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Volunteer Opportunities in Powell Butte, Oregon
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Central Oregon Volunteer Connect
also known as COVC, Volunteer Connect, Volunteer Central Oregon
Central Oregon Volunteer Connect is a program of Connect Central Oregon representing one of their four pillars - alongside Mentoring, Innovation, and Partnership. It's a regional infrastructure, shaped and stewarded by community leaders over more than two decades connecting organizations, volunteers, emerging leaders, and community energy across Central Oregon. Along with direct partnership outreach across the region, most notably the Connect Central Oregon Volunteer & Board Fair — the in-person event connecting volunteers and organizations face to face, their Volunteer Central Oregon directory allows browsing or searching to find organizations across Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, and Warm Springs looking for volunteers, donors, and community partners.
Connect Central Oregon is always looking for leaders who want to help connect individuals, groups, and organizations to each other and strengthen our community. One of the most important roles within the entire organization, serving as a "Connector" represents the very purpose of ConnectCO and serves as the primary method of our community engagement...using very literally every resource ConnectCO and its leadership team have to offer.
Rural Oregon Community Foundation
also known as ROCF, Crooked River Roundup Foundation
The Rural Oregon Community Foundation, which also does business as the Crooked River Roundup Foundation, is a Prineville nonprofit dedicated to preserving the Western Way of Life. It awards scholarships to Central Oregon students pursuing careers in ranching, agriculture, farming, rodeo, and animal health, runs youth programs like Boots and Roots for local fourth and fifth graders, and hosts community events such as the Fall Cowboy Gathering of Western music and cowboy poetry. Its annual Dinner & Dance kicks off Crooked River Roundup week.
Volunteers, including many local FFA and 4-H students, help run the foundation's annual Dinner & Dance fundraiser that kicks off Roundup week, and support youth programs like Boots and Roots and community events like the Fall Cowboy Gathering.
Crook County School District
also known as CCSD, Crook County Schools
Crook County School District is the public school district for Prineville and Crook County, operating elementary and middle schools, Crook County High School, and rural schools, along with programs like ASPIRE college and career mentoring. Parents and community members volunteer in schools and through booster and parent groups across the district.
Volunteers support Crook County students in classrooms, libraries, and at school events, and at Crook County High School they can become ASPIRE mentors in the Future Center, helping students plan for college and careers. Volunteers complete the district's approval process before starting, and school booster and parent groups offer more ways to help.
Powell Butte Community Center, Inc. maintains and operates the Powell Butte community center as a gathering place for the rural Powell Butte community, hosting community events, meetings, and celebrations.
Volunteers help care for the community center building and grounds and run the community events, gatherings, and fundraisers held there.
ClearPath Healthcare
also known as Hospice of Redmond
ClearPath Healthcare, formerly Hospice of Redmond, is a local nonprofit that has cared for Central Oregon families since 1979. Now serving much of Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties, it provides hospice care, in-home primary care for homebound seniors, and free Transitions support for people facing serious illness, plus grief support open to anyone in the community, special care for veterans, and the Pet Peace of Mind program that cares for patients' pets.
Trained hospice volunteers are part of the care team: offering companionship and respite so family caregivers can rest, sitting vigil, supporting veterans through We Honor Veterans, and helping with grief support. Others help with the Pet Peace of Mind program, community events like the Festival of Trees and Light Up a Life, Camp Sunrise for grieving kids, and office work. No medical background is needed; training is provided.
Powell Butte-based diaper bank, founded in 2024, that works through community partnerships to get diapers and hygiene supplies to low-income families in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties, helping parents and caregivers bridge a gap that SNAP and WIC don't cover. Separate from the NeighborImpact/Every Child diaper bank.
Volunteers unload, unpack, repackage, and store diapers, reach out to businesses and groups willing to host diaper drives, and help with fundraising events across Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties. Groups can also run their own diaper drives.
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