ALS Northwest supports people living with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and their families across the region with care services, equipment loans, support groups, and education, while advocating and raising funds for research toward a cure.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers help with Walk to Defeat ALS and other events, support families with practical help, and assist with outreach and office tasks.
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Destination Rehab helps adults living with neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson's, MS, and brain injury build confidence and independence through skills training, therapy-based programs, and adaptive adventures in the community and outdoors.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers assist adults with neurologic conditions during community outings and adventure-based activities, working alongside physical therapy staff to help participants build skills, confidence, and independence. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Treehouse Therapies Associates is a Bend nonprofit providing physical, occupational, and speech therapy for children, offering compassionate, comprehensive care based on each child's needs regardless of the family's financial or insurance limitations.
Bend nonprofit providing pro bono court-appointed guardianship and conservatorship services to incapacitated adults of limited means across Central Oregon, helping people who can't make their own medical, housing, or financial decisions move out of hospitals, jails, or unsafe situations into appropriate care. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVisitation volunteers regularly visit clients living in care facilities so they feel cared for and not forgotten, with training and shadowing provided and a background check required. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
A public regional education agency based in Redmond that provides shared and specialized services to Central Oregon school districts, including Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Crook County, and Sisters. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeClassroom volunteering (working with children, supporting staff, or helping with projects) and office help such as typing, filing, and projects, across HDESD's school and early childhood programs. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Madras-based nonprofit, founded by autistic self-advocate Sam Robinson, that empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and unites communities to break down the barriers they face. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeAs a young, growing nonprofit, it needs founding board members and skilled volunteers (finance, outreach, event planning), plus helpers for inclusive community events like dances and memorial gatherings that bring people with and without disabilities together.
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Oregon Adaptive Sports provides life-changing outdoor recreation for people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Founded in 1996 as the Central Oregon Adaptive Ski Program, it now runs year-round, with adaptive alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing at Mt. Bachelor and Hoodoo in winter, and cycling, mountain biking, kayaking, and golf in summer. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeHundreds of volunteers make OAS run. In winter, trained volunteers coach and assist athletes on the slopes at Mt. Bachelor and Hoodoo, including one-on-one coaching for local students in the Ski for Life program. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Healing Reins provides people of all ages and abilities opportunities for emotional and physical healing through a range of professionally recognized therapeutic services.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support therapeutic riding lessons directly — as horse leaders, side-walkers who assist and stay close to the rider, or barn keepers helping care for the facility and horses — plus behind-the-scenes administrative support. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Adapt & Triumph is a nonprofit that removes barriers to fitness for people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and other adaptive needs. Read more ›
Central Oregon Disability Support Network (CODSN) offers no-cost, peer-delivered support to people with disabilities and their families across Central and Eastern Oregon; every team member has been touched by disability. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers help at family events and programs as their schedules allow, with no ongoing commitment. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Samara Learning Center is a nonprofit private alternative school in Bend for students who learn differently, including children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, and high-functioning autism, as well as kids who have been bullied, experience school anxiety, or are moving from homeschool back to a classroom. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support students who learn differently by reading with students, helping in classrooms, sharing a skill or hobby as an enrichment session, and helping with school events and fundraisers like Central Oregon Gives. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Since 1965, the Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon has empowered people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties to build skills for independent living, work, and community life. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support people with developmental disabilities alongside staff, helping with recreation and community outings, life-skills activities, and special events and fundraisers.
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours