Volunteer
Nearly 300 volunteers generously give their time every year to help WAEF students, in a wide variety of roles. We'd love for you to be part of our team.
Volunteer roles
Some of these take a shift. Some take a season. Every one of them is work WAEF could not do without volunteers.
Bring perspective from across the industry to WAEF's Beyond the Scholarship programming.
Committee members work together to give feedback on programs and student outreach. Many also support students directly through workshops and mentoring.
Help make college dreams come true for the industry's young people.
Review scholarship applications from high school seniors and current college students and select the award recipients. Each member joins a sub-committee and receives up to 30 applications to read, then discusses the applicants and assigns awards at the sub-committee meeting. The committee needs about 60 volunteers each year.
Remind WAEF students that people back home care. The move from high school to college is a stressful one, and first-year drop-out rates are high — especially for first-generation students.
Send care packages to 10 to 15 current WAEF scholarship recipients in the fall and the spring. Each team is given the students' addresses and collects, assembles and mails the packages itself.
Congratulate the award recipients and present their scholarships in person.
Visit high schools and present scholarship awards to students. Volunteers are given a list of the high schools in their area and the recipients at each.
Help run WAEF's fundraising tournaments.
Set-up, registration, course contests, photographs and raffle sales. Shifts of various lengths are available to fit your schedule.
Celebrate the tree fruit industry's generosity and the journey ahead for WAEF students.
Set-up and tear-down, registration, photographs and seating guests.
Welcome and encourage students pursuing a career in the tree fruit industry, make introductions and show them the range of careers the industry holds.
Host a student for a half-day at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association annual meeting — the sessions, the trade show and the people in between.
Sell raffle tickets for the Rears sprayer and tell people about WAEF.
Work a shift in the WAEF booth during the Washington State Tree Fruit Association annual meeting.
Support student success beyond the classroom by sharing what you know and who you know.
Meet with students at intervals throughout the year.
Help students build the professional skills that make a career-ready graduate.
Lead a virtual or in-person session. Workshops are scheduled year-round.
Get started
Volunteering is easy. Just send Stephanie an email saying how you'd like to help and we'll get you going. Thanks for joining us!
Volunteer Coordinator
Stephanie Shindler
Operations & Engagement Manager
Email or give her a call — she'd be glad to hear from you.
Email StephanieVolunteers of the year
2021
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