MLK DAY 2018 Service sites
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On this page, you will find information about the service sites for MLK Day 2018, including details about the service project for the day and ways to continue to be involved with the organization after the day is over! The MLK Day Collaborative seeks to engage sites with a preexisting relationship with the host campus, to foster ongoing engagement past a one-day volunteering event. All service projects are determined by the service site, as we seek to listen and respond to the community's needs.
If you have further questions about service sites or are interested in becoming a service site, please contact Matt at matt@oregoncampuscompact.org. |
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As they are confirmed, service sites will be posted here!
Birch Community Services
Mission: Birch Community Services (BCS) facilitates building healthy families through financial stability and a debt-free ethic. BCS re-distributes millions of pounds of wholesome food, clothing and household goods deemed surplus by product donors, and provides workshops and courses designed to equip families with new knowledge and skills for achieving fiscal stability.
MLK Day Service Project: Food packing and redistribution
Stay Engaged: Individual and group volunteering opportunities are available!
The Courtyard at Mt. Tabor
Mission: Assisted living community in Portland's Mt. Tabor neighborhood.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Depave
Mission: Depave promotes the transformation of over-paved places; engaging and inspiring communities to reconnect urban landscapes to nature.
MLK Day Service Project: Gardening in reclaimed green spaces
Stay Engaged: Volunteer at a Depave event, or look into other long term ways to stay involved!
Dharma Rain Zen Center
Mission: DRZC is a diverse group of people who come together to share the practice of meditation, and to study the principles of Buddhism. The purpose of the Center is to offer instruction in Zen practice and Buddhist teachings, and to provide a place where people can form a community that supports Zen practice in everyday life.
MLK Day Service Project: Planting trees on the DRZC campus
Stay Engaged: Volunteering is a form of mindfulness.
Esther Pantry
Mission: Esther's Pantry provides food and personal care items to low-income people living with HIV.
MLK Day Service Project: Deep clean and donation sorting
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities or to donate food organize a food drive.
George Himes Park
Mission:
MLK Day Service Project: Removing invasive species, gardening and planting
Stay Engaged: Volunteer for a cleanup day with the West Willamette Restoration Partnership!
Gresham Parks and Recreation
Mission: Gresham's parks system includes more than 300 acres of park land, 840 acres of natural areas and 8 miles of trails.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Nadaka Nature Park
Mission: Friends of Nadaka's vision is to create “a place that nurtures nature, food, and families” where people, especially children, can access healthy and nutritional food, can exercise to reduce obesity, can improve overall health outcomes, and can learn about food origins and the benefits of low-energy, low-input, local agriculture.
MLK Day Service Project: Invasive species removal, native species planting
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities and upcoming cleanup events.
Pioneer School
Mission: Pioneer Special Schools serves Portland’s special-education students, kindergarten to 21 years old, who are unable to be successful in less restrictive school placements. With three school sites, the program helps students with social/emotional needs, fragile mental health, developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, life skills, or GED preparation needs or who require vocational training and community transition services.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Rosewood Initiative
Mission: Rosewood is a neighborhood space where you can help the community as you improve yourself. Neighbors come here to interact with one another, work on projects and feel safe. Rosewood builds capacity in the neighborhood by helping people learn useful skills and by connecting friends, partners and resources.
MLK Day Service Project: Painting, furniture tightening, back room organization, litter patrol
Stay Engaged: Apply to volunteer at Rosewood as a front desk assistant, computer lab assist, photographer, childcare provider, and more!
SOLVE
Mission: SOLVE works to bring Oregonians together to improve our environment and build a legacy of stewardship.
MLK Day Service Project: trash pickup and graffiti removal
Stay Engaged: Volunteer at a SOLVE event, plan your own, or become a volunteer leader!
Vance Park Children's Garden
Mission:
MLK Day Service Project: Composting and weed sweep of garden
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Birch Community Services
Mission: Birch Community Services (BCS) facilitates building healthy families through financial stability and a debt-free ethic. BCS re-distributes millions of pounds of wholesome food, clothing and household goods deemed surplus by product donors, and provides workshops and courses designed to equip families with new knowledge and skills for achieving fiscal stability.
MLK Day Service Project: Food packing and redistribution
Stay Engaged: Individual and group volunteering opportunities are available!
The Courtyard at Mt. Tabor
Mission: Assisted living community in Portland's Mt. Tabor neighborhood.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Depave
Mission: Depave promotes the transformation of over-paved places; engaging and inspiring communities to reconnect urban landscapes to nature.
MLK Day Service Project: Gardening in reclaimed green spaces
Stay Engaged: Volunteer at a Depave event, or look into other long term ways to stay involved!
Dharma Rain Zen Center
Mission: DRZC is a diverse group of people who come together to share the practice of meditation, and to study the principles of Buddhism. The purpose of the Center is to offer instruction in Zen practice and Buddhist teachings, and to provide a place where people can form a community that supports Zen practice in everyday life.
MLK Day Service Project: Planting trees on the DRZC campus
Stay Engaged: Volunteering is a form of mindfulness.
Esther Pantry
Mission: Esther's Pantry provides food and personal care items to low-income people living with HIV.
MLK Day Service Project: Deep clean and donation sorting
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities or to donate food organize a food drive.
George Himes Park
Mission:
MLK Day Service Project: Removing invasive species, gardening and planting
Stay Engaged: Volunteer for a cleanup day with the West Willamette Restoration Partnership!
Gresham Parks and Recreation
Mission: Gresham's parks system includes more than 300 acres of park land, 840 acres of natural areas and 8 miles of trails.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Nadaka Nature Park
Mission: Friends of Nadaka's vision is to create “a place that nurtures nature, food, and families” where people, especially children, can access healthy and nutritional food, can exercise to reduce obesity, can improve overall health outcomes, and can learn about food origins and the benefits of low-energy, low-input, local agriculture.
MLK Day Service Project: Invasive species removal, native species planting
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities and upcoming cleanup events.
Pioneer School
Mission: Pioneer Special Schools serves Portland’s special-education students, kindergarten to 21 years old, who are unable to be successful in less restrictive school placements. With three school sites, the program helps students with social/emotional needs, fragile mental health, developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, life skills, or GED preparation needs or who require vocational training and community transition services.
MLK Day Service Project: TBD
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.
Rosewood Initiative
Mission: Rosewood is a neighborhood space where you can help the community as you improve yourself. Neighbors come here to interact with one another, work on projects and feel safe. Rosewood builds capacity in the neighborhood by helping people learn useful skills and by connecting friends, partners and resources.
MLK Day Service Project: Painting, furniture tightening, back room organization, litter patrol
Stay Engaged: Apply to volunteer at Rosewood as a front desk assistant, computer lab assist, photographer, childcare provider, and more!
SOLVE
Mission: SOLVE works to bring Oregonians together to improve our environment and build a legacy of stewardship.
MLK Day Service Project: trash pickup and graffiti removal
Stay Engaged: Volunteer at a SOLVE event, plan your own, or become a volunteer leader!
Vance Park Children's Garden
Mission:
MLK Day Service Project: Composting and weed sweep of garden
Stay Engaged: Contact to find out about volunteer opportunities.