Opportunity Details
Support the Free Store for Teachers (age 13+) *Impact Week*
Volunteer Opportunity
Help restock teachers classrooms to better educate their students.
About the Program
Since opening our doors in 1999, the Schoolhouse Supplies mission remains the same: to promote educational equity in Portland area public schools by providing free school supplies to under-resourced students and classrooms. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that every child has access to learning tools that allow them to achieve academic success, regardless of their family’s income or racial/ethnic identity. Our program delivery model achieves additional goals through community engagement and by keeping supplies out of the waste stream.
Each year, Schoolhouse Supplies engages hundreds of community volunteers to support our mission and program efforts. Our volunteers’ efforts make an immediate and tangible impact on Portland’s classrooms, teachers, and students. Every pencil, notebook, and crayon that our volunteers touch will wind up in the hands of a student who otherwise would not have the tools needed to learn. We always need support to sort and process donations for the Free Store for Teachers.
About the Project
The Free Store for Teachers is Schoolhouse Supplies longest running project going from September-May. Teachers through out the year can come shop, once a month, for school supplies and fun items/decorations for their classrooms. Schoolhouse Supplies has distributed over $58 million in free school supplies and benefited hundreds of thousands of children.
Volunteers will help by sorting and processing donations to help get them into the hands of teachers to support their students.
Project Requirements
- Age: Volunteers must be 13+; under 16 must attend with a parent or adult chaperone.
- Training: Brief on‑site orientation provided at shift start.
- Accessibility: Reasonable accomodations may be made to enable individuals with disiblities to perform the essential functions.
- Dress code: Closed‑toe shoes; comfortable attire suitable for light activity.
Children & Youth Education
Age Minimum (with Adult): 13+, Minimum Age:16+
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