Besides offering Hands On calendar projects, we also encourage our partners to post ongoing volunteer opportunities in need of a longer term commitment. 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!
Be a Lead Volunteer for Portland’s First Pet Food Bank
The Pongo Fund – NE Portland
Portland is fortunate to have a number of organizations providing food for the homeless; however, almost none of them provide food for the animal companions of the homeless. This Fall, the Pongo Fund is opening Portland's First Pet Food Bank! This is a big effort, and we can't do it alone. We need motivated, compassionate volunteers to take on an on-going leadership role, 1-2 sundays per month, to help us manage and oversee small groups of one-time volunteers that will be helping to distribute the food.
Field Trip Leaders on Sauvie Island
Sauvie Island Center – Sauvie Island
Join us in educating local youth about food, farming and the land! By joining our field trip leader team, you will gain experience in teaching and leadership, gain a basic understanding of Organic Farming Systems, and hone your naturalist skills.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table
The Wallace Medical Concern - Gresham
This is a great volunteer opportunity if you like to cook and prepare your favorite dishes for others. It involves a short time commitment but you still make a big difference. Once a month, prepare a simple meal for 8-10 people and deliver it to the amazing volunteer doctors and nurses at our Gresham clinic.
Greet teachers and assist their free shopping at the free store for teachers
Schoolhouse Supplies – NE Portland
Join Schoolhouse Supplies as we welcome Portland teachers to the free school supply store! We need a team of enthusiastic volunteers to ensure that teachers have a successful and excellent shopping experience!
Tutors for Children of Farmworkers
Bienestar - Hillsboro
Tutors are needed to help children of farmworkers with reading and math. Bienestar has identified elementary school age children who are at risk of school failure due to inability to read.
Churches, schools, organizations, corporations, WE NEED YOU!
The Children’s Book Bank – NE Portland
Help place books in the hands of children! The Children's Book Bank needs individuals and organizations alike to lend a hand by hosting book drives in their neighborhoods, offices, churches, schools, etc.
Attention Retired Bankers and Other Finance Professionals – Portland
Easter Seals Oregon – SE Portland
The Multnomah County Money Management Program is seeking a volunteer with strong leadership, organizational and team-building skills to fill a part-time volunteer Program Coordinator position.
Court Tour Guide
Classroom Law Project - Portland
Would you like a good excuse to hang out in the courthouse and observe judges and other attorneys practice their craft? Can you spare one morning a month? Would you like to tell students about what goes on in the Multnomah County Courthouse and Justice Center?
Overnight Shelter Volunteers Welcome!
Family Bridge - Hillsboro
Are you interested in helping homeless families with children but are not available during daytime hours? Volunteering as an "overnight host" at a local church (Hillsboro, Aloha, Forest Grove) for homeless families in the Family Bridge shelter program.
Provide community referrals on 2-1-1 phone line!
211info - Portland
Provide phone-based social service referrals to community members in need of food, medical assistance, housing, shelter, and other basic needs.
Make a difference for SE Portland youth at Marshall High!
Marshall SUN School
Interested in making a difference in the lives of SE Portland youth? Be a class leader or mentor with the Marshall High School SUN program! The SUN program (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) seeks to improve the lives of children, families, and community by providing extended-day classes for students, and family events for the community.
Guide Tours at Pittock Mansion
Pittock Mansion – NW Portland
Interested in history, meeting people, and sharing one of Portland's premier attractions with visitors? Pittock Mansion is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to guide tours or greet visitors! Both long-term and holiday season volunteers are welcome.
Love to look at Art? Be a gallery-sitter at Disjecta!
Disjecta Arts Center – N Portland
This is an awesome opportunity to work in the Portland art world, sit among interesting contemporary art, and talk with patrons.
Lend A Hand to Those Less Able
REACH Community Development – SE Portland
Residents in affordable housing have many barriers to keeping their home healthy and safe. A compassionate volunteer is sought to help our residents complete basic tasks to ensure their health and stability.
Be an After-school Tutor or Class Assistant at Hall Elementary
Hall Elementary SUN Community School - Gresham
Be a Homework Club tutor or Teaching assistant in after-school classes, which may include sports, dance, visual arts, and science, as well as many other types of classes.
Grocery Order Takers Needed
Store to Door – NW Portland
We need help in our office on NW 21st & Raleigh on Tuesdays calling our clients each week to check in and take their grocery orders. Since most of our clients are homebound, this might be one of the few calls they get and they will look forward to hearing from you.
Reach Out to McKay's Spanish-Speaking Families as a Translator
McKay Elementary School – Beaverton/Aloha
Help McKay Elementary reach out to Spanish-speaking families! We need translators to help us make information accessible to all of the families at our school. Translate informational flyers or the Parent Teacher Club website.
Family Recovery Support Volunteer
Volunteers of America Oregon – SE Portland
Volunteer needed to assist staff during drop-in hours for organization that works with families in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Located in SE Portland, VOAOR Family Recovery Support offers counseling, resources, and support groups.
