TeamWorks - a great way to get more involved in our community!

The TeamWorks program offers volunteers the opportunity to make a slightly longer-term commitment to volunteering. In TeamWorks, a team of around 10 volunteers work together on a series of projects over a period of a few months, allowing them to get to know one another and gain a deeper understanding of community issues. Typically, a team will have a kickoff meeting to get to know each other, followed by three to five projects. Some TeamWorks teams also get together for discussions, do readings together, or participate in experiential learning activities in addition to volunteer projects.

The TeamWorks program provides great opportunities to:

• Build relationships with other volunteers by working together as a team
• Gain an in-depth understanding of the issues facing your community
• Learn new ways to become a more active member of your community
• Develop leadership skills

Sampling of Past Teams:

 Focus On Prisons

SOLV Series on Watershed Health

TeamWorks: Interfaith Understanding

TeamWorks: Refugee & Genocide Awareness

TeamWorks Sampler
TeamWork: Gender Violence Awareness

Upcoming Team Info

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

If you have general questions about the TeamWorks Program, contact Kim Livesay, AmeriCorps Program Coordinator, at kimberly@handsonportland.org or 503-413-8914.