Join a TeamWorks Team!

TeamWorks is a great way to get more involved in our community

TeamWorks is all about cultivating a culture of volunteerism and learning more about issues facing our community. TeamWorks teams offer volunteers the opportunity to make a slightly longer-term commitment to service. Through TeamWorks, a team of around 10-12 volunteers work together on a series of projects over a period of a couple months, allowing them to get to know one another and gain a deeper understanding of community issues.

A TeamWorks team often begins with a kickoff meeting, where team members get to know each other, and includes 3-6 volunteer projects (typically one project per week). Some TeamWorks teams also get together for discussions, do readings together, or participate in experiential learning activities in addition to volunteer projects.


TeamWorks takes you deeper...

  • Build relationships with other volunteers by working together as a team

  • Gain an in-depth understanding of the issues facing your community

  • Learn new ways to become a more active member of your community

  • Develop leadership skills


Join a team!

Current teams:
Media Access & Empowerment (age 18+) *Hands On*

We will be launching more teams in late Spring and into Summer, so keep your eyes peeled! 

Let us know if you'd like to be notified when new TeamWorks teams are posted and ready for volunteers.

Sampling of Past TeamWorks:

           

          ** Interested in growing your leadership skills? We're always looking to cultivate new Team Leaders to lead or co-lead our TeamWorks teams! Email karen@handsonportland.org if you're interested in learning more.

          Quotes from Past Team Members:

           

          "I have been on three TeamWorks teams so far. I now feel very in-touch with the issues that are facing our community. I have also developed some friendships with the people I've met. For me, TeamWorks is about volunteering on issues that are important to the team, and being able to discuss the impact our work has made on us and on the community."

          ~ TeamWorks Volunteer and Team Leader

           

          "My Team Leader had a genuine volunteer spirit himself and was great to work with. The team worked very well together, showed great pride in what we were doing and gave more than 100% to every project."

          ~ TeamWorks Volunteer

           

          "Our team has learned about current issues facing our community and about a variety of organizations that work to increase awareness and help to solve the problems that cause the issues in the first place. The projects we have completed have given us the opportunity to establish new friendships while sorting food at the Oregon Food Bank and weeding local community gardens."

          ~ TeamWorks Volunteer

          "[The Sustainability TeamWorks] has been educational, diverse, well-rounded and well-organized. [The team leaders were] both educated and passionate about what they do, but not enough to be blindsided by rhetoric. It was refreshing. This has been a wonderful experience and one I'd willingly repeat.

          ~ TeamWorks Volunteer