Volunteering

Is one of your New Year's resolutions to give back to your community?

You're invited to attend Impact NW's New Volunteer Orientation January 12, 2011 from 6-8 PM at the SE Multicultural Center on Belmont. Learn about the many ways you can give back, whether it be mentoring a youth, helping out the development team with data entry, or facilitating a Russian-language parent child interaction group!

The Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division has a gift wrapping table at the Lloyd Center this week and due to volunteers feeling under the weather and changes in holiday plans we have some shifts that need help. The space and supplies are donated by the Lloyd Center and the Sunshine Division keeps 100% of all the donations. Want to help?

Wednesday, December 22

3 to 5:30pm

5:30 to 8pm

Thursday, December 23

12:30 to 3pm

Friday, December 24

10am to 12pm

12 to 2pm

2 to 4pm

4 to 6pm

Email [email protected] or call 503-710-8718 to sign up.

Thank you!

Help make a guest's experience a memorable one! Washington County Museum is looking for front desk attendants who can greet guests with a warm friendly smile and attitude! The museum ignites the imagination, actively engaging the public in learning how history, art, technology and our innovative pioneering spirit have shaped today’s communities. In order to fulfill our mission, the museum needs dedicated volunteers who can help make our visitor’s feel welcome and engaged. Attending the front desk includes taking payments for admittance, any book sales, answering and explaining current exhibit questions, and assisting museum staff complete various projects. Projects such as, but not limited to, mailings, administrative tasks, and certain object/archival projects.

In Other Words Feminist Books and Resource Center (IOW) is looking for Board members!

The In Other Words Board of Directors is a group of dedicated volunteers who oversee the vision and mission of In Other Words Books and Resource Center, which is a project of the Women’s Community Education Project. Each member brings a different set of skills and experiences to the table.

The Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards are looking for volunteers to help with a major planting effort at Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge near Washougal, WA. We have approximately 6500 trees and shrubs that need planting and we are setting up work parties every weekend to help starting January 8th. Come as an individual, family or group -large groups should call ahead to make sure we can accommodate you, individuals and small groups can simply meet at the Gibbons Creek trailhead at 9 am. We also need help right away creating plant shelters- the plastic tubing which protects newly planted trees and shrubs until they are established. This work can be done on weekdays inside our storage building- out of the wind, rain and cold.

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) needs your help! We are seeking outgoing, enthusiastic volunteers to collect signatures from registered Oregon voters in support of OMSI’s application to be listed in the state income tax booklet to receive charitable checkoff contributions. This volunteer opportunity will take place here at the museum. Volunteers will receive free entry to the museum, OMNIMAX, Planetarium and Submarine Tours throughout the duration of their volunteer commitment.

The Pangaea Project seeks a volunteer IT person to help us with our computer hardware and software. With two new staff coming on, we need to clean up hard drives, be sure each computer connects to our server through our network and from out of the office, and that all systems are functioning smoothly. This may take a few hours of work on a couple of days. We work with PCs and don't have these skills in house. Please contact Stephanie at [email protected] if you are interested in assisting us.

MIKE Program is recruiting Volunteer Health Mentors to process applications for the earliest start date of January 2011 or at other times throughout academic year 2011-1012.

Enhance your cultural engagement, behavioral and social science service, community service and training/educational skills. Fill out an interest form at http://www.mikeprogram.org/volunteers. For more information, please contact Jess ([email protected], 503 296-7705).

Teach English in a remote East African village and empower marginalized children with education. Explore Tanzania and experience life in a traditional Maasai community. IEFT has an open position for an experienced volunteer English teacher starting in January 2011.

IEFT (www.ieftz.org) is a community-collaborative non-profit organization that works with rural communities to provide affordable secondary education to indigenous children. IEFT operates Orkeeswa Secondary School in an indigenous Maasai community and provides quality education, health care services, nutritious food and safe water, team sports and extra-curricular activities to over 100 students.

Be Inspired, Get Involved-- Volunteer at the Museum of Contemporary Craft!

Are you interested in craft and community?

Help support the Museum of Contemporary Craft’s mission to enliven and expand the understanding of craft and the museum experience – become a museum volunteer!

Museum of Contemporary Craft is located at 724 NW Davis Street in Portland’s Pearl District. We are an open regional hub where people connect creatively, professionally and socially through craft. The Museum presents excellence in contemporary craft and deepens and expands the understanding and appreciation of craft.