Volunteer Toolkit

Volunteering your time, labor, and expertise through nonprofit organizations can be a very gratifying experience. Volunteering offers ways to gain new skills, meet people with similar interests, and use your expertise to serve the causes you care about most. Here are a few resources to help you get involved:

Get Connected to Volunteer

Check out these resources to help you find a volunteer opportunity that matches yours skills, interests, and time constraints.

• Clackamas Volunteer Connection (Clackamas County)
• CNRG (Multnomah County)
• Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest
• Hands On Greater Portland (Multnomah and Washington Counties)
• Hands On Mid-Willamette Valley (Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties)
• Idealist.org (Statewide, National, and International)
• JacksonCountyNonprofits.org (Jackson County)
• Serve.gov (National)
• LBVision Volunteer Center (Linn and Benton Counties)
• United Way of Lane County's Volunteer Connection (Lane County)
• United Way of the Klamath Basin Volunteer Center (Klamath County)
• Volunteer Center of Douglas County (Douglas County)
• Volunteer Connect (Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties)
• Volunteer Match (Statewide)

Nonprofits with Statewide Volunteer Opportunities

• High Desert Museum (Bend)
• Northeast Oregon Network
• Oregon Commission for Voluntary Action & Service (Oregon Volunteers!)
• Oregon Mentors
• SOLV
• Start Making a Reader Today (SMART)

Increase Your Effectiveness and Satisfaction as a Volunteer

• Download these Ten Tips for Wise Volunteering (.pdf), developed by Independent Sector, a national organization promoting integrity and accountability in U.S. nonprofits.
• More Help for Volunteers. Check out continuously updated resources for volunteers on the Hands on Greater Portland website.

Nonprofits Want You!

Oregon's nonprofits are eager to connect with new volunteers. Use the search tool on the left of this page to find nonprofits doing things that interest you. You can search by location, using either county or region, and by the type of work the nonprofit does. Find one a nonprofit doing work that interests you, and contact them directly to offer your help.