VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIES
Strengthen your community connection through AntFarm’s Volunteer Program. People of all ages are invited to support youth, families, elders, and neighbors through hands-on service, mentoring, outdoor projects, specialty skills, and behind-the-scenes help. Whether you’re interested in youth activities, garden work, events, operations, or sharing a unique talent, there’s a place for you to make a real difference. Volunteers help create a healthier, purposeful, and compassionate community, and we’d love to have you be part of it.
See our list of volunteer roles and opportunities below, and fill out our Volunteer Application to get started.
Here are direct links to explore:
Administration & Operations
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Volunteer Coordination
- Volunteer Coordinator: communicating and connecting with volunteers
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Operations
- Basic property clean-up
- Facility and vehicle maintenance
- Tracking inventories
- Safety inspections
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Information Technology
- Website maintenance
- Website design
- MS365 and SharePoint support
- Help desk support
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Fundraising
- Fundraising / event helper
- Soliciting for donations: Sustaining the Seasons donors, Business Sponsorships, Planet365
- Securing goods and services for fundraisers
- Thank you notes: to donors, businesses, volunteers, etc.
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Marketing
- Posting flyers around local towns
- Photographer / videographer for events and activities
- Newsletter support
- Surveys
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Human Resources & Administration
- Creating policies, procedures, handbook editing, etc.
- Staff training and development
- Data entry, filing, shredding
- Organizing, cleaning, upkeep
Indoor Programs & Services
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Youth Services
- Supporting at youth events and activities
- Helping with YouthHub drop-in hours: support, greet, sign ins/outs, safety monitor, cleaning
- Community Work Program: assisting youth with job readiness skill building
- Connecting with businesses to find internships for youth
- Youth Mentor / Supporter
- General or targeted tutor
- Teaching life skills: cooking, finances, cleaning, sewing, etc.
- Teaching activities: art, music, computers, environment, etc.
- Helping with or running cultural arts programming
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Café & Bakery
- Watering and caring for plants inside and outside the cafe
- Answering phones and taking orders
- Supporting with room rentals
- Prepping and delivering baked goods for farmers market
- Helping track inventory
- Making store runs for cafe
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Nuevo Futuro
- Finding activities, crafts, and educational articles for family
- Organizing materials
- Helping with childcare during events
- Serving food and clean up for events
- Supporting food box distribution
- Support with translation of documents
- Support families with communication through translation
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Housing Services
- Donation coordinator
- Supply coordinator
- Supporting life skill development
- Extreme weather shelter support
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Cultural Arts Center
- Coordinating monthly artists and shows
- Supporting arts center activities
Outdoor Programs & Services
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CommunityConnect
- Help complete outdoor projects for elderly and disabled community members
- Lead a crew of volunteers on jobs
- Calling and checking in on our clients
- Trail and camp clean ups
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Outdoor Building
- Cleaning vehicles interior & exterior
- Cleaning, repairing, and organizing tools
- Cleaning up around the building
- Landscaping and maintaining grounds
- Supporting Christmas Tree lot
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Mount Hood Farmers Market
- Support Power of Produce youth activities
- Teach market related workshops
- Support café and info booths
- Help with opening and closing procedures
- Clean up, mowing, and weed-eating market grounds
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Planet365
- Sorting Cans and Bottles
- Collecting donated recycling
- Emptying trailers
- Meeting OBRC to load the truck
- Transporting trailers
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Garden
- Watering, planting, harvesting
- Grounds clean up and weeding
- Support youth garden activities
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Woodlot
- Splitting and stacking wood
- Delivering firewood
- Picking up wood donations
- Feeding brush chipper
- Woodlot cleaning and upkeep
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Outdoor Adventure
- Lead or support adventures
- Teach outdoor skills
