When the warmer weather of spring starts setting in, I often find myself restless in the house. No longer do I want to hide in bed all day (okay, who am I kidding, we all have days like this year round!). Instead, I crave getting outside and working on something more productive. Usually, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, like cleaning out our storage shed, organizing my side of the closet, or getting a home project done that’s been put on the back burner for far too long. However recently, I’ve been looking for more places to volunteer and for ways to get involved in my local community.

Last week, something like that fell in my lap, and I was invited to participate in a Girl’s Night Out in preparation for National Women Build Week at my local Lowe’s store to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King County is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and globally. They believe in advocating for fair housing policies, providing training and access to resources to help families improve the conditions of their shelters. They believe everyone deserves a simple, durable place to call home in a safe and decent community. Lowe’s partnered with them to have a women’s build in parking lots of their stores across the country. The goal was to build houses for 650 families, with an ultimate goal to have 1000 families in new houses before the holidays.

5 Places to Volunteer in Seattle

It inspired me to find out more about how I can be involved with this organization after the event and to look further into my community to find new ways to get involved. I thought I’d share a few of my top picks for the greater Seattle area today, but of course, these can be applied to any local non-profit you have in your area too!
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