Spotlighted Referral Opportunities for June

Besides offering Hands On calendar projects, we also allow our partners to post ongoing volunteer opportunities. If you're interested in getting engaged in the community on an ongoing basis and want to use or hone your skills set, check out some of our new and updated volunteer opportunities below!

Support the Forest Grove Farmers Market
Adelante Mujeres – Forest Grove
Help run the Forest Grove Farmer's Market each Wednesday! The Market is an extension of the Adelante Mujeres Micro-Enterprise program, created as an outlet for new immigrant farmers to sell their produce.

DRIVERS: Voodoo Doughnut Mobile
Oregon Outreach/Urban Opportunities– NE Portland
Think ice-cream truck but with Voodoo Doughnuts! We need very good drivers who have a very good driving record and can pass a background check as you will be working with youth.

Spanish Interpreter
Housecall Providers– SE Portland
Fluent in Spanish? Housecall Providers seeks volunteer Spanish interpreters to translate for non-English-speaking patients. We bring primary medical care to homebound individuals throughout the Portland metro area.

Summer Lunch/Activity Program
Bienestar – Hillsboro/Cornelius
A great summer volunteer opoprtunity - help serve lunches to low-income kids in Hillsboro and support games and activities for the kids after lunch.

Hairdressers Needed
Innovative Housing Inc.– Gresham/Troutdale
Are you working towards your license and have required hours to fill? Would you like to spend them doing something fun?

Sunday Parkways/Car Free Streets
City of Portland Transportation– Multiple Portland Metro Area Locations
As a volunteer you will receive a really cool Sunday Parkways t-shirt, an informational training, snacks and so many smiles it will knock your socks off!

Community Education and Outreach Internship
Raphael House of Portland– NW Portland
The internship will focus on assisting the Community Outreach Coordinator and Development staff in furthering their efforts to raise awareness and provide resources to Portland area schools, businesses and other community institutions about domestic and sexual violence.

Summertime Office Volunteers
NELA Center for Student Success- Portland – N.E. Portland
We are looking for friendly, outgoing people to manage the front desk, answer phones, and help people as they come into the center.

Be a Career/College Coach This Summer for Portland Youth Corps
City of Portland – Multiple Portland Metro Area Locations
WANTED: Caring adults to serve as volunteer Coaches to accompany local students on real-life learning experiences this summer.

Summer Youth Program Volunteer
Community Partners for Affordable Housing - Tigard
The goal of the OAKS Summer Youth Program is to expose low-income children to cultural, scientific and educational opportunities they may otherwise miss, while encouraging an active, healthy lifestyle.

Be The Bridge

Just like Kathleen Williams,
You can help families in need


Thanks to Kathleen Williams, families staying at the Family Bridge day shelter in Hillsboro receive an evening meal and a little camaraderie. Kathleen has been leading the Family Bridge project twice a month for over a year.

She could use a little help. If we could find another Volunteer Leader like Kathleen, we could make sure that we continue to help families twice a month at Family Bridge. Volunteer leaders act as Hands On Greater Portland’s representatives at projects. They welcome volunteers, sign them in, coordinate with the agency representative and make sure that the experience is high-quality and meaningful for the volunteers.

“I know that each volunteer comes away from the experience with the knowledge that they have made a difference in someone’s life,” Kathleen says of her experience. Kathleen isn’t going to abandon the Family Bridge project. But she would like to branch out and lead different projects in the Hillsboro area. Besides, the benefits of leading this project should offer more than enough incentive to a prospective Volunteer Leader.

At Family Bridge, volunteers prepare a meal together in the kitchen, serve the food to the families, and even sit down with the families to eat the dinner with them. Interacting with the guests, Kathleen says, is the highlight of the evening. “We get to know the families as we engage in conversation over dinner in a warm and laid back setting,” she says. “Just people talking to people.”

To find out about how you can lead the “Serve a Meal at Family Bridge” project, please contact Amelia Lamb at (503) 200-3355 or amelia@handsonportland.org.

Spotlighted Referral Opportunities

Besides offering Hands On calendar projects, we also allow our partners to post ongoing volunteer opportunities. If you're interested in getting engaged in the community on an ongoing basis and want to use or hone your skills set, check out some of our new and updated volunteer opportunities below!

We need a Social Networking Guru!
Impact Northwest – SE/NE Portland
If you enjoy updating your Facebook status, tweeting daily messages, or sending friends a little "poke" we can really use your help!

Featured Exhibits Hall Interpreter for CSI - The Experience
OMSI – SE Portland
This is an exciting opportunity to inspire wonder about forensic science through this interactive exhibit based on the hit CBS TV show.

Farmers Market Rock Star Roadie
Interstate Farmer's Market – N. Portland
Be an ambassador for the farmers by helping with the daily functions of the market by greeting market shoppers.

Impact NW Summer Garden Party
Impact NW – SE Portland
We are currently looking for a team of Silent Auction volunteers to help secure and package items and to be there on event day (June 27th) to guide our guests through the silent auction.

First Thursday Art Walk Leader
The Giving Tree – NW Portland
Introduce the world of art to people, and introduce yourself to a new way of looking at art.

Summer of Success @ NELA Center for Student Success
NELA Center for Student Success- Portland – NE Portland
Be a volunteer mentor to help high school students plan and apply for college.

Money Management Program
Easter Seals Oregon - Clackamas, Multnomah, Clark counties
Volunteers needed to help low-income seniors and adults with disabilities manage their day-to-day personal finances.

Cooking With Kids
The Giving Tree – NW Portland
Work with children to plan and cook a nutritious, inexpensive meal.

Nature Preserve Steward
Nature Conservancy – Multiple Locations
Restore native vegetation at one of The Nature Conservancy’s Portland area preserves.

Horse Handlers/Leaders, Sidewalkers, and Spotters
B.E.A.T. Riding Center – North Plains
Experience the joys of working with children with special needs while gaining friendships and experience with horses.

Be a core volunteer with Homeplate!
HomePlate - Hillsboro
HomePlate's mission is to support the positive efforts of homeless young people through positive relationships.

Intern Needed for Holistic Health and Wellness Course
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center - Cornelius
Intern/volunteer needed at Virginia Garcia’s Cornelius Clinic to assist with brand new Holistic Health and Wellness course for patients.

Buckman School cafeteria waste reduction
Buckman Elementary Green School Initiative – SE Portland
Help Buckman School reduce its environmental footprint by assisting students in running reusable trays and silverware through the dishwasher.