Portland Rescue Mission
On Thanksgiving Eve, the Portland Rescue Mission will serve turkey and all the fixins to more than 400 homeless people… and start some diners on a life off the street. Find out how you can help.
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Blood Drive
The Thanksgiving Day Blood Drive comes with clowns, pumpkin pies, drawings and prizes. It’s a family tradition at the Red Cross Portland Donor Center. Sign up online.
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JOIN
JOIN moves one homeless family or individual off the street into permanent housing every day! Get your gang to chip in for a JOIN “Home for the Holidays” package this season.
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Care to Share
Needy families in the Beaverton area depend on Care to Share to hook them up with emergency food; and help with heat, water and rent. Demand has more than tripled. Start here to help.
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Impact Northwest
Impact Northwest needs thousands of volunteers to help a record number of families and seniors through the cold season.
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Truckload of Coats
The 9th Annual Truckload of Coats will kick off the holiday giving season November 13th. Help fill a 50-foot truck with coats, warm clothes, blankets, baby supplies… Transition Projects will distribute the “truckload” to family shelters all around the area. Get the truck locations.
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JOIN
JOIN’s new facility will help them transition even more folks from the street into housing. Check out the list of building supplies they need for the remodel.
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New Avenues for Youth
Have a few extra gift, coffee or pre-paid phone cards around the house? New Avenues for Youth can put them to good use right away as a “youth incentive!”
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Janus Youth Programs
This the season when Janus Youth Programs needs and cold weather gear you can spare -- gloves, hats, coats -- And if you’ve seen socks on sale; Clean, dry socks can ward off illness and turn a homeless youth to services that can help. Get the wish list online.
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Portland's Impact Northwest
Portland’s Impact Northwest helps families stay warm to keep eviction away from the door!
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Community Action
Community Action will keep cold away from the door in Washington County. Donate here.
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Human Solutions
Donate to Human Solutions energy assistance program to help families in east Multnomah County.
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Oregon Heat Mailer
Thousands of Oregonians will need help through the cold season to keep their heat on. Here’s how you can help: Look for the Oregon Heat mailer in your utility bill, or visit online.
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The Community Warehouse
The Community Warehouse provides clean, usable furniture and household items for folks starting over and they’re serving about 65 families a week! Bring it to their great new location on Northeast “MLK!”
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Resale Outlet
The Volunteers of America Resale Outlet collects and resells donated household goods to fund programs for people in need in the area. Take your used, but still cool clothes and “stuff” to the Resale Outlet on SE 182nd. Find out what they could really use.
While you’re on the site, look for the next Home Free training sessions: Volunteers of America is looking for compassionate women to help in their Home Free program with women and children recovering from domestic violence.
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Emergency Relief Fund
This year’s deployment of Oregon National Guard Troops to Middle East, is the biggest in the Guard’s history. Help them take care of their own: Make a donation to the Oregon National Guard Emergency Relief Fund to help Soldiers, Airmen and their families.
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YWCA's LearnLinks program
The YWCA’s LearnLinks program hooks adult volunteers up with children in homeless families to help them succeed in school. Find out about tutoring for an after school homework club.
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Human Solutions
This winter Human Solutions will help more than 20-thousand low-income folks in east Multnomah County stay warm and keep the lights on... but they’ll still have to turn more people away more than half the people who apply! Donate to the energy assistance program or provide children’s gifts for the holiday store.
