The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WALLA WALLA-Sherwood Trust is offering two free workshops to help organizations learn how to nurture and engage volunteers on Tues., April 23 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Wed., April 24 from 8:30 a.m. - noon. Workshops will be held at the Water & Environmental Center, Room 2023 at Building R on the Walla Walla Community College campus.

Dinner, childcare and Spanish interpretation will be provided for the evening session. The same content will be provided on both days. Register online at https://bit.ly/2Uw6aMu

Miguel Pineda, of Olympia, Wash., will offer his expertise in volunteer engagement. Miguel is a graduate of The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in political science and economics. He works as the volunteer and outreach coordinator with Homes First and manages the marketing department. Pineda has served on the board for the West Olympia Rotary working on community-service related projects.

In his spare time, he helps operate Olympia Salsa, his family-owned salsa business. He is also a professional musician, actor, photographer and improv comic in Olympia.

Pineda's systems are based off 15 years of experience and he prides himself on setting up clients for success in volunteer engagement.