Volunteers Are Key at The ReBuilding Center!
Each and every day ReBuilding Center volunteers help take in and sort donated materials. We would not be able to maintain the level of organized chaos that we do without the support of these wonderful and hardworking people. 2011 was a record year for volunteer service with a total of 1,866 individuals contributing a total of 19,018.5 volunteer hours! Over… Read More >
Fall brings volunteers to The ReBuilding Center
At The ReBuilding Center we host hundreds of volunteers every year. The number of volunteers tend to slow down in the summer but come October they are back in full force! We are excited this year to welcome back many of the schools we have worked with in the past. Helensview School (picture above) and Cornerstone Transition Program bring students… Read More >
Portland Youth Builders working hard and supporting The ReBuilding Center
On Friday a group of 12 from Portland Youth Builders came out to volunteer for 5 hours! The group unload miscellaneous items, lighting, and tile from carts and helped them find a temporary home in the warehouse. They also helped clean out the community tree cob structure and the front of The ReBuilding Center warehouse for… Read More >
University of Portland Service Plunge Volunteers
Last Wednesday we had 29 students from University of Portland spend their morning volunteering in The ReBuilding Center warehouse. They helped de-nail wood, paint in the Community Resource Area, organize trim, molding, and tile. These 29 students were just a fraction of the 130 total who were out in the community spending their first days in Portland learning about, and… Read More >
Volunteer as ReFind Furniture Workshop Assistant
ReFind Furniture is currently searching for a few more volunteers to assist with the creation of picture frames and other home furnishings for the ReFind Furniture Show Room. Volunteers play a vital role in the creative process and production of items. Use your skills and creativity to inspire the community to do their own projects with salvaged materials.
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Volunteer Position Available for Longer-Term Opportunity
An exciting opportunity is available with Our United Villages’ Community Outreach team for an individual interested in making a longer-term volunteer commitment. For more information, click here.
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Thank You Volunteers!
The ReBuilding Center has been gifted with an abundance of awesome volunteers. We hosted FIVE “alternative spring break” college groups during March—students who chose to give back rather than rest and relax. Pictured here is our lively volunteer group from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Volunteers make a huge difference in helping us keep the warehouse clean and organized. Their… Read More >
Alternative Spring Break
Remember Spring Break? Traditionally known as a time for: 1. lazy days 2. preparation for a new season 3. friends 4. family 5. California/Florida beaches 6. all around lounge time.
Well…There is now an alternative! The Rebuilding Center hosted three different alternative break groups during the month of April. The University of Illinois, Idaho State and The University of Montana… Read More >
Inspiration through Volunteers
A new and exciting batch of magnets have come into the warehouse…made by volunteers! They were craftily created by the students of Douglas High School’s PACE class. The students and their teacher came and scavenged for good magnet making materials. They took them back to the classroom and eureka! Magnets galore! The proceeds fund an education scholarship that helps those… Read More >
The Gift of Volunteers
Our United Villages has been very fortunate this month in receiving record numbers of volunteers! They come from many groups and some from across the state, but they all have one thing in common: being wonderful examples of energy, inspiration and generosity!
The volunteer program of Our United Villages is thriving thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who make this… Read More >
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