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2009 Governor's Volunteer Awards & Civic Enagagement Conference
Pictures Now Available to View


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Martin Luther King Day

of Service and Learning

January 18, 2010

Click here to find:

  • MLK Service Project Suggestions
  • Toolkits for creating your own Service Project
  • Links to MLK volunteer opportunities
  • Links to MLK speeches
  • Learning Guides and reflection tools for all ages
  • And much more...

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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Senior Corps Programs Throughout Oregon

Applications for funding opportunities to host Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs across Oregon are now available.

Read more about the opportunity and find the necessary paperwork here.

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NEW!

Are you thinking about volunteering?

Don't know where to start?

Visit our new, "How to Volunteer" page and get started in the right direction! 

Upcoming Opportunities


Get involved with Oregon 150!


AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA in Oregon

Find AmeriCorps opportunities in Oregon & Washington

Oregon AmeriCorps*VISTA website

Upcoming Opportunities for Volunteer Managers

 

Latest AmeriCorps News:

Oregon activist fights to improve the debilitating gaps in our food system
VISTA Alum, Sharon Thornberry with the Oregon Food Bank is still combating poverty throught Oregon.
November 10, 2009

Brandeis’s Heller School Announces Scholarship for AmeriCorps Alums
October 23, 2009

Planting for the Future
Nature Conservancy AmeriCorps members and ODOT create an 80-acre conservation bank near White City.
October 21, 2009

Albany Americorps worker wants to be a physician Building Bridges AmeriCorps member Miao Zhao is creating a new dental program for those who are low income in her community.
October 7, 2009

Woah, Nellie, you really did a lot! AmeriCorps member Nell Achtmeyer achieved twice what was expected of her during her time with CREST, an environmental career center in Wilsonville.
August 14, 2009

Interest in AmeriCorps explodes as economy tanksOregon AmeriCorps member Anne Morse has found benefits beyond her education awards.
July 23, 2009

Vernon School's new mural takes the global view 08/09 Impact NW, SUN AmeriCorps member Karla Powell worked with others to see her vision become reality.
July 23, 2009

Out of His Comfort Zone
Jon Guss, an Oregon State Service Corps member at the Coos Historical & Maritime Museum will be heading to Slovakia next.
April 16, 2009

Astoria trio leads the way with timely anti-drinking message
AmeriCorps HOPE member Meghan Halverson coordinates an opportunity for students to say what's on their minds.
March 29, 2009

 

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