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Make a Financial Gift
Your financial support helps provide overnight shelter, case management, meals, clothing, and individualized care to over 500 young adults each year. Unrestricted gifts allow ROOTS to respond quickly to urgent needs and ensure young adults receive consistent, dignified support.
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through CARS
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from your employer
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ROOTS Young Adult Shelter
4541 19th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
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Volunteer with ROOTS
Help create a safe, welcoming space
for young adults each night.
Volunteer Shifts
Evening Shift
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Morning Shift
6:45 AM to 8:30 AM -
Sunday through Friday
7:15 AM to 9:30 AM - Saturday
Saturday Lunch
Program Shift
Saturdays late morning
to early afternoon
Training & Requirements
Requirements
• Background check required prior to first shift
Questions
Join our team
Working at ROOTS means joining a small, committed team that believes relationships matter, harm reduction saves lives, and systems should bend toward people, not the other way around. Our staff bring curiosity, empathy, and a willingness to learn. We value lived experience, cultural humility, and a shared commitment to equity and justice.
At ROOTS Young Adult Shelter, our work is grounded in safety, dignity, and belonging. We support young adults ages 18 to 25 who are navigating homelessness, and we do so with compassion, consistency, and deep respect for each person’s autonomy.
If you are looking for meaningful work, a strong community, and an organization that cares about its people as much as its mission, we invite you to explore opportunities with ROOTS.
Events
Events are one of the ways we build community, raise critical funds, and invite people into the work of ROOTS Young Adult Shelter. From signature fundraisers to small gatherings, our events center connection, storytelling, and shared commitment to young adult housing stability.
Whether you attend, volunteer, sponsor, or share with your networks, your participation helps make our work possible.
Upcoming Events
Hello ROOTS Community,
We have an important update to share about RISE UP 2026.
Over the past year, the ROOTS team has been working exceptionally hard as we continue one of the most significant remodels in our organization’s history. This work is transforming our space and creating a safer, more welcoming, and more supportive environment for the young adults who rely on ROOTS every night.
As we move into the next phase of construction, ROOTS will temporarily relocate our shelter operations beginning August 29.
Moving an entire shelter is no small undertaking, especially when our commitment from the beginning has been clear: we do not want to pause shelter operations. Our focus has been on making this transition while maintaining our services, supporting our staff, and most importantly, ensuring that every young adult who is counting on ROOTS continues to have a safe place to sleep and access the services and support they need.
With that in mind, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to move RISE UP 2026 to Thursday, November 5.
We know many of you have already saved the date, made plans to attend, sponsored the event, or supported us in bringing RISE UP together. We are incredibly grateful for your flexibility and understanding.
Moving RISE UP to November gives our team the time and capacity to focus fully on this transition and on making our temporary space safe, welcoming, accessible, and ready for our guests. It also means that when we come together for RISE UP, we will have even more to celebrate.
This has already been an extraordinary year for ROOTS. We have made tremendous progress on our remodel, expanded services and partnerships, navigated challenges, and continued showing up every single night for young adults experiencing homelessness. None of that happens without this community.
So please mark your calendars for Thursday, November 5, 2026. We cannot wait to gather with you, celebrate everything we have accomplished together, and share what is ahead for ROOTS.
Thank you for continuing to stand alongside ROOTS and, most importantly, alongside the young adults we serve.
More information to come!
Rise Up is ROOTS Annual Fundraising Event
For years, Rise Up has been the heart of ROOTS annual fundraising efforts. It is more than a single night. It is a gathering of community members who believe that young adults deserve safety, dignity, and belonging.
Each year, Rise Up brings together supporters, partners, and advocates to fuel the critical work happening every day at ROOTS Young Adult Shelter. The funds raised through Rise Up directly support overnight shelter, meals, case management, and the relationships that help young adults move toward stability and housing.
Rise Up 2026 Is
Just Around the Corner
Rise Up 2026 is happening on
Friday, September 25th, 2026.
This annual celebration will once again bring our community together to uplift young adults and invest in a future where no one is left without a safe place to sleep.
Save the date and check back soon for more details about tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and how you can be part of this powerful night.
Thank You for Making Rise Up Monumental
Rise Up would not be possible without the generosity and commitment of our community.
Thanks to our supporters, sponsors, volunteers, and guests, Rise Up 2024 and Rise Up 2025 were truly monumental. Together, you helped raise vital funds, amplify the voices of young adults, and strengthen the safety net that ROOTS provides every night.
Your belief in this work makes a real and lasting impact. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has shown up, given generously, and stood alongside young adults through Rise Up.
Community Events and Engagement
Throughout the year, ROOTS hosts and participates in community events that build awareness, deepen relationships, and create opportunities to learn more about young adult homelessness. These may include open houses, tabling at community gatherings, donor events, and partner-hosted programs.
Check back often as new events are added.
Get Involved
Interested in supporting an event as a volunteer, sponsor, or host? Hoping to volunteer with your co-workers directly at our shelter? We would love to hear from you.
