give you veggies to take home
Pastor in charge has many potential Eagle Projects
They support Beach cleanups: you can contact their volunteer support for a cleanup kit. There are also individual opportunities to do Kayak Patrols on Lake Union.
Many volunteer opportunities for harvest and tending: they have garden plots dedicated to local food banks
Can be done as an individual or a group.
Packing food for food bank distribution.
Fill out a group request form for larger groups, and you can request volunteer sessions up to 3 months in advance.
Mitigation of invasive species
Can be done as an individual service project (joining in their event calendar) or can organize an event just for the troop.
Benefit of being hyperlocal: there are service projects in Juanita Bay, Watershed Park, and Carrilon Woods, for example.
Chief Seattle Council food drive during month of March
District assigns you streets in the neighborhood, and you spend one day distributing fliers and a second day retrieving food
Many volunteer opportunities for event support, particularly April-June
Youth volunteers between ages 11 – 13 may volunteer with a parent or adult guardian. Teen volunteers between ages 14 – 17 may volunteer in select roles. Sky’s the limit for folks that are 18+!
Flag Placement (Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day)
Gift Wrapping for The Forgotten Children's Fund
Wrap Center is in Kent: from about 12/1 until a week before Christmas, they need volunteers to wrap presents
Org for underprivledged youth, specifically for Christmas gifts. Each childr receives a winter coat, 3 toys, 2 books, hat, socks, and gloves, a stocking, warm blankets, Food for dinner, and possibly a new bicycle and helmet.
Mountains to Sound Greenway
Another nonprofit organization that supports group trail maintenance projects, as well as work in the native plant nursery, where you would work to plant and nurture the plants that would be distributing during their restoration events.
Projects can be troop-wide, or also a good place to go to volunteer as an individual.