"Giving amplifies the good in the world."
You Just Changed a Life!
Seeking Health's We Believe in Community Program donates 7% of profits toward our Social Responsibility objectives. Your commitment to your health has raised over $2.4 million in donations contributed to one of the six areas of focus:
$91,096
Arts
Theater, Music,
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
$364,603
Wellness
Athletics, School program,
Recreation, Community building
Recreation, Community building
$286,287
Environmental
Litter cleanup, Trail maintenance,
Animal rescue, Ocean restoration
Animal rescue, Ocean restoration
$1,125,177
Basic Needs
Food donation, Healthcare,
Housing
Housing
$186,347
Research
Funding important studies to
optimize health
optimize health
$355,459
Education
Scholarships, Literacy,
Life-long learning
Life-long learning
Volunteer Efforts & Donations
Team Members: Molly & Andrew
Date: April 2023
Organization: WMBC
Accomplishment:
We volunteered for the Whatcom Mountain Biking Coalition by repairing draining issues and a turn that needed a berm on the Tough Love trail. Our work party spent seven hours making the repairs and filling a trailer with all the cages removed!
Team Members: Jessica, Mari, & Rena
Date: April 2023
Organization: Boys & Girls Club of Whatcom County
Accomplishment:
We helped set up for the Boys & Girls Club annual fundraiser! We put slips over chairs, displayed auction prices, set up the VIP table, and sorted all the registration numbers.
Team Members: Eli, Amber, Jamy, Rena, & Molly
Date: June 2023
Organization: Tateyama Friendship Garden in Bellingham
Accomplishment:
We tired down old fending and put up a new fence to keep the deer out
Team Member: Brittany
Date: May 2022
Organization: Whatcom Family YMCA – Girls on the Run Coach
Accomplishment:
I was a volunteer coach for young ladies to help them grow life skills and complete a 5K!
Team Members: Heather, Evelyn, Chauntae, Lindsey & Jamy
Date: July 2022
Organization: Downtown Bellingham Partnership
Accomplishment:
Helped setup Downtown Sounds music events in Bellingham that help support a stronger community by showcasing bands from around the country.
Team Member: Jamy
Date: August 2022
Organization: Bellingham Foodbank
Accomplishment:
I gathered excess food from local farms to be distributed on the same day at the foodbank for greater access to farm-fresh food!
Team Member: Kaisa
Date: February 14, 2023
Organization: Surfrider Foundation Northwest Straits Chapter
Accomplishment:
I volunteered at the Valentine’s Day “Love Your Beach” cleanup by collecting 72 lbs of garbage and recycling. This included a large net entanglement, line, and a bicycle tire!
Team Members: Jamy, Kelsi & Jonny
Date: Halloween 2023
Organization: Halloween Beach Clean - Surfrider
Accomplishment:
We enjoyed the last sunny day in October by cleaning the beach! Some costumes may have been involved to make it festively spooky! We collected 70 lbs of garbage, making for a very successful event!
Team Member: Molly
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Organization: Surfrider Foundation - Northwest Straits Chapter
Accomplishment:
I volunteered to water sample with the Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) at Locust Beach and the lab testing at the Bellingham Water Treatment Facility.
Team Member: Andrew
Date: Nov 21, 2022
Organization: Whatcom Mountain Biking Association (WMBC)
Accomplishment:
I repaired a sloping spot on the trail by building a berm on the Tough Love trail on Galbraith Mountain.
Team Members: Evelyn & Marlow
Date: September 2023
Organization: Washington Trails Association
Accomplishment:
On Trail Day with WTA at Table Mountain, we cleared large boulders and ankle-twisting rocks off the trail! This day-trundling was very thrilling and safe!We had trail guards to monitor the hiker's safety, as the trail crew was sending rocks downhill. After clearing the trail, we went to the lower trail to clear rocks and fill holes created by the cascading rocks.
Team Members: Jamy & Andrew
Date: September 2023
Organization: WMBC - Galbraith Trail Day
Accomplishment:
We volunteered for Trail Day on the Tough Love trail on Galbraith Mountain by doing lots of brushing and some drainage work!
