Washington Service Corps

The mission of the Washington Service Corps is to promote and support community-based initiatives that:

-- strengthen the capacity of local governments and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and small community-based organizations, to assist individuals, families and communities in need;
-- encourage and value diversity by serving geographically diverse communities;
-- recruit a diverse applicant pool that includes young and older adults, a balance of individuals who have not attended college and those with college experience, men and women, individuals with disabilities and individuals of all races, ethnicities, faiths and economic backgrounds; and
-- increase the amount of volunteering and civic engagement in Washington State by recruiting, supporting and managing volunteers. Read More

• About Us
  The Washington Service Corps is one of the largest and longest-running AmeriCorps programs in the nation. Over 400 members serve in hundreds of sites across Washington state every year. We offer positions in seven focus areas:
  
  Disaster Services
  Economic Opportunity
  Education
  Environmental Stewardship
  Healthy Futures
  Public Health
  Veterans & Military Families
• Our Impact
  Our program offers positions in seven different focus areas, including education, healthy futures, disaster services, economic opportunity, veterans & military families, environmental stewardship, and public health. Our AmeriCorps members are educators, mentors, job coaches, logistics coordinators, trail builders, habitat restorers, researchers, and so much more.
  
  During the 2022 - 2023 program year our members served for a combined 270,184 hours to:
  -- Recruit or manage 42,265 volunteers
  -- Improve 2,902 acres of parks or public lands
  -- Teach 38,540 people how to better protect the environment
  -- Tutor 1,798 students in reading and other academic subjects
  -- Mentor 220 students through the AVID college readiness program
  -- Coach 2,509 people through job readiness and technology classes
  -- Empower 8,524 to build healthier futures through health education programs
  -- Deliver 8,758,681 pounds of food to people experiencing food insecurity