Volunteer at Neighborhood House


A Volunteer

This is Our Community

Neighbors Helping Neighbors is what Neighborhood House has been about for over a century. More than 500 committed and talented volunteers give their time each year, impacting the lives of thousands of children, families and seniors.

Volunteer opportunities range from visiting with a senior and helping distribute emergency food boxes to weeding our community garden. Many volunteers serve as tutors in our afterschool Homework Clubs. Group projects include yard clean-up at a senior’s house, or working to spruce up a child care facility through our Child Care Improvement Project.

Whether you are an individual, part of a group, a senior or a teen, there is a place for you at Neighborhood House.  Click here to download a volunteer application!
 

Current Volunteer Opportunities


Drivers Needed for Seniors

We are looking for volunteer drivers to transport seniors to their medical appointments and shopping errands.  This is a great opportunity for volunteers looking for a highly flexible schedule!  Volunteers use their own vehicle, appointments are local, and driver and passenger safety training is provided by Ride Connection for free.  Please call Ann or Lisa at our Senior Center for more details: 503-244-5204.


The Portland Fruit Tree Project 

The Portland Fruit Tree Project works to map out urban fruit trees and utilizes volunteers to harvest these trees to give the produce back to the community and prevent waste. Neighborhood House would like to organize a fruit tree harvesting group which would be in the Burlingame/Multnomah Village/Hillsdale areas and the produce would be given to the Neighborhood House Food Box Program to distribute to clients. Group harvests are scheduled during August through Mid-November. Please contact the Neighborhood House Food Box Coordinator, Kelly Owen, at kowen@nhweb.org if you are interested in participating in a group harvest to benefit our food box program. A date has not yet been set- the Food Box Coordinator will determine a date that is compatible with volunteer schedules. More information about the Portland Fruit Tree Project can be found at www.portlandfruit.org  
 

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Meet Stephanie
Jennifer and EmmaA busy, full-time student, Stephanie still finds time to volunteer four afternoons a week at one of our SUN School Homework Clubs. She loves working with the kids. The best part, she says, is the expressions on students’ faces when the finally understand something they have been struggling with. Stephanie believes the SUN Program makes a real difference in students’ lives: “When some children first arrive they are very shy and quiet, and by the end of the school year they are outgoing and confident. I love seeing that transformation.”