NAMI Central Oregon, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, provides free support, education, and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, including peer and family support groups, classes, and community presentations that reduce stigma and help people find hope and recovery.
Volunteering looks likeVolunteer roles include support group leaders and class teachers (with NAMI training, often people with lived experience), community presentations and outreach, local advocacy, events and fundraising, grant writing, graphic design and writing, and admin help. Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
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
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
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
The High Desert Museum, just south of Bend, is the largest cultural institution in Central and Eastern Oregon and the only museum in the nation devoted to North America's High Desert. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers support nearly every part of the Museum, from staffing exhibits and leading hands-on activities for visitors to helping school groups on field trips, assisting at Admissions, and interpreting living history and natural history at various sites. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The local professional association for attorneys who live or work mainly in Deschutes County, open without dues to Oregon State Bar members in good standing. It offers continuing legal education and networking events and works to improve the community's access to legal services. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likePro bono volunteering for licensed attorneys: free short consultations with self-represented people through Lawyer in the Library, recruited and trained through the Access to Justice Committee, plus committee work on… Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Bend Park & Recreation District's Larkspur Community Center is home to the Bend Senior Center and continues its legacy. The 34,000-square-foot center serves people of all ages, with fitness spaces, an indoor walking and jogging track, a leisure pool, classrooms, a cafe, and community space, plus activities and classes for older adults and reduced rates for those 65 and older.
Volunteering looks likeAdult enrichment volunteering with older-adult social activities, games, classes, and events, plus helpers for fitness and water exercise classes, through Bend Park & Recreation District's volunteer program. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
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
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon (BBBSCO) is a non-profit organization, part of J Bar J Youth Services, that creates one-to-one, life-changing mentoring relationships between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles") ages 6–17. Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeVolunteers ("Bigs") are matched one-to-one with a child ("Little") and commit to spending time together 2–4 times a month for at least a year — sharing activities like sports, hobbies, or just hanging out. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The public library for Jefferson County, based in Madras, run as a library district since 2000 with roots in a community library association started in 1916. Services include a bookmobile, a sound booth, a Genealogy Center, and the "I AM A STORY" oral history project.
Volunteering looks likeGeneral library volunteering when the library has needs, for people giving back or completing required community service hours. Apply online and the library reaches out when volunteers are needed. Read more ›
Who can volunteerCourt-Ordered / Community ServicePreteens (10–12)Adolescents (13–18)Adults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
The municipal government of Redmond, Oregon, with a council-manager form of government. It provides city services including streets, parks, police, planning, and Redmond Municipal Airport (Roberts Field). Read more ›
Volunteering looks likeServing on city committees and commissions (some with youth seats), Adopt-a-Street, Park, or Trail commitments, one-time community clean-ups and planting days such as Earth Day and Arbor Week, group maintenance and… Read more ›
Who can volunteerGroupsCorporate / Workplace GroupsCourt-Ordered / Community ServiceAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours
Community dispute resolution center serving Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties since 1998. It helps people have difficult conversations through affordable mediation for family, housing, neighbor, business, small-claims pre-trial, and foreclosure disputes, plus facilitation and conflict-resolution education.
Volunteering looks likeMost volunteers serve as community mediators: after the Basic Mediation Training they're mentored through observing, co-mediating, and coached mediations, then take cases such as neighbor, landlord-tenant, small-claims, and family disputes. Read more ›
Who can volunteerAdults (19+)Older adults (65+)Oregon Health Plan Hours