2021 Volunteer Story Project

2020 offered challenges and Washingtonians responded. Share how you or someone you know made a difference in 2020. 

Neighbors lending a hand, community activists, and volunteers make a difference in our communities every day. Especially in 2020. Serve Washington invites you to share volunteer stories and inspire service across the state. Help us honor 2020 community helpers by telling us their story. Selected stories will be highlighted on Serve Washington’s social media throughout April to coincide with national volunteer week.

We want Washingtonians to learn about:

• Neighbors helping neighbors
• AmeriCorps, Senior Corps or other national service members serving in our state
• You or someone you know that met the challenges in 2020

To submit your story, use the online submission form.

Be prepared to include the following with your submission:

• Volunteer(s), group, program or organization name
• Written statements, in 500 words or less, share the volunteer's story or say thank you to a volunteer, organization or group and why. 
• Or, You can choose to tell your story in audio or video - 1 1/2 minutes maximum length and file size is limited to under 250MB
• County served
• A photo of the volunteer(s) in action serving in 2020
• Social media handle and the platform, if any - i.e., @ServeWA Twitter
• Your email and phone number

All persons appearing in any media submitted must also submit a release agreement. We will follow up with submitters to complete this process.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2021

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2021 Volunteer Story Project Flyer