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The Pixie Project
The Pixie Project is a new animal adoption center and nonprofit pet supply store in Portland. 100 percent of sales goes to their adoption and spay and neuter programs. Check ‘em out at http://www.pixieproject.org/
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New Avenues for Youth
New Avenues for Youth’s “Wish List” includes school supplies to help more youth go through their alternative school and get a G-E-D. Get the full list at http://www.newavenues.org/
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USO
Click to sponsor a USO care package to provide a “touch of home” for an Oregon soldier overseas
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YWCA's LearnLinks
Volunteer with the YWCA’s LearnLinks program: Be a tutor at an afternoon homework club for children of homeless and low-income families in Portland. Start here http://www.ywca.org/
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Portland Youth Builders
Portland Youth Builders has great opportunities for young people to get paid while they finish high school and learn construction or computer skills. Space is limited, so go to http://www.pybpdx.org
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Metro
Metro holds community roundups of hazardous waste every week… Dispose of toxic trash and learn about safer alternatives. Get the schedule http://www.metro-region.org/
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Nature Conservancy
Join a Nature Conservancy work group this summer in alpine meadows, gorges and prairies around Oregon.
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Loaves and Fishes
With the high price of gas this season, Loaves and Fishes needs Meals-On-Wheels drivers big time. Sign up at http://www.loavesandfishesonline.org
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Free Geek
Don’t toss that old computer in the dumpster! Take it to Free Geek. They’ll recycle it safely, or refurbish it for job skills training for someone in need. Start at http://www.freegeek.org
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SCRAP
SCRAP collects re-usable stuff from businesses and gives it to schools, artists and kids’ groups. Find out what they take at http://www.scrapaction.org
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Oregon Mentors
A study of Oregon school children reported a that 1 in 10 middle school students said they don’t have a caring adult to talk to when they’re worried or scared. So while we’re all a little worried and scared, think about mentoring a kid. Start here http://www.ormentors.org/
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Oregon Environmental Council
The Oregon Environmental Council’s Greenlinks will hook you up with products and services to keep your yard beautiful and your lifestyle healthier. Start here http://www.oeconline.org/livinggreen
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Growing Gardens
Help Growing Gardens build home veggie gardens for low-income folks in Portland, or simply sign up for one of their cool workshops at http://www.growing-gardens.org
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Drive Less Save More
Think you don’t have much control over the time you spend on the road? Think again. Metro has all sorts of travel options at their new site http://www.drivelesssavemore.com
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Operation Hero Miles
Operation Hero Miles gives regular folks a way to donate their frequent flyer miles, so troops can fly home on leave for free. Start here http://www.heromiles.org/
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Resolutions Northwest
Neighborhood feuds don’t have to fester. Resolutions Northwest offers free mediation services to folks in the Portland. Don’t let that barking dog drive you over the edge. Check out http://www.resolutionsnorthwest.org/
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Clackamas County's Volunteer Connection
Clackamas County's Volunteer Connection has hundreds of volunteer opportunities for the holidays and beyond! Senior companions are especially needed. Get the list here http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/socialservices/involved/volun/vc.htm
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Transition Projects Shelters
Looking for a volunteer gig for the gang at work? Every day groups of volunteers buy, cook and share meals with homeless people Transition Projects shelters. Get the scoop at http://www.tprojects.org/volunteer.html
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The Oregon Trail Chapter of the Red Cross
The Oregon Trail Chapter of the Red Cross responds to a disaster every 40 hours. Take their Pledge to Prepare Oregon: build a kit, make a plan, get trained. Start here http://www.redcross-pdx.org/
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Metro's Buyers' Guide
Metro’s Buyers’ Guide to Recycled Products lists more than a thousand recycled-content products available here, including auto and building supplies.
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CASA
Help find a safe, permanent home for a child who needs one. Check out the work of CASA volunteers at orientation nights in Portland or Hillsboro. Start here http://www.casahelpskids.org/main.asp?id=30
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Charity Navigator
Get the most for your charitable contribution. Charity Navigator will show you which organizations are well run and accountable for your dollars. Go to http://www.charitynavigator.org/
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Oregon Partnership
Have a few questions about methamphetamine, and no one to give you straight answers? Oregon Partnership can help. Email Youthline Online. http://www.orpartnership.org/youthlink.asp It's confidential.
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Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America needs volunteers for the Home Free program, for women and children surviving domestic violence. Check here for info http://www.voaor.org/help/volunteer.html
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