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TeamWorks is a great way to get more involved in our community
TeamWorks program offers volunteers the
opportunity to make a slightly longer-term commitment to volunteering. Through
TeamWorks, a team of around 10-12 volunteers work together on a series of
projects over a period of a couple months, allowing them to get to know one
another and gain a deeper understanding of community issues.
A
TeamWorks team often begins with a kickoff meeting, where team members get to know each
other, and includes 3-6 volunteer projects (typically one project per week). Some TeamWorks teams also get together for discussions, do readings together, or
participate in experiential learning activities in addition to volunteer
projects.
TeamWorks takes you deeper...
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Build relationships with other volunteers by working together as a team
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Gain an in-depth understanding of the issues facing your community
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Learn new ways to become a more active member of your community
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Develop leadership skills
Join
a team!
Sign up now for our Aug/Sept 2010 team:
TeamWorks: Discover SE Portland!
Coming Fall 2010:
Focus on Literacy
Potential TeamWorks in the works for
2010 / 2011:
Focus on Prisons
Beyond Portland: Global Issues
Focus on Healthcare
Focus on Affordable Housing
Previous TeamWorks this year:
Summer 2010:
Dig into the Environment This Summer
Spring 2010:
The Liquid of Life - Focus on Water
Winter 2010:
Perspectives on Poverty
*Let
us know if you'd like to be notified when new TeamWorks teams are posted and
ready for volunteers.
** Interested in growing your leadership skills? We're always looking to
cultivate new Team Leaders to lead or co-lead our TeamWorks teams! Email
karen@handsonportland.org if
you're interested in learning more.
Sampling of Past Teams:
Focus
On Prisons
Focus on Sustainability
Linking Local Food & Food Security
Interfaith Understanding
Refugee & Genocide Awareness
TeamWorks Sampler
Gender Violence Awareness
Sustainability and THE STORY OF STUFF
Quotes from Past Team Members:
"I have been on three TeamWorks teams so far. I now feel very in-touch with the
issues that are facing our community. I have also developed some friendships
with the people I've met. For me, TeamWorks is about volunteering on issues that
are important to the team, and being able to discuss the impact our work has
made on us and on the community."
~ TeamWorks Volunteer and Team Leader
"My Team Leader had a genuine volunteer spirit himself and was great to work
with. The team worked very well together, showed great pride in what we were
doing and gave more than 100% to every project."
~ TeamWorks Volunteer
"Our team has learned about current issues facing our community and about a
variety of organizations that work to increase awareness and help to solve the
problems that cause the issues in the first place. The projects we have
completed have given us the opportunity to establish new friendships while
sorting food at the Oregon Food Bank and weeding local community gardens."
~ TeamWorks Volunteer
"[The Sustainability
TeamWorks] has been educational, diverse, well-rounded and
well-organized. [The team leaders were] both educated and passionate about what
they do, but not enough to be blindsided by rhetoric. It was refreshing. This
has been a wonderful experience and one I'd willingly repeat.
~ TeamWorks Volunteer
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