We’re excited to be back volunteering at the schools again!
Have a question that’s not listed below? Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. We are here to make your Community Serve Day experience go as smoothly as possible. We’re in this together!
Community Serve Day is Sunday, August 23, 2026, from 9am-1pm. CSD volunteers are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes early to sign in and get your assignment. Our goals is to have all projects done and teachers and volunteers leaving the school by 1pm. Each school has a site leader who will communicate updates to their volunteer team.
Volunteers may be asked to work indoors or outdoors, so please be flexible. We recommend wearing older clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty (or painted) and that is appropriate for the weather. Bring work or gardening gloves, since most schools have weeding projects. A hat and sunscreen are recommended on sunny days.
As you sign in, you will be assigned to your first project of the day. As we finish projects, more projects will open up. Outdoor projects at schools may include repainting playground sports lines, weeding, spreading play chips and landscaping. Indoor projects may include working on bulletin boards, cutting out materials, sorting and filing. Each school is different and we ask you to be flexible.
Absolutely! Community Serve Day is a great opportunity for families to volunteer together. Kids 12 and under will need work alongside their parents since there are so many different people and tools involved.
Minors who are 13-16 can work independently but still need to have a parent or guardian present at Community Serve Day. If they want to volunteer solo, a parent consent waivers is required. Please download and bring these forms that day.
Northshore School District Minor Consent
Lake Washington School District Minor Consent
Community Serve Day relies on volunteers to bring wheelbarrows, rakes and gardening tools, since each school doesn’t have enough for a crew of volunteers. Please bring your own water bottle and work gloves. You may help with both indoor or outdoor projects. Your site leader will send out a list of tools that are helpful to have on hand. We will provide snacks, but you may want to bring your own additional food/lunch just in case.
Please do not bring any power tools like hedge trimmers or chainsaws. Leaf blowers are welcome.
Service dogs (certified and vested) are allowed at Community Serve Day, but please leave your family pets at home.
Yes, Community Serve Day qualifies for school service hours. If you are volunteering without a parent or guardian, please bring a signed consent form from your parent. Then bring your service hours form and ask the site leader to sign it. Or email their form for a signature.
You can still join us! Come to any Community Serve Day school on the schools page on Sunday at 9am and we’ll sign you up and get you working. You can save time during check-in by filling out the waiver forms listed belwo and bring to the school. One form per family. Kids 12 and under need a parent present. Students 13-17 voluteering without parents on site need an additional consent form. (see Minor Consent forms in above section)
Community Serve Day is run by Northshore Community Church in partnership with the Northshore School District and the Lake Washington School District. Together we mobilize volunteers from local schools, churches and the community to transform our schools and ready them for the first day of school. Visit northshore.church to find out more about Northshore Community Church.