We are excited to share our 2024 Annual Report with you, as it details our largest program results in our 31-year history: 111 skilled volunteer placements with 67 nonprofits in King and Snohomish counties. Companis is able to do our work supporting vital nonprofits...
Welcome Winston Wedge and Punam Verma We are thrilled to announce two exceptional additions to the Companis team! As we continue to grow and strengthen our organization, we are delighted to welcome both a new board member and a new staff member, each bringing unique...
Companis Worker Eileen Otti (right) and volunteer Marlene Lund (left), PFLAG volunteers, delivered intersex-inclusive Pride flags to Scriber Lake High School's Principal Mike Piper in October. (Photo courtesy PFLAG Seattle) By Jim Segaar, Companis Worker After...
Faces of Companis : In 2024, Companis reached a record setting 111 active volunteer placements, representing a 50% increase from 2023. These volunteers are just a few of the many who serve our communities across King & Snohomish Counties. (Photos by Charissa...
Companis is excited to welcome our new Associate E.D. for Programs, Jillian Harmon. She brings extensive volunteer matching and management to her role directing our program. Jillian began her new role October 1st, and will be based mostly in our Seattle office,...
Companis volunteer Pam Russell has found a way to combine her love of water, her “happy place,” with her desire to give back. “Volunteering is a critical part of life,” she said. “It is just part of who I am.”
We have so much to celebrate at Companis as we mark 30 years of community service. We've placed more than 1400 placements with 237 nonprofits over three decades, strengthening the safety net that delivers vital services to our neighbors. And now we have even more to...
Of all the photos taken of Companis Workers from our archive, this one stands out (with credit going to Lupe Carlos). It exquisitely documents the compassion and caring of Karen Carlos as she works with a client at Hilltop, a senior residence in Seattle. In this moment, as seen in Karen’s expression, the heart of […]
Catherine Tardif-Douglin, MS, MSW, stands in Elizabeth Gregory Home’s kitchen. Outside the window is a mural by local artist Henry.