Distribute Food at Portland's First Pet Food Bank
(NE Portland - 2nd and 4th Sundays)
Join us to help ensure that pets do not go hungry. The Food Bank's goal will be to provide quality dog and cat food for animals whose guardians may have a home, but due to increasing financial responsibilities find themselves unable to afford food for their family's beloved pet.

Kids Volunteer: Create Packages for Kids - FULL
(NW Portland - Multiple Tuesdays)
Join Northwest Children’s Outreach and aid them in their mission to help families in the Portland area provide for their children. Unpack and sort donated books and clothing destined for agencies that directly serve low income and foster children in Oregon.

Kids Volunteer: Help Get Books into the Hands Of Children!  - FULL
(SE Portland - Multiple Opportunities)
Come lend a hand with your kid(s) as we spruce-up, sort and bundle donated books which will later be distributed to low-income preschool children in the Portland area!

Holiday Party for GLBTQI Seniors
(NW Portland - Wednesday, Dec 2)
Help sexual minority seniors celebrate the holidays!Friendly House's Elder Resource Alliance (ERA) is hosting its annual holiday party. We'd love your help with set-up, serving food, calling raffle, socializing with attendees, clean-up and various other tasks.

Christmas Festival of Lights at the Grotto
(NE Portland - Multiple Dates through December)
Through the presentation of spectacular lights, hourly music concerts, outdoor caroling, and other family entertainment, The Grotto's festival surrounds visitors with the traditional sights and sounds of this wondrous holiday season. Volunteers are needed for several positions each night: concession stand attendants, ticket takers, greeters, gift shop cashiers, parking attendants, petting zoo workers, and more!

Set Up for the MS Society's Holiday Party - FULL
(NE Portland - Friday, Dec 11)
Are you an avid decorator? Do you want to put some creative holiday energy into a good cause? Help the MS Society of Portland set up for its annual holiday event!

Stock the Pantry with Disney at the Oregon Food Bank
(NE Portland - Friday, Dec 11)
Hand on Greater Portland and Oregon Food Bank have partnered with Disney Destinations for a special volunteer opportunity. Work alongside Disney to fight hunger in Oregon! Come for an early morning family friendly volunteer event at Oregon Food Bank

Holiday Ornaments for Seniors
(Tualatin - Saturday, Dec 12)
Join a group of Hands On volunteers for an afternoon of making and decorating ornaments and decorations to help bring the holiday spirit to the residents of a senior housing project. Colorful ornaments and decorations will warm the homes of some of the low-income seniors that Community Partners for Affordable Housing serves.

Holiday Party with MS Society - FULL
(NE Portland - Saturday, Dec 12)
Help create an afternoon full of family fun and seasonal joy during the annual MS Society of Portland Christmas party! Volunteers will greet patients and family members, prepare plates and serve food, and help with clean up.

Gift Wrapping Party with the Giving Tree - FULL
(NE Portland - Tues, Dec 15)
Come help us wrap gifts and stuff stockings for children and adults living in low-income housing situations. Many of the adults we serve are seniors living with disabilities and mental illness. Help us offer them some holiday cheer this season!

Be a Holiday Elf! - FULL
(NE Portland - Tues, Dec 15 & Wed, Dec 16)
Holiday Giving is a special opportunity for businesses, individuals and volunteers in our community to join together to benefit the people served by Kerr. Come help us sort through, record and distribute the gifts at the warehouse! Volunteers may need to lift up to 25lbs, so please keep this in mind before signing up for the project.

Christmas Caroling with Macdonald Center!
(NW Portland - Wed, Dec 16)
Macdonald Center hosts an annual Christmas Party for low-income residents at one of the many single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings we visit in Old Town Portland. We are in need of a team of carolers to help us bring joy and laughter to our party! No formal experience is needed, just a willingness to sing common carols with a great bunch of folks.

