Volunteer
Volunteering and Service Learning are good compliments to your academic endeavors. Frequently they not only are fulfilling but lead to current letters of reference, networking and structure to the day.
PCC’s Service Learning http://www.pcc.edu/resources/community-based-learning/connector/
Local Job Search & Volunteer Sites
Medical Volunteering
- Portland Street Medicine
- Clackamas Free Clinic – Volunteers in Medicine
- Borland Free Clinic
- New Heights Clinic (Vancouver)
- Battleground Health Care
- Virginia Garcia
- Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
- Asian Health & Service Center
- Good News Community Health Center (Faith Based)
- Outside In
- Planned Parenthood (women’s health & abortion support)
- Oregon Employment Department – http://www.emp.state.or.us
- Washington A&D job search site – http://wajobline.com/
- Oregon Labor Market Information System – OLMIS direct link to chemical dependency jobs
- Hands on Portland – www.handsonportland.org
- Volunteer Match/Idealist – www.volunteermatch.org
- Non Profit of Oregon – https://nonprofitoregon.org/
- Non-Profit jobs – http://www.idealist.org
- Lines for Life – great opportunity to build counseling skills and crisis assessment. Time count towards MHACBO hours https://www.linesforlife.org/
- National job search site but you choose by state. http://www.bridgestar.org/Home.aspx
- Nonprofit Association of Oregon – web site with local job board – http://www.nonprofitoregon.org/
- Ecumenical Ministries http://www.emoregon.org/volunteer.php
- Victim Advocate – Multnomah Co. District Attorney http://mcda.us/index.php/about-the-da/volunteers/
- Skills based volunteer matching https://www.catchafire.org/