Together, we can make a profound impact on the long term outcomes of children, adults, and families experiencing foster care and adoption. Volunteers are key members in our network of support and ensure we’re able to offer important programs and services. Come alongside Amara as we promote healing, racial equity, and transformation of our child welfare system into a family well-being system.
“Looking at old baby pictures, reading through interviews with , and scanning over the minute details of every unique adoption, it is hard not to feel an intimate connection to the people whose information is contained in the inconspicuous manila folders. Having access to this confidential and very personal information is an immense responsibility.” – The Adoption Files Initiative Intern
We have a vision to create a just and equitable world where all people grow and thrive. To bring this vision to life, we need creative, passionate people who reflect the diversity of our communities. We actively seek volunteers who have personal experience with foster care and/or adoption as well as individuals from diverse backgrounds – including communities of color, the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and people with disabilities.
Together, we can create a more equitable and inclusive society—starting within our organization. Our staff and volunteers are united on this journey of learning, growing, and taking action to best support individuals and families impacted by foster care and adoption.
The Post-Adoption program has embarked on an unprecedented project – we are auditing over 3,700 of our adoption files between the years of 1950-2000 to ensure that adoptees and their birth families have received information they are entitled to but may not have seen. Read more about the project!
Getting Started: Please sign-up to attend a Volunteer Information Meeting (VIM) for more information about Amara, requirements to get started in this volunteer position and next steps!
Questions?: Email us at volunteers@amarafamily.org or call/text 206.973.3045
Keeping kids connected to their families is important for their well-being. Family visits help maintain and strengthen the parent-child relationship, which increases the likelihood that kids will safely return home. Greeter Volunteers make family time visitation possible by helping to open/close our offices, creating a welcoming space for parents, sanitizing visit rooms, and stepping in to support Family Time Visitation Specialists during visits as needed.
Getting Started: Please sign-up to attend a Volunteer Information Meeting (VIM) for more information about Amara, requirements to get started in this volunteer position and next steps!
Questions?: Email us at volunteers@amarafamily.org or call/text 206.973.3045
Amara offers a variety of different internship experiences to help you learn more about nonprofit operations, client services, donor relations, communications, event planning, and more.
To learn more about our internship opportunities and application process, please email intern@amarafamily.org.
We welcome individuals with unique skills or personal experience of foster care and/or adoption to contact us about opportunities to volunteer. Email us at volunteers@amarafamily.org or call/text 206.973.3045 to learn more about how you can share your skills and expertise.
Amara offers intermittent projects for groups of any size. While group volunteers do not work directly with Amara clients, they make a huge impact on our ability to support children, adoptees and families involved in the child welfare system.
To learn more about our group volunteer opportunities, please email volunteer@amarafamily.org.
Join our Volunteer Information Meeting (VIM) to learn more about Amara, our programs, and how you can volunteer to help make a positive impact for children, adoptees, and families involved in the child welfare system.
“I feel so fortunate to work with such an amazing organization – what they do and what they stand for. I have been impressed by the staff and volunteers I have worked with. It took me a long time to find the right place for me to volunteer. I am so happy to be able to work with Amara.” – Amara Volunteer
Learn more about our work through the words of our families, staff, and supporters.
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Seattle Office
5907 Martin Luther King Jr Way S
Seattle, WA 98118
(206) 260-1700
Hours: M-F, 8:30am-5pm
Tacoma Office
3501 104th St. E
Tacoma, WA 98446
(253) 444-0121
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