Agency: Transition Projects

Description: Join a group of volunteers on a done-in-a-day project led by a Hands On Greater Portland volunteer leader. No advance training or ongoing commitment required, so sign up and participate in a project that fits your schedule! Need help signing up? Call 503-200-3355.

Since 1969, Transition Projects has helped thousands of people transcend the streets of Portland. On any given day — today, for example — they’re 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. Services like job training, continuing education, alcohol, drug and mental health counseling, and more.

Along the way, they also impart the kind of valuable life skills most of us take for granted, such as how to manage a checking account, write a resume, fill out a job application, and, ultimately, negotiate a lease.

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.

This project is great for families with children 4 and up. There must be one adult present for every three youth, and young children must stay in the kitchen area at all times. All volunteers under age 18 will need to bring a waiver signed by a Parent/Guardian, click on the link below.

Youth Volunteer Release Form


Note: Many people have trouble finding the Clark Center. It is located under the Hawthorne bridge near the corner of Hawthorne and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., in Southeast Portland.

Impact Areas: Homelessness/Hunger, Homelessness/Hunger: Meal Service, Homelessness/Hunger

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Hunger, Homelessness

Skills: The skills helpful for participation in this project are:
Cooking & Meal Planning, Working with People