Community Service
As we are shaped by our sacred story and sustained by our common table, our desire is that the animation of love moves us into overflowing generosity and care for the wider Portland community. Below you’ll find many opportunities to volunteer with non-profit organizations doing good work in our city. Whether you sign up as an individual or with your home group, partnering with local causes is one way we embody Divine Love!
If you have a suggestion for a local, Portland/Vancouver-area non-profit to include in this directory, please contact Pastor Ben.
Volunteer applications open each January for roles including dog-walking, groundskeeping and data entry.
A non-profit animal rescue and adoption agency. Volunteers provide cleaning and socialization for cats, and drive pets to foster homes.
Provide free trees and native shrubs to increase Portland’s canopy cover and reduce heat islands in urban areas.
Volunteer roles include driving tree deliveries and planting trees.
L’Arche Portland is a community of people who share life together intentionally. We value meaningful relationships and have always relied on dedicated volunteers to help provide a wide circle of support around our three homes, to open themselves to new relationships and learning opportunities, and to help us be a sign of hope in the larger community.
Volunteers can help in the L’Arche homes with cooking, cleaning, landscaping, at annual events and with office data entry.
Opportunities include full home building projects, volunteering at ReStore locations to build furniture, organize, painting, etc. Great for groups!
Provides food, housing assistance, and clothing in Old Town Portland. Volunteer help includes serving meals, sorting clothing donations, preparing and donating care kits, packing sack lunches and donating needed clothing items.
We build community through radical hospitality with women and gender-diverse individuals marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence and substance abuse.
Since 2003, we have centered our radical hospitality around community meals where trust and friendship can grow.
Provides support groups and resources for queer youth and adults.
Contact for information about possible volunteer needs; financial support is always needed.
Provide food deliveries, dining centers, and social support for homebound seniors.
A pantry run by and geared toward LGBTQIA+/BIPOC Community. Volunteer needs include staffing food pantry, Mondays and Tuesdays, 11:15am-4pm.
We’ve connected with our neighbors at Pearl Court in many ways over the years. They have several pantries and a community coordinator. Volunteer opportunities include organizing a food drive to help stock their pantry, and organizing a community dinner.
Contact Pastor Ben for the email address to reach out to.
Provides services for supporting individuals living with HIV/AIDS, including housing assistance, food pantry, healthcare navigation and emotional support.
Volunteer needs are mostly during business hours, including food pantr. assistance, reception, etc. There are also several events each year that need volunteer staff, and the AIDS Walk Northwest each September (https://www.aidswalknorthwest.org)/
Provides fresh produce and other pantry needs for low-income residents of Portland.
Volunteer needs include packing groceries, helping staff their pantry, driving deliveries of food, and making cards to include with grocery deliveries.