October is bringing plenty of opportunities to help neighbors as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Please consider offering your time and effort to the organizations listed below.

Backpack Brigade needs volunteers OCTOBER 13 AND 15 to respond to Seattle Public Schools increased needs at recently opened additional meal sites.

• Tuesday,…

Here's our updated list of volunteer opportunties.

Byrd Barr Food Bank, 722 18th Avenue needs volunteers for these weekly shifts:

• Tuesday 11am-1pm
• Wednesday 12pm-2pm
• Wednesday 2pm-4pm
• Thursday 9am-11am
• Thursday 11am-1pm

Food Bank Coordinator Brian Yeager says: "These are client-facing shifts. They are fun!!" For more information or to sign…

United Way of King County is offering weekly food box home delivery in partnership with select King County food banks and DoorDash. Please fill out this form to request a weekly, reoccurring food box order.

We will be in contact on a weekly basis to confirm food box deliveries and…

The Seattle Mayor's website has online information and maps here that show locations of farms and farmers markets where you can purchase fresh produce, food banks in the Seattle area, small businesses open for takeout, and sources of food support for younger and older people.

Many thanks to our volunteer Jim Lasersohn for writing this post and for the great work he does!

When the COVID-19 crisis started, I was on a sabbatical type of leave from work. The plan during this time included some local and foreign travel as well as serving as the…

Coordinating group member Shelley McIntyre has written up her instructions for sewing face masks for kids and adults, posted here. Thank you, Shelley!

From Becca Piel, SeattleYMCA: "I just wanted to reach out to you and thank your team of crafters for the masks! This morning, I delivered these items to various Seattle Housing Sites. The YMCA and United Way are currently teamed up to deliver meals to various homes throughout Seattle. The…

Many thanks to neighbors Mithra and Ram who recently let us know why they volunteer.

"Since the virus outbreak began, we have been lucky to be healthy and gainfully employed. However, we are very aware that is not true for many others and so we wanted to give back in some…

From a neighbor who requested and received cloth face masks from one of our volunteers: “Yes, I did get the masks, and have been able to go outside! Feel the breeze on my skin, hear the birds sing, see the flowers and move my body. Such a huge gift. My…

Homer Harris Hub COVID-19 Support jumped into action last week. Volunteers picked up school lunches from Seattle's Meany Middle School and delivered them to families unable to get to Meany. We are planning to expand this program because we know there are other families in need of this kind of…

The Homer Harris Emergency Hub was established in 2019 to prepare our neighborhood for a natural disaster such as a major earthquake. Now, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are adjusting our work to set up an online and telephone communication system where neighbors may ask for help and…

The City of Seattle has posted an online map of Seattle area emergency food resources here. Map includes food banks, meals, and student to-go meals.

Listed at the top here of the Be a Neighbor Campaign website are places and ways to help in the Puget Sound area. https://beaneighbor.vomo.org/org/be-a-neighbor

Welcome to the Homer Harris Hub COVID-19 Support website. To ask for help, click on the red I HAVE A NEED button above. To offer help, click on the blue I WANT TO VOLUNTEER button. All information you provide is private.

This is site run by the Homer Harris Emergency…