Team Members: Jamy, Eli & Brittany
Date: April 2024
Organization: Habitat For Humanity
Accomplishment:
We made up the Seeking Health (registered mark?) building blitz team for Build Blitz Day! We helped cut pallet full of 2x4s to the correct length and helped stand 6 walls for the next four-plex!
Looking for Local Support?
8053.01 Volunteer
Hours & Counting...
Hours & Counting...
Are you a local non-profit located in Bellingham, Washington looking for some labor love or financial support? Apply for the Seeking Health®️ Grant Program and ask for volunteer, products or financial assistance. We are constantly looking for new partners in making this world a better place.
At Your Service: Full-Time Support
Jamy is a 32-hour per week Seeking Health®️ teammate who spends 20 hours per week out in the community supporting local non-profits and 12 hours per week handling administrative tasks.
"Connecting people to people, people to problems, and being a solution by lending a hand! It may be as small as handing over a cup of soup to a hungry man, or it could be as mighty as hanging drywall in a new Habitat from Humanity home, but it is all about the time spent connecting to the community. My heart bursts with joy every time we change a life through volunteering."
Our Partners in Giving
- American Legion Post 7
- Animals as Natural Therapy
- Baptiste Foundation
- Bastyr – Toxicity Study
- Behind the Badge Foundation
- Bellingham Community Chorus
- Bellingham Food Bank
- Blue Skies for Children
- Brigid Collins House
- Boys & Girls Club
- Cambodian Children's School
- Camp Fire Samish
- Camp Korey
- Charity Water
- Central Elementary PTO (Ferndale School District)
- City of Sumas – Flood Cleanup
- Consumers for Dental Choice
- Convoy of Hope
- Dementia Support Northwest
- Doctors Without Borders
- Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS)
- Environmental Working Group (EWG)
- Evergreen NICU Enhancement Project
- Explorations Academy
- Fargo Post 2 Baseball - American Legion
- Fargo Public Schools Development Foundation
- Ferndale Food Bank
- Ferndale High School Boosters
- Ferndale High School Boys Swim Team
- Foothills Food Bank
- Geneva Elementary School
- Growing Veterans
- Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County
- Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
- Institute for Natural Medicine
- Interscholastic Equestrian Association
- John Fassett Scholarship Foundation via American Legion Post 7
- Junior Achievement
- Junior Achievement of Washington
- LAW Advocates
- Linfield College Athletics – Men's/Women's Track, Field, and XCountry
- Lummi Island Heritage Trust
- Lynden Fire Department
- Lynden Food Bank
- Lydia Place
- Make Shift Art Space
- Maple Falls Park Group
- March of Dimes – Support Prematurity Research
- Maritime Heritage Park
- Max Higbee Center
- Meals on Wheels
- Mount Baker Theatre
- Northern Heights PTA
- Northwest Straits Foundation
- Northwest Therapeutic Riding Center
- Northwest Youth Services
- Numan Children's Home
- NSEA (Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association)
- Old Dog Haven
- Operation Underground Railroad
- Opportunity Council
- Pacific Crest Trail Association
- Pediatric Health Outcome Initiative (PHOI)
- Pendleton Center for the Arts
- Psado's Safe Haven
- Redeemer Church
- Ski to Sea
- Skookum Kids
- Sustainable Connections
- Surfrider Foundation – NW Straits Chapter
- The Trevor Project
- Trillion Trees Campaign
- Vamos Outdoors Project
- Wade King Elementary
- WeSNIP
- Whatcom Center for Early Learning
- Whatcom Council on Aging
- Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center
- Whatcom Falls Park
- Whatcom Hospice Foundation
- Whatcom Literacy Council
- Whatcom Land Trust
- Whatcom Middle School
- Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition
- Wild Whatcom
- Women's Professional Network (WPN)
- WWU Track and Field / Cross Country
- YMCA
- YWCA
You are Changing the World, Thank You!