‘Tis the season to give … and get some good ideas about how to serve your community. Secretary Reed had a great time volunteering recently at the local Goodwill in Kitsap County with high school students from the Washington Youth Academy, who spent time hunting through donations and sorting clothing. How can you help your community? I can think of one timely thing: Vote. Ballots must be postmarked or dropped off at a county drop-box today!
Secretary of State Sam Reed, who oversees the state’s Corporations Division, gives you the scoop on a new awards program called Corporations for Communities – and lets you know why you want to be nominated. Q.) Today you announced a new recognition program called Corporations for Communities and asked the public to nominate exceptional companies. What’s the point? The point is to identify corporations throughout Washington that are doing exceptional things for their communities – and then to give them…
Remember all that talk around our office about Finding Your One Thing? Tonight’s your chance to actually do that One Thing to get engaged in your community. In what promises to be a kick of a party tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. at Heritage Park in Olympia, the Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, and Thurston Counties is hosting an event to get people of all ages psyched about President Obama’s national call for a summer of service. Obama’s United We…
Being “civically engaged” can sound kind of overwhelming to some people and maybe even a turn-off to others. But with the state in a budget mess and dealing with unemployment woes, none of us can afford to sit back and wait for others to do the work. That is why I have launched a statewide call to service, “Find Your One Thing.” I am asking that we all identify just one area or one action that will make a positive…
Secretary Reed stopped at Western Washington University in Bellingham on Wednesday to encourage students to find just one thing that will get them more engaged in their communities.
Secretary Reed joins Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (first from right in photo above) in a Canned Food Drive Kickoff at Clark College in Vancouver on Monday as part of our new statewide effort “Find Your One Thing.”