Volunteer Opportunities
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There are many ways to give. Sometimes making a donation feels right. Other times giving of your time and skills feels even better.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
03/13/2010:
Volunteer Planting Event: Hedges Creek Marsh
Where: Hedges Creek Marsh, Tualatin, OR (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: The Wetlands Conservancy
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: The Wetlands Conservancy
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
The Wetlands Conservancy and The City of Tualatin are co-hosting a wetland restoration work party at the Hedges Creek Marsh on March 13th, 2010. We hope you can join us.
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05/15/2010:
Spring Volunteer Weekend at Opal Creek
Where: Jawbone Flats, OR (Central Oregon)
For whom: Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
Seeking: Individuals
Meet other like-minded Oregonians, share delicious meals prepared by our exceptional kitchen staff and spend the night in our rustic lodge. The uncomparable setting, one of the most beautiful places in Oregon, will help you forget you're actually here to work! A $25 suggested donation will help cover the cost of food and lodging. Plenty of time for fun too!
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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer for a Clean Columbia
Where: Various Locations (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Columbia Riverkeeper
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Columbia Riverkeeper
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
CRK needs your help, your voice, your letters, and your influence to make sure that human health and the ecological health of the River are valued appropriately in all decisions regarding the Columbia River.
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Pesticide Free Parks Volunteer
Where: Portland: SE, SW & N (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Support Pesticide Free Parks! Join us for work parties in one of Portland's five Pesticide Free Parks.
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Volunteer at Oregon's State Parks
Where: Throughout Oregon (All of Oregon)
For whom: Oregon State Parks Trust
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Oregon State Parks Trust
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Protect some of Oregon's most beloved public lands -- our State Parks! The Oregon State Parks system needs volunteers throughout Oregon. You can "adopt-a-park", come out for restoration and cleanup days, be a summer camp host, or join one of the many "Friends" groups for specific State Parks.
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RNP General Office Help
Where: Downtown Portland (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Renewable Northwest Project
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Renewable Northwest Project
Seeking: Individuals
You know the scene. Staff is stretch thin, everyone is working hard on the tasks at hand and incidental stuff gets put off and piles up. Help us dig out of this hole and be a star!
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OEC Office Volunteers
Where: 222 NW Davis St., Portland (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Oregon Environmental Council
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Oregon Environmental Council
Seeking: Individuals
You are always welcome at our beautiful, historic office in Old Town.
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OEC Community Outreach Volunteer
Where: Portland Metro area (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Oregon Environmental Council
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Oregon Environmental Council
Seeking: Individuals
Volunteer and Join the OEC Team!
Find out how you can get involved and help us move towards a greener, healthier Oregon.
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Join the Wolf Pack!
Where: Portland/Eugene (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Become a voice for wolves. Sign up for the Oregon Wild Wolf Pack.
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Volunteer with Surfrider Foundation
Where: Throughout Oregon (All of Oregon)
For whom: Surfrider Foundation
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Surfrider Foundation
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Volunteer on the beach in the summer -- at the mountains in the winter! Surfrider has a range of volunteer opportunities, from cleaning litter from our beaches, to working with snowboarders on Mt. Hood to clean up the slopes!
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Web Design
Where: RNP Office - Portland (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Renewable Northwest Project
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Renewable Northwest Project
Seeking: Individuals
Renewable Northwest Project is seeking a creative individual or two to help update the graphics, look and feel of our web site. Work in conjunction with staff and volunteer helping with the coding. Be a part of a team that will help us redesign our site and streamline our communication of clean energy info to the region!
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NWEI Volunteer Opportunities
Where: Portland Metro (National)
For whom: Northwest Earth Institute
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Northwest Earth Institute
Seeking: Individuals
Initiating small group dialogue, offering NWEI discussion courses in your community, developing curriculum, planning events, offering presentations and mentoring others, the NWEI volunteer community is integral in ushering in a more sustainable future.
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Public Outreach
Where: Throughout Oregon (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Solar Oregon
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Solar Oregon
Seeking: Individuals
Professionally represent the interests of Solar Oregon and our sponsors.
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Get Active - Volunteer with Recycling Advocates
Where: Portland Office (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Recycling Advocates
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Recycling Advocates
Seeking: Individuals
Volunteer to help Oregon's only citizen-based, grassroots group dedicated to creating a sustainable future through local efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Warehouse Volunteering
Where: Eugene (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: BRING Recycling
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: BRING Recycling
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Volunteer in our warehouse and put your hands to work.
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Environmental Volunteering!
Where: Throughout Central Oregon (Central Oregon)
For whom: The Environmental Center
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: The Environmental Center
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
The Environmental Center and its Member Groups need your help! Get involved and make a difference in your community. You can sign up for our volunteer list to receive announcements of volunteer opportunities as they arise. Sign up on our website today!
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Become A Willamette River Guardian!
Where: Willamette River (Willamette Valley)
For whom: Willamette Riverkeeper
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Willamette Riverkeeper
Seeking: Individuals
Through Project 185, River Guardian volunteers choose a mile segment of the Willamette to monitor on a monthly basis. From canoes, kayaks, backyards or a favorite walking trail, River Guardians look for excessive erosion, new clearings, illegal dumping, sewer overflows, and other problems that affect the habitat and water quality of the Willamette.
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Bike Safety Education Program
Where: Various communities in Oregon (All of Oregon)
For whom: Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Seeking: Individuals
Ride with elementary and middle school kids in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's nationally recognized safety education program.
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Volunteering for the Gorge
Where: Throughout the Gorge, or in our Portland and Hood River offices (Portland Area & Gorge)
For whom: Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Every year, hundreds of volunteers and Gorge supporters are active in helping protect this incredible national treasure. We'd love to have your help, too.
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Construction and CleanUp Help
Where: Eugene/Springfield (Willamette Valley)
For whom: BRING Recycling
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: BRING Recycling
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Help BRING in the Future! Be part of the Planet Improvement Center construction team. We're seeking people with any of the following skills: carpentry, electrical, gardening, drywall, painting, welding, general construction, "gruntwork", landscaping and art.
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Corvallis Environmental Center’s Youth Garden Project
Where: Sunset Park, Corvallis (Willamette Valley)
For whom: Corvallis Environmental Center
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Corvallis Environmental Center
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
A great opportunity to get your body and social skills working together - Come garden with us!
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Become an Oregon Wild Action Team member
Where: Across Oregon (All of Oregon)
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
Action teams can get you involved across Oregon!
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Adopt-A-Wilderness Volunteers Needed
Where: Across Oregon (All of Oregon)
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
For whom: Oregon Wild
Seeking: Groups and Individuals
The Adopt-a-Wilderness program brings Oregonians closer to the land they love, and in so doing, builds local constituencies for protection of wilderness areas. The program also collects valuable "on the ground" data from volunteers to update roadless maps and build the foundation for a citizen’s wilderness proposal.
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Become a Habitat Ambassador!
Where: Anywhere (National)
For whom: National Wildlife Federation
Seeking: Individuals
For whom: National Wildlife Federation
Seeking: Individuals
Help NWF reach out to individuals in your community with information about why protecting wild places and wildlife is so important to our quality of lives and how they can help with a wildlife-friendly yard or garden. This is a great opportunity to interact with people at garden clubs, community centers, schools, neighborhoods and so many more places.
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