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Hey Teens!

 

Now is the time to get your school club, youth group, friends (and yourself!) involved in volunteering. Get muddy in a community garden, create cards for local seniors, plant a tree in your neighborhood, stock the pantry at your local food bank and make a difference!

 

Earn High School credit through volunteering!

Learn more about the Credit for Proficiency / PPS Credit Recovery pilot program.

 

 

 

 

Featured Calendar Projects

Many more projects can be found on the online Project Calendar! Check it out!
 

Join the motiveSpace outreach team!

Saturday, September 6th / 10:00am-1:30pm / SE Portland
We need community volunteers to help us coordinate the first major event undertaken by the motiveSpace Coalition: the 2008 motiveSpace Symposium + Exhibition in Portland, Oregon's Historic City Hall, on September 20th - 21st! Join us this Saturday to
post flyers and get the word out about the upcoming symposium. Your help is vital to creating innovative, collaborative, community-oriented design and development!
(16+)

 

Spruce Up: Laurelhurst Park

Wednesday, September 3rd / 9:00am-12:00pm / SE Portland

Wednesday, September 17th / 9:00am-12:00pm / SE Portland

Laurelhurst Park is Portland's only designated historical park and has an unusual array of horticultural plants and tree species. The pond and all the plants make this a special gathering spot, but also requires extra care to keep it up. Come join in... there's always something that needs volunteer TLC!

(13+)

 

Salvage building materials at the ReBuilding Center

Tuesday, September 9th / 6:00pm-8:30pm / N Portland

Thursday, September 25th / 6:00pm-8:30pm / N Portland
Help reduce the flow of useable building materials into the waste stream by volunteering at the Rebuilding Center's non-profit store for used building materials. We'll be doing a hands-on project, so come ready to work and have fun!

(12+)

 

Cook it up: mealtime at Clark Center

Tuesday, September 9th / 5:00-7:45pm / SE Portland

Tuesday, September 23rd / 5:00-7:45pm / SE Portland

On any given day — today, for example — Transition Projects is making the difference in hundreds of lives, providing the tools people need as they transition from homelessness to housing. They offer long-term shelter, plus a unique mix of valuable services that helps people overcome their own barriers to stable housing and employment. None of these things can happen without more than a thousand annual volunteers, and help from people like you. From stock in the Clark Center's Food Closet, we'll prepare tonight's meal and then serve it to the residents in this 90-bed transitional housing shelter for men.

(16+)

 

TEEN project: Love Letters for Kids

Monday, September 22nd / 5:45pm-7:15pm / SE Portland
Create personalized greeting cards to be given to sick children (some with terminal illness such as cancer) across the country. Use markers, construction paper and other fun craft items to create cards that will brighten a child's day.

(TEEN Projects are open only to volunteers age 13-21)

 

Many more projects can be found on the online Project Calendar! Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured On-going / Referral Opportunities*

 

Cat Care Assistant for Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter

Feed, water, clean, and socialize with your human touch to get these kittens and cats ready for adoption. Volunteers must be able to squat, bend, twist, lift, and/or stand for long periods when working directly with the animals. Volunteers need to demonstrate strong customer service and positive staff relations skills. Also, volunteers must be 16 years or older.

 

Interested applicants will be invited to one of our volunteer orientations after submitting a volunteer application. Attending a volunteer orientation is required. Volunteers need to be able to volunteer at least two hours a week for a minimum of six months. Volunteers need to be able to commit to scheduled volunteer times.

For more information about the shelter, please visit http://www.co.washington.or.us/deptmts/at/dog/dog.htm

 

*Please note: On-going / referral opportunities are not led by a Hands On Greater Portland Volunteer Leader, but are led by the agency sponsoring the opportunity.  To get more information, click "Have Agency Contact Me" on the project description page and you will be contacted by the agency about how to get involved.

 

 

 

 

Interested in Becoming a Volunteer Leader?

 

Want to develop your leadership skills?  Build your resume?  Get yourself and your friends involved in your community?  Hands On Greater Portland projects are led by our amazing Volunteer Leaders, who ensure that every volunteer has a positive experience and that agencies and volunteers alike are benefiting from the project.

 

We are always looking for motivated new Volunteer Leaders to lead our TEEN projects!

To sign-up for an orientation, contact Molly via email: molly@handsonportland.org

 

Become a TEEN Volunteer Leader!

There are no upcoming group trainings at this time, please check back soon!

Want to lead a Hands On project? We're looking for new Volunteer Leaders between the ages of 14 and 21 to lead our Teen Projects! Come to this orientation to: learn about volunteer management, develop your leadership skills and meet other volunteers interested in creating and leading projects.

 

 

 

 

Hot Spots to Volunteer

  • Fast with Computers?  Organizations are often looking for help with their websites and would love your expertise!  Consider working at Free Geek and surround yourself with miscellaneous computer parts.

  • Sketchbook Skills?  Every organization has fundraisers or events to support the work they do.  Your artistic skills would be greatly appreciated in designing invitations or perhaps decorating a space before an event.   Also, consider teaching an art class at a Cedar Sinai Park, a senior center, or the community center at Friendly House.

  • Music as Service?  Radio stations, like KBOO, love their volunteers.  Even if you are just helping in the office, you will get a great behind the scenes experience of how a radio station runs.

  • Better than Babysitting?  There are many ways to volunteer with kids in Portland metro area, with the chance to interact with kids of all different backgrounds and to make a difference in their lives.  Do you remember going to  The Children’s Museum as a child? Now you can go back and help make other people’s experience as memorable as your own.
     

 

 

 

Teens speak...

"...The next day I knew I wanted to do something to help sick children in anyway I could.  So I looked up volunteering in Portland and I found Hands On Portland.  It was perfect for me..."

Read Samantha's story

 

"By participating in lots of tree plantings, community enrichment, school makeover, and invasive plants removal - I have come to the conclusion that even one person can motivate hundreds of others... it gave me more inspiration!  And now, it has become a part of my life!"

Read Shams' story

     

 

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