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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
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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.
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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.
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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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