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Presenting our 2024 Annual Report

Presenting our 2024 Annual Report

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...

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Welcome Jillian Harmon, our new Assoc. E.D. for Programs

Welcome Jillian Harmon, our new Assoc. E.D. for Programs

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,...

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A passion to help our newest neighbors leads to Wisdom

A passion to help our newest neighbors leads to Wisdom

by Jim Segaar, Companis Worker Amid the political noise and negativity cast at immigrants these days, you can find examples of individuals and organizations helping people make the difficult transition to life in a new country. In Snohomish County, the nonprofit House...

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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 (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 […]

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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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