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HOW TO VOLUNTEER

We build six days per week at The Hope Factory, from 9a-3p M-Th & Saturdays, 2p-6p on Sundays, and always closed on Fridays.  If you wish to volunteer to help our homeless neighbors by building tiny homes with us, please sign up for our newsletter for all the details.  

subscribe to our newsletter and volunteer to help the homeless by building a tiny home

When you subscribe to our newsletter, you will receive a weekly email on Wednesday evening showing you what volunteer opportunities are available for the following week.  You can then pick the day that suits your needs.  No experience necessary.  We train willing hearts!

 

BUILDING WITH YOUR GROUP

Bring your friends, family, civic group, or coworkers to The Hope Factory to build tiny homes.  Group signups do fill in advance so email SoundFoundationsNW@gmail.com for details on signing up with a group of four or more.

the Young Men's Servicce League volunteers as a community service organization
Young Men’s Service League volunteers
the "queen bees" of Amazon volunteer as a corporate activity at sound foundations nw, a non-profit builder of tiny homes for the homeless
“Queen Bees” of Amazon volunteers

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GENERAL INFORMATION 

  1. THE MINIMUM AGE TO VOLUNTEER IS 16 YEARS. PLEASE, NO EXCEPTIONS.
  2. Volunteer at your own risk for Covid or any other illness. If you are experiencing any symptoms, please stay home.
  3. Masks are optional when volunteering at The Hope Factory. There is no shame in wearing a mask.
  4. Closed toed comfortable shoes are required.  No heels, scandals, or flip flops.
  5. Shorts are permitted in warmer weather.
  6. We are usually at The Hope Factory by 8:30 am Monday-Thursday and Saturday and 1:30 pm on Sunday. Make sure you double check the times in SignUpGenius.com.  You can come and go as your schedule permits.  If you need to leave early, just let us know so we can plan accordingly.
  7. Please bring your own gloves.
  8. Please leave your own tools at home.
  9. Please bring your own lunch. A microwave is available.
  10. No matter what you do, please come prepared to paint.
  11. Warehouses can be difficult to heat and cool. Please dress appropriately.
  12. We use Honey Bucket restrooms.
  13. As an organization, Sound Foundations NW comes together for a common goal: to provide transitional housing for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.  We are a diverse community of staff and volunteers dedicated to this cause.  We are not only committed to our cause but respectful of each other and our differences as well as our commonalities.   Our organization has a zero tolerance for harassment of any kind based on age, sex, gender and gender identification, race, religion, sexual orientation, or anything else that one might consider “different”.  If you engage in harassment of any kind, you will not be welcome in our organization.  When we are inclusive, we not only help our homeless neighbors get to a better place, each one of us gets to be in a better place as well.  And we have the honor to live our logo, to “build community.”
  14. We understand that sometimes life gets in the way of good intentions. If you must cancel at the last minute, please contact us as soon as you know.  Others may want to volunteer in your place.
  15. No experience necessary.  We train willing hearts.