Health & Wellness Volunteer Opportunities in Central Oregon

The Central Oregon group of Moms Demand Action has been active in Bend since 2014 as a local group of the Oregon chapter. Its volunteers organize community gatherings such as the annual Wear Orange event each June, meet with lawmakers, and share safe firearm storage education with families. Read more ›

Stop the Bleed is the American College of Surgeons' national program, run under a license from the U.S. Department of Defense, that teaches everyday people to control life-threatening bleeding before help arrives. Read more ›

Bend Fire & Rescue is the City of Bend's fire and emergency medical service, answering fire, rescue, and ambulance calls from stations across Bend and the surrounding rural fire district. Read more ›

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 ›

Central Oregon Pediatric Associates (COPA) is a for-profit pediatric practice, founded in 1976, caring for newborns through teens at clinics in East, West, and South Bend and in Redmond, with behavioral health, allergy, lactation, nutrition, and community health worker support. Read more ›

Clear Mourning is a Bend-based nonprofit working to shift the culture of grief, so people who have experienced profound or traumatic loss can grieve freely and learn to carry their grief into daily life. Read more ›

ClearPath Healthcare, formerly Hospice of Redmond, is a local nonprofit that has cared for Central Oregon families since 1979. Read more ›

HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response is an all-volunteer nonprofit that has sent specially trained dog and handler teams to comfort people affected by crises and disasters since 1999. Read more ›

An independent, all-volunteer Oregon nonprofit started and run by Silver Rail Elementary parents after the October 15, 2026 shooting. The fund supports every child who was in the building that day (plus their siblings and the children of adults who were there) with what they need to heal and feel like kids again: activities, classes, outings, play, counseling, and therapy. Read more ›

YouthLine is a free, confidential teen-to-teen crisis and help line, a program of Lines for Life, where trained teen volunteers support other young people by phone, text, and chat, with adult clinicians available around the clock.

Crook County Fire & Rescue provides fire, emergency medical, and ambulance service from Prineville. Alongside its career crews it relies on volunteer and resident firefighters, and it teaches the community too, including free Stop the Bleed classes in partnership with St. Charles that train residents and workplaces to control life-threatening bleeding.

Provides primary care, mental health and dental services regardless of the ability to pay. Sliding scale discounts available to those eligible.