Thursday, August 5, 2010

Summer's still overflowing with opportunities to help out in the community!

TLC for the back-to-school crowd

Community Care Day with Portland Public Schools: CALLING ALL NEIGHBORS! Grab your gardening gloves and help prepare schools to welcome students back to class this fall.

Paint It Up At LEP High: Add a much-needed fresh paint to the walls in time for the students’ return to school!

Jason Lee School Beautification: Come one, come all to Jason Lee’s monthly School Beautification volunteer event!

Spruce up the School for Marysville at Rose City Park Students: Help prepare this refurbished school for the kids that were displaced from their original school building when a fire hit last November.


Get outdoors, while that sun’s still a’shining

Beaverton’s Giving Gardens: Get off the couch, forget about the mall and come out and join our group of garden crazy volunteers; experience not required.

Keep Memories Beautiful at the Portland Memory Garden: Help prepare the Portland Memory Garden for another season of meaningful outdoor experience for individuals and caregivers coping with memory loss disorders
Baldock Rest Area Restoration Project: Reclaim a forest and help recreate recreation along the I-5 corridor.

Summertime means community events galore!

Science Days at OMSI: Answer questions and direct the crowds during one of four packed days of putting the fun in science!

Clackamas County Fair's Safety Streets: Hand out “junior” drivers licenses as you help kids learn about traffic safety at the Clackamas County Fair.

Sunday Parkways – Southeast Portland: Train up as an intersection superhero and help ensure the safety of the 20,000 folks who participate in this amazing community event.

Senior Movie Night at the Portland Memory Garden: Help with set-up/take down and assist senior movie-goers to safely arrive at the garden for this annual entertainment-filled event.

Have fun and give back at Alberta’s annual street fair, which will benefit the Community Cycling Center this year. 

Walks & Runs & Fundraisers, oh my!

African American Health Coalition Wellness Walk: Help promote wellness for African Americans who live in Portland at this dance-music-and-healthy-food-filled event!

Pirate Fun Run – Battling Autism: Get your “Arrrrr” on in the early hours of the day, helping with set-up or clean-up of this awesome event

Africa Bridge Farm-to-Table Dinner: Have you felt the allure of African drums? Have you seen an African dance group perform as the sun sets in a rural setting? This is your chance!

Chimp Fest 2010: Laughing Planet CafĂ©, a family fun zone, and music… all for the love of chimp orphans in Cameroon. Need we say more?

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