The Salvation Army Bend Corps serves thousands of Central Oregonians each year through a client-choice food pantry, emergency assistance with rent and utilities, holiday food and gifts through the Red Kettle and Angel Tree campaigns, youth after-school programs, and visits to seniors, as part of its faith-based mission to meet human needs without discrimination.
Volunteering looks likeThe Bend Corps has roles for almost every age: helping in the client-choice food pantry, visiting residents of assisted living centers, assembling gifts for veterans and people experiencing homelessness, and supporting youth programs. Read more ›
Who can volunteerFamiliesGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsFaith GroupsChildren (3–9)Preteens (10–12)Adolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Powell Butte Christian Church is a congregation in Powell Butte, between Redmond and Prineville, with ministries for children, youth, women, and men. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeThe church's Lord's Acre sale runs on year-round volunteer work: quilters meet weekly to hand-make quilts for the auction, crafters create goods for the country store, and the sale day itself brings together food, a barbecue lunch, music, and a community run and walk.
Gentle Lion is a faith-based Redmond nonprofit that has spent more than seven years calling men to become better husbands, fathers, and brothers. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeAt Gentle Lion, the men who come are the volunteers. Regulars pitch in informally, helping set up and cook the Tuesday breakfast, welcoming newcomers, helping with retreats, classes, and events, and supporting the men beside them. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
St. Vincent de Paul Redmond serves people in poverty and experiencing homelessness across the Redmond School District area, including Redmond, Terrebonne, Crooked River Ranch, and Tumalo. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers keep the food pantry, voucher room, and thrift store running: stocking and distributing food, sorting and pricing donated clothing and household goods, helping shoppers, and supporting social services. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsFaith GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
A faith-based nonprofit providing emergency shelter, meals, case management, and recovery support for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Central Oregon.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteer opportunities include serving meals, helping with donation drives, and mentoring guests working to rebuild stability after homelessness or addiction, across Bend and Redmond shelter locations.
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The Nativity Wood Bank provides free firewood to Central Oregon households that rely on wood heat and can't afford fuel, collecting donated wood and relying on volunteers to split, stack, and deliver it through the winter.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers split, stack, and deliver firewood to neighbors who heat their homes with wood, and help collect donated wood. It's outdoor physical work, well suited to groups and work crews.
Who can volunteerGroupsFaith GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Locally organized since 1977, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Crook County serves anyone in need in the Prineville area with dignity and respect, regardless of faith or background. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers work shifts in the food pantry packing food boxes and sorting donations, unload and load food trucks, direct guests as parking lot attendants, or sign up as on-call helpers for busy days. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsFaith GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Shepherd's House Ministries' faith-based, long-term recovery home where women and their children heal together. Serving up to 10 guests at a time, residents move through a six-stage program of counseling, mentorship, life skills, and spiritual growth toward independence and stable housing, with graduate homes for the transition back to work and community. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers build genuine, ongoing friendships with the women in the program, mentoring them and helping plan for life after graduation. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
St. Vincent de Paul of Bend (St. Francis Conference) serves anyone in need in the Bend area with dignity and respect, without discrimination. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers are at the heart of the shopping-style pantry, guiding clients through the aisles, explaining options, and helping each person choose food with dignity. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsFaith GroupsAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Redemption House Ministries is Prineville's faith-based shelter and meals ministry for people experiencing homelessness. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers cook and serve at Craig's Compassionate Café, help bring meals out to people living in camps, prepare dinners and sack breakfasts for shelter guests, sort donations and stock the food pantry, and help with facility upkeep and events. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsFaith GroupsAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Bend-based, Christ-centered, nondenominational nonprofit offering hope and community to mothers grieving the death of a child, under any circumstance. Founded by a Bend mother after the loss of her son, it runs 12-week Resurfacing support groups in person and online, plus grief coaching, retreats, and devotionals. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeMothers who have walked their own grief journey volunteer as support group leaders, guiding other moms through the 12-week Resurfacing program in person and on Zoom. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)