Partners In Care is Central Oregon's only independent, nonprofit home health and hospice organization, and the state's first hospice service. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeHospice volunteers offer companionship and support to patients and families through presence, not medical tasks, serving 2–8 hours a month (often 1–3 hours a week) for at least a year. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (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
Deschutes Public Library serves all of Deschutes County through branches in Bend, Redmond, Sisters, La Pine, and Sunriver, offering books and media, digital resources, storytimes and youth programs, adult learning and author events, and community spaces. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers help at branches across Deschutes County with materials handling, programs and events, and outreach. Read more ›
Who can volunteerPreteens (10–12)Adolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Deschutes County Health Services (DCHS) provides public health and behavioral health programs county-wide, including public health clinics, school-based health centers, environmental health, crisis services, and outpatient and youth behavioral health. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeMedical Reserve Corps volunteers, both medical and non-medical, support emergency and disaster response, staff pre-planned community events, help with public health and behavioral health outreach and education, and take part in trainings, exercises, and drills. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
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 ›
ClearPath Healthcare, formerly Hospice of Redmond, is a local nonprofit that has cared for Central Oregon families since 1979. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeTrained 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. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
St. Charles Health System is Central Oregon's nonprofit health system, operating hospitals in Bend, Redmond, Prineville, and Madras along with family care and specialty clinics, hospice, and community health programs, serving people across the region.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers serve at St. Charles hospitals and clinics in Bend, Redmond, Prineville, and Madras, greeting and guiding patients and visitors, supporting patient units and waiting areas, staffing gift shops, and helping with hospice and caregiving programs. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Central and Eastern Oregon chapter ("Broadband") of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, a national organization led by elder women that harnesses the energy and experience of its members to protect and restore wild lands. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeMembers join about 20 BroadWalk hikes and campouts a year from the Cascade crest to the Owyhee Canyonlands, and 3–5 BroadWorks stewardship projects: monitoring grazing and roads on public lands, restoring habitat, planting natives, and pulling noxious weeds. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Mental health counseling and substance use treatment for individuals and families, with counseling offices in Prineville, Bend and Redmond and an adolescent residential treatment program in Prineville. A nonprofit established in 1990.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support teens in the adolescent residential treatment program in Prineville: leading or helping with recreational and life-skills activities, speaking at career days, and helping with holiday activities. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Giving circle of 100+ Central Oregon women who pool $100 each per quarter to award $10,000+ to a local nonprofit, chosen by member vote after short presentations. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeMembers commit $100 and about 90 minutes each quarter. At each meeting they hear three short presentations, vote, and pool their gifts to the winning nonprofit. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Statewide association of veteran and supporter motorcyclists whose Central Oregon chapter, the High Desert Eagles, honors veterans through memorial rides, fundraisers, and events. The chapter helped raise funds for Oregon's POW/MIA Memorial Highway signs on U.S. 26 and supports the annual Bend Veterans Day Parade.
Volunteering looks likeRiders and supporters help put on memorial rides and poker runs, like the annual Mother's Day ride honoring a veteran mom, raise funds for veterans memorial highway signs and causes, and help support the Bend Veterans Day Parade. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)
Central Oregon Volunteer Connect is a program of Connect Central Oregon representing one of their four pillars - alongside Mentoring, Innovation, and Partnership. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeConnect Central Oregon is always looking for leaders who want to help connect individuals, groups, and organizations to each other and strengthen our community. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)