Holiday Cheer: Clothing Closet at Dancing Tree Family Center
(NE Portland - Wed, Dec 16)
Impact NW's Dancing Tree Family Center will give holiday gifts of new or like-new clothing items to low income individuals or families in their program. Volunteers will help sort out clothing to be given as gifts as well as organize the clothes that will be available at their community store.

Help Prepare and Serve a Holiday Brunch - FULL
(Downtown Portland - Thursday, Dec 17)
Please lend a hand to help serve a scrumptious holiday meal this season! The residents of this SRO affordable housing complex look forward to this yearly holiday brunch so much, and you can help make it really special.

Radio Cab Turkey Project - Food Box Preparation
(NW Portland - Thurs, Dec 17 & Fri, Dec 18)
The Radio Cab Turkey Project provides hunger relief for families in need in Greater Portland. We provide food boxes to families that set the table for the holidays - a Christmas turkey with all the fixings. We welcome your help preparing the food boxes to be picked up by needy families and delivered by our fantastic volunteer drivers.

Radio Cab Turkey Project - On site distribution
(NW Portland - Thurs, Dec 17 & Fri, Dec 18)
We need your help onsite distributing food boxes to needy families and to volunteer drivers that will deliver boxes to home bound families. Come out, have fun, support community and do good.

Check out our list of organizations looking for individuals, families, and businesses to adopt a family this holiday season!

Holiday Cheer Volunteer

(NE Portland)

Holiday Cheer is a special project that coordinates hundreds of volunteers who deliver gift bags and provide companionship to more than 200 isolated older adults during the holiday season. Holiday Cheer Volunteers help bring the winter holiday spirit into the homes of isolated older adults in NE and SE Portland. There are many opportunities within this seasonal volunteer project.

Referral: Jingle Bell Run/Walk Pre Race Packet Pick Up Volunteers Needed
(Downtown Portland - Sunday, Dec 6)
The Jingle Bell Run/Walk for the Arthritis Foundation takes place in Downtown Portland beginning at the World Trade Center on Sunday, December 6th. We need help registering new participants for the JBR and hand out racing bibs, timing chips and t-shirts to pre-registered participants from 8:30am-12:30pm or 12:30pm-4:30pm.

Referral: All Aboard!
(NW Portland - Friday, Dec 4)
It's the most fun holiday volunteer gig you can find! Staver Locomotive is setting up a free, giant model train display and hosting a Steam Up. We need a few volunteers to help serve hot cider & snacks, and staff a kids' craft/play area.

Referral: All Aboard!
(NW Portland - Friday, Dec 4)
It's the most fun holiday volunteer gig you can find! Staver Locomotive is setting up a free, giant model train display and hosting a Steam Up. We need a few volunteers to help serve hot cider & snacks, and staff a kids' craft/play area.

Referral: Help deliver Christmas gifts with Macdonald Center!
(Old Town Portland - Multiple dates in December)
Help Santa make sure everyone gets their gifts on time this Christmas by being one of his Elves! Macdonald Center provides Christmas gifts for low-income residents we visit in Old Town Portland. Volunteers will go out in teams of two to deliver gifts to buildings in the Old Town neighborhood.

Referral: Calling all Santas, Elves and Party Support Volunteers!
(Old Town Portland - Multiple dates in December)
Macdonald Center hosts an annual Christmas Party for low-income residents at one of the many single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings we visit in Old Town Portland. Volunteers are needed to set up, serve food, and help support the event in general.

Referral: Multicultural Family Craft Night!
(SE Portland - Wed, Dec 9)
Harrison Park SUN school, formerly Clark @ Binnsmead, is hosting a multicultural craft night. This is a family event for making winter and holiday crafts that represent the many cultures in our community and around the world!

Referral: Family Winter Craft Night at Marshall High School
(SE Portland - Thurs, Dec 10)
The Family Winter Craft Night at Marshall High School Campus is a fun and safe evening for our students and their families to celebrate the Winter Holidays. Volunteers are needed to help with set-up and supper!