Capitol Cares

Local service.
Real impact.

Capitol Cares brings our team, clients, friends, and neighbors together to serve the communities we call home. Through hands-on projects, local partnerships, donation drives, and volunteer opportunities, we want to make it easy for people to get involved and make a meaningful difference close to home.

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Why We Serve

Community focused means showing up.

We believe strong communities are built when people choose to invest their time, resources, and attention in one another. Capitol Cares creates practical ways to do that together.

Volunteer Together

Hands-on projects that make it easy for our team and community to participate.

Support Local Needs

Focused projects where time, supplies, and financial support can make a meaningful difference.

Build Connection

Bring clients, neighbors, businesses, friends, and families together around service.

Create Lasting Impact

Keep service local, practical, and centered on the communities where we live and work.

Next Up

Back-to-School Supply Drive

Peter G. Schmidt Elementary • Tumwater

Help us make sure local students begin the school year prepared, confident, and ready to learn. Peter G. Schmidt Elementary has shared a specific list of classroom and student needs, and Capitol Cares is bringing our community together to help fill them. Donated items can be dropped off at the Capitol Real Estate office on Tuesday, September 8 from 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. We will package the supplies together at the Capitol office on Wednesday, September 9 — time to be announced, so stay posted — and deliver them to Peter G. Schmidt Elementary on Thursday, September 10.

01VolunteerPackage supplies Sept. 9 at Capitol • Time TBA 02Donate SuppliesSee what is needed 03Contribute FundsContact Amanda Sampson 04Drop-Off InfoSept. 8 • 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Ways To Participate

There is more than one way to help.

Whether you can give your time, purchase supplies, contribute financially, or simply help spread the word, every contribution matters.

Give Supplies

School-confirmed supplies needed.

Peter G. Schmidt Elementary shared the following items as current needs for students and classrooms.

Crayola preferred when possibleFor crayons, colored pencils, Twistables, and markers, the school shared that Crayola products tend to last longer and break less often.

Crayons
Colored pencils
Twistables
Markers
Composition notebooks
Spiral notebooks
Ticonderoga pencils
Glue sticks
Scissors — small & large
Dry erase markers — small & large

A direct shopping/wish-list link can be added here once the Capitol Cares team selects the preferred retailer.

Drop Off

Make giving easy.

LOCATIONCapitol Real Estate
409 Custer Way SE, Suite 101
Tumwater, WA 98501

DROP-OFF TIMETuesday, September 8
9:00 AM–3:00 PM

SERVICE SCHEDULEPackage supplies at Capitol — Wednesday, September 9
Time to be announced — stay posted
Deliver to Peter G. Schmidt — Thursday, September 10

Please bring donated items to Capitol Real Estate on September 8 between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM so our volunteer team can prepare everything for delivery.

Give Financially

Support the project from anywhere.

If you would like to support the Peter G. Schmidt project financially, please contact Amanda Sampson and she will help coordinate your contribution.

Email Amanda Sampson

amandasampson@capitolregroup.com

Volunteer

Serve with us on September 9.

Join us at the Capitol Real Estate office on Wednesday, September 9 as we package the donated school supplies before delivering them to Peter G. Schmidt Elementary on Thursday, September 10. The packing time will be announced soon, so stay posted. You do not have to work at Capitol to serve with Capitol Cares — clients, friends, family members, local businesses, and community members are welcome.

Want to help package supplies on September 9 at the Capitol office? Add your name below and we will follow up as soon as the packing time is announced.

Where We're Serving

Upcoming Capitol Cares projects.

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BACK TOSCHOOL

Upcoming

School Supply Drive

Drop-off Sept. 8, 9 AM–3 PM • Packing Sept. 9 at Capitol, time TBA • School delivery Sept. 10

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Project details will be added as the Capitol Cares team selects the next opportunity.

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Holiday Service Project

A future space for a seasonal giving or volunteer project.

Impact In Action

A page that grows with every project.

As Capitol Cares serves throughout the South Sound, this section can become a living record of the work: project photos, organizations supported, volunteer stories, resources collected, and the people who came together to help.

No inflated numbers. No generic claims. Just a clear record of where the team showed up and what the community accomplished together.

Meet The Team

Meet our Capitol Cares Leadership Team.

Our Capitol Cares team helps identify local needs, organize projects, coordinate communication, and create meaningful ways for our agents, clients, friends, and neighbors to serve together.