Current Volunteer Opportunities

This is a new highly targeted group of kids and their families in the local community to whom CU is reaching out to and encouraging library use, athletic involvement, and free campus events.

Concordia has many great summer sport camps beginning June 18th and continuing throughout the summer!

Camps are for young athletes from ages 4-18.

Camps offered include: basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, and volleyball

Register at: www.gocugo.com/camps

For questions, feel free to call us at 503-280-8582

rigler-sun-summer-volunteer.pdf

Rigler is a K-6 school in the Cully neighborhood in NE Portland. Rigler SUN, a program of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), invites you to become part of our team. We offer a variety of fun after-school education classes from Yoga to Gardening, Art to Soccer, and more.

We are looking for volunteers who will assist in the planning and implementation of classes that meet Monday-Thursday, June 18^th- July 13^th, for our SUN academic enrichment program.

PROGRAM HOURS:  SUN academic enrichment program runs Monday-Thursday, from 9:00-12:00pm, June 18^th-July 12^th. Ideal candidate will commit to volunteering the entire 9:00-12:00 time frame:

Week 1: June 18^th-21

Week 2: June 25-28

Week 3- July 2-5

Week 4:  July 9-12

For more information contact Hayley Weed at hweed@pps.net or 503.916.6152

The Lutheran Community Services in Vancouver, Washington is in need of volunteers fro the refugee mentoring program which requires 2hrs a week for a total of a 3 month period commitment on the students’ part.  Volunteers are provided refugee cultural orientation and volunteer training.

For more information please see attached PDF link:

luthern-community-services-refugee.pdf

Please contact Jessie Ghiglieri if you are interested at:

360-694-5624 ex 17

or

jghiglieri@lcsnw.org

This internship is open to college students or recent graduates interested in teaching youth about food, farming, and ecology.  The program’s goal is to provide children with a better way to learn about healthy food, healthy bodies and a healthy planet.   They accomplish this through trips to Sauvie Island Center, which is a rich and unique opportunity for Portland elementary school students to visit and explore the Sauvie Island Organics Farm and the grounds of Howell Territorial Park, managed by Metro.

Please see attached PDF for full requirements and detail of this internship:  sic-farm-educator-internship-spring-2012.pdf

To Apply:

Submit a cover letter and resume with 3 references by March 12th. Cover letter should address why you are interested in outdoor/agricultural education and your availability during the aforementioned program times.

Interns will be asked to complete a background check before they are able to work with children.

Please send all application materials, by March 12th, to:

Jennifer James

Education Program Manager

Jennifer@sauvieislandcenter.org

503-341-8627

A variety of  volunteer positions are available for students that are interested in helping out during the Heart and Stroke Walk.

Attached is a PDF listing the times and activities that if you are interested you may sign up for.  This event is also available as a single or group sign-up.

2012-volunteer-job-descriptions-heart-and-stroke-walk.pdf

If you want more information about signing up for an event or time through Concordia University please contact:

Scott Ferguson: Director, Office of Service Leadership

scfurguson@cu-portland.edu

503-493-6232

Join Unite For Sight’s Global Impact Corps for a hands-on, immersive global health experience.

A transformative volunteer abroad experience for students and professionals, Unite For Sight is renowned as the highest quality global health immersion and volunteer abroad program worldwide. Unite For Sight prides itself on offering the best global health experience for our volunteers, coupled with the highest quality healthcare delivery programs with our partners.

Locations of Year-Round Health Care Delivery:

Ghana, Honduras, and India
(volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

What do Unite For Sight volunteers do?

Our Global Impact Corps volunteers come from very diverse backgrounds, including those interested in public health, medicine, international development, social entrepreneurship, and the social sciences. While volunteering abroad, they support and learn from the partner clinics’ talented medical professionals who are social entrepreneurs addressing complex global health issues.  Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive understanding about the complexities and realities of global health, social entrepreneurship, and international development.

Global Impact Fellow volunteers work with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care for patients living in extreme poverty.  They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks.  They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local doctors.  Additionally, volunteers may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health research. For example, we currently have volunteers pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.

Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

For more information please see attached PDF file:

global-impact-corps-volunteer-abroad-opportunity.pdf

Activists and Social Changers: Get involved in the movement to end violence against women and children!

Home Free , a program of Volunteers of America Oregon that assists women and children surviving domestic violence has openings for compassionate people to assist in various program areas.They will  be accepting applications for the March training until Friday, March 2^nd.

VOA also offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, many of which can be adjusted to meet undergraduate practicum requirements, with children, youth, families, frail elderly and our business enterprises of catering and resale.  We offer new volunteer orientations every two weeks – you can find out more at www.voaor.org/volunteer

For information on who to contact and more about this opportunity please view attached PDF file.

home-free-volunteers-of-america-oregon.pdf

The Borgen Project is a movement of people from all walks of life who are united behind the common belief that the most powerful nation in the history of humankind should be doing more to improve the plight of the world’s poor.

Program Opportunity:

Regional Directors (RDs) are advanced volunteers with professional backgrounds, who serve as ambassadors for those living in poverty across the globe within their respective cities in the United States. The Borgen Project launched the program in May of 2010 to strengthen the organization’s ability to advance poverty-reduction legislation, and to assure that leaders in all 435 U.S. Congressional Districts feel the pressure to support global poverty reduction legislation. The number of RDs is constantly increasing, as the overall program goal is to have a minimum of two active RDs in each congressional district by 2012. Those involved in the RD program currently have an array of backgrounds. Currently involved in the program are – doctors, lawyers, bankers, students, entertainment industry people, US Army Veterans, political gurus, and many more!

Qualifications: Basic understanding of the congressional process and international development

How to Apply: Email resume and cover letter to directors@borgenproject.org

Please see attached PDF for full details:

the-borgen-project.pdf

What:  Join a free community writing workshop, open to adults in the Cully Neighborhood as well as Concordia Students. Explore the power of writing and community in a safe, respectful and creative environment. Writing journals, pens and light snacks provided. Bus tickets available for those who qualify. Priority registration given to individuals who have not previously participated in a Write Around Portland Workshop.

When: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30pm, 10 weeks: February 16th-April 16th, 23012

Where: Rigler School

Maximum 15 participants.

To register, contact: Hayley Weed at 503.916.6152, hweed@pps.net or stop by the Rigler SUN office.

Please see attached PDF file for more contact and meeting information:

sun-write-around-portland-flyers.pdf

Also please see Participant Application attachment for full information on the program details:

rigler-sun-write-around-portland-participant-application.doc

The goal of mentoring is to help young people gain the skills and confidence to be responsible for their future in academic and occupational endeavors. The mentor relationship begins in the 13th week of the Residential Phase. At that time there is a Mentor / Mentee Matching Ceremony. From week 13 until the end of the 20-week Residential Phase, the mentor and the Mentee correspond by way of letter writing.

In short, the mentor is there to help the Youth Challenge Mentee to become a responsible, contributing member of society. The mentor becomes a friend and advisor for the young person.

This is opportunity for Concordia University to provide these young adults mentors who are currently pursuing their own dreams. It may prove to be a valuable service learning experience for students and provide valuable mentors to the ONGYCP graduates.
Contact: Volinda Foreman- Harrell (Case Manger with the Oregon Military Department) for more information and getting involved:

Ph. #: 541-317-9623 ext 235

Email: volinda.g.foreman@mil.state.or.us .

For full information on this opportunity please see the PDF flyer:

national-guard-youth-challenge-mentorship-opportunity.pdf

Also if needed here is the PDF file to the application to become a mentor:

ongycpmentorapp.pdf