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Thirty Years of Serving with Compassion

Thirty Years of Serving with Compassion

Of all the photos taken of Companis Workers from our archive, this one stands out to me. 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...

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Companis Connects on AI: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown

Companis Connects on AI: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown

The topic of Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days. It makes simple tasks such as writing emails easier. However, it also opens the door to grave dangers that have never been possible before. Since this touches all of us, we had a Companis Connects focused...

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Thirty Years of Serving with Compassion

Thirty Years of Serving with Compassion

Of all the photos taken of Companis Workers from our archive, this one stands out to me. 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...

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Bigger Than Myself

Bigger Than Myself

Walking from downtown Seattle to Pike Place Market, it’s easy to see the trend of hybrid work playing out. Through big picture windows in old brick buildings, now serving as cooperative work spaces, rooms with long tables to meet and brainstorm are filled up and...

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Behind the Scenes with Backstage

Behind the Scenes with Backstage

Meeting someone in a cafe for the first time can be tricky. Will they be easy to identify? Will their photo match the person? That wasn’t anything to be worried about with Kari Hovde, the Founder and Executive Director of The Backstage Foundation. Kari’s bio as a...

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Announcing Our 2023 Newell Award Winner

Announcing Our 2023 Newell Award Winner

Wally Webster is this year’s Janet G. Newell Award winner for community service. He is a strong advocate for Companis and exemplifies the humble “championing” that the Newell Award seeks to honor. Wally is a resident of Lynnwood and active in a number of civic and...

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A New Companis Decade Dawns

A New Companis Decade Dawns

We’re excited to welcome 2024 because Companis will be 30 years old in March!  Reaching that milestone offers a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, and where we’re headed. Since our founding in 1994, Companis has made more than 1,350 placements of volunteer...

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Showcase 2023 – The Highlights

Showcase 2023 – The Highlights

We had a wonderful time with our supporters and new friends at Town Hall Seattle on October 20th for Showcase, Companis’ annual fundraiser. Although we were tempted to include all 136 photos that professional photographer Dan DeLong sent us, we painfully edited it...

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Food for the Soul

Food for the Soul

The Seattle area is a thriving tech hub with lots of people working remotely. Many are young and working out of their apartment or occasionally in a coffee shop. That’s changed work life for a large portion of the population in profound ways. “The thing I miss about...

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