volunteering

A woman with long gray hair and a white blouse with red flowers on it sits at a table with a blue tablecloth. She has a turquoise loom in her hands with red and green yarn tied to it. To the side, there is a red loom and a blue loom. In front of her are three completed hats. Two are yellow and one is purple.

Richland woman makes hundreds of tiny hats for tiny babies in need

Courtney Flatt

There’s a simple item that helps babies born very early survive. It’s something one Richland resident found out that babies at nearby hospitals needed: beanies. So she decided to help crochet some very tiny hats.

Government and Politics

Proof Of License, Insurance Missing For Volunteers Who Drove Children In State Care

Austin Jenkins

A driver’s license and proof of insurance are two basics before getting behind the wheel. But Washington state auditors couldn’t find those documents for…

Government and Politics

Volunteer Drivers Collect Tens-Of-Thousands In Mileage Reimbursements

Austin Jenkins

Imagine driving your personal car for work so much that your boss cuts you a $10,000 mileage reimbursement check. That’s what happened recently at…

Government and Politics

Nearly 700 Inactive Groups Purged From Washington's Adopt-A-Highway

Austin Jenkins

You’ve seen the Adopt-A-Highway signs by the side of the road. But have you ever seen a volunteer group picking up trash? In the past three years,…