Bend Park and Recreation District manages Bend's parks, trails, and recreation facilities, including Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, Larkspur Community Center, and the Deschutes River Trail, and offers year-round sports, fitness, youth, and senior programs for residents of all ages and abilities.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers coach youth sports, help care for parks and trails through project days (weeding, litter cleanup, trail maintenance), and support recreation programs — including teen-specific roles like Cougar Camp counselors, Junior Lifeguard and Swim Instructor Aides. Read more ›
Who can volunteerPreteens (10–12)Adolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Provides primary care, mental health and dental services regardless of the ability to pay. Sliding scale discounts available to those eligible.
Volunteering looks likeOutreach and event volunteering: representing Mosaic at community events, staffing a booth, set-up and tear-down. Advisory roles: a Fundraising Advisory Council, plus Patient Advisory Councils for Mosaic patients. Read more ›
Who can volunteerCorporate / Workplace GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The High Desert Museum, just south of Bend, is the largest cultural institution in Central and Eastern Oregon and the only museum in the nation devoted to North America's High Desert. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support nearly every part of the Museum, from staffing exhibits and leading hands-on activities for visitors to helping school groups on field trips, assisting at Admissions, and interpreting living history and natural history at various sites. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The American Red Cross Cascades Region serves Central and Eastern Oregon, responding to home fires and other disasters with shelter, food, and emergency support, collecting lifesaving blood, teaching CPR, first aid, and home fire safety, and supporting military families and veterans. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteer roles include Disaster Action Team responders, blood drive support, home fire safety campaign outreach, CPR/first aid instructors, and shelter workers during emergencies. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Lines for Life is an Oregon nonprofit dedicated to preventing substance use and suicide. It operates free, confidential crisis and support lines, including Oregon's 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, YouthLine for teens and young adults, and support lines for veterans and military families, alongside prevention education and training for communities across the state.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers answer calls on the in-person crisis line in Portland, supporting people facing suicidal thoughts, substance use issues, and loneliness after extensive training. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
The Latino Community Association (LCA) empowers Latino families in Central Oregon to thrive, serving more than 12,000 people a year from offices in Bend, Redmond, Madras, and Prineville. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers provide bilingual support across LCA's programs: translation and interpretation, front-desk and client services, English tutoring, and help at cultural celebrations like Día de los Muertos, Latino Fest, and… Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The Deschutes Public Library Foundation raises private support for Deschutes Public Library, funding programs and services beyond the library's budget, such as author events, early literacy, summer reading, and special collections, for readers of all ages across Deschutes County.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers help the Foundation with fundraising events, donor outreach, and community programs like author events. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Furnish Hope is a Bend-based nonprofit furniture bank working to end furniture poverty in Central Oregon. It collects gently used furniture and household essentials and delivers them to individuals and families moving into stable housing, turning empty houses into furnished homes that foster permanency, comfort, and pride. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers drive and co-pilot furniture deliveries, connect with recipients as community liaisons, gather and sort donations at the donation center, staff the Furnish Hope & Home resale store, and help remotely with admin work, events, and fundraising. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Room makeover of interior spaces of local non-profits.
High Desert Robotics & Rotors Expositions (HDRex), a program of Connect Central Oregon, inspires the next generation of Central Oregon leaders through hands-on robotics and drone experiences. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsSchool GroupsAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Wild Side Rehabilitation is a Central Oregon wildlife rehabilitation nonprofit that cares for orphaned and injured wild mammals, from fawns and elk calves to raccoons, squirrels, and rabbits, until they can be released back to the wild. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteer caregivers work under the licensed rehabilitator's supervision to feed, clean, and care for orphaned and injured wildlife as they recover, and help with transport and releases. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
DCFA works with the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center on the production of the annual Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo and is responsible for the Deschutes County Rodeo Queen program each year.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support the annual Fair & Rodeo across a range of committee areas — camping, shuttles, vendor coordination, front-of-house and back-of-house for the main stage, security, 4-H/FFA liaison work, membership… Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)