God’s Closet Offers Shop for Free Day

God’s Closet collects new and gently used children’s clothes and shoes, then once a quarter they have a Free Shop-day Event and give the clothes out free! Only a small entrance fee is charged per family (usually $1.00).

Main Event Benefit Night for Search and Rescue

Not everyone is cut out to be a member of the Search and Rescue Team… but everyone can help! Main Event Sports Grill in Fisher’s Landing presents an evening fundraiser event to benefit Southwest Washington Search and Rescue AND Evergreen Search Dogs – your local community volunteer Search and Rescue organizations. This will help fund equipment, training, and operation expenses.

Day of Service Opportunities for MLK Day

Each year, on the third Monday of January, schools, federal offices, post office and banks across America close to celebrate the life and the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a time for the nation to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples. A time to remember the message of change through nonviolence.

Santa’s Posse Wrapping Up and Delivering Christmas Joy

As you are getting ready to wrap up your own holiday shopping, consider joining Santa’s Posse Wrapping Party and help bring the joy of Christmas to those in need in our community.

There is a Santa’s Wrapping Party and help is needed to wrap gifts and assemble food boxes for approximately 1,000 families.

Ace the Fix at Repair Cafe

Repair Cafés are free community events where skilled ‘fixers’ volunteer to lend their skills to residents who bring in their broken items for repair. The goal of the events is to keep stuff out of the landfill, conserve resources, save money and share skills throughout the community.

City Seeks Volunteers for Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission

The City of Vancouver is seeking applicants to fill three vacancies on its Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission (PRAC). Applicants for these positions must live within the Vancouver city limits.

Completed applications must be received by the City Manager’s Office by 5 PM on Friday, March 3, 2017. Click here to apply online.

Walk and Knock Knows When to Fold ‘Em

Before all the Walking and Knocking takes place on Saturday, December 3, 2016, before the bags are filled, before the bags are distributed, there are tons (well, maybe not tons) of paper bags that need to be folded! That’s right, about 150,000 paper bags need to be folded for distribution to homes as part of Clark County’s largest food drive.

The Butt Stops Here

Volunteers are needed for the sixth annual The Butt Stops Here cleanup to remove cigarette butts and other litter from parks on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Volunteer programs for Clark County and the city of Vancouver are coordinating the cleanup, which will be held in conjunction with Make a Difference Day.

Help Keep the Columbia River Clean

Have you had a chance to walk the Columbia River Waterfront Renaissance Trail? While this trail attracts a lot of visitors, it seems to also be attracting some litter :-( . Fort Vancouver National Historic Site has partnered with SOLVE Oregon to provide cleanup supplies and trash removal along the Columbia River Waterfront Renaissance Trail on September 17, 2016, from 10 am to 1 pm.

Peace and Justice Fair

The Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair will return to Esther Short Park for its 13th year on Saturday, September 10, 2016, showcasing local nonprofit agencies and churches, volunteers and activists, performers and just-plain-folks who are focused on making Clark County – and the whole world – a better place to live.

Now is the Time to Volunteer

Are you observant? Do you want to learn more about your local police department? Could you find four hours a month to help the community? If so, the Vancouver Police Department’s Neighbors On Watch (NOW) citizen patrol program may be a great fit for you. NOW is growing and additional volunteers are encouraged to join this wildly successful program. Applications for the next training academy will be accepted until July 21, 2016.

Have a Blast Volunteering on the Fourth

Last call for volunteers for Independence Day Celebration at Fort Vancouver! The Fort Vancouver National Trust still has openings for dedicated volunteers to lend a hand at one of Vancouver’s most iconic summer events: Independence Day at Fort Vancouver on Monday, July 4th, 2016. Last year more than 250 volunteers helped at the event, which was attended by more than 35,000 people.

Columbia River Waterfront Clean Up Needs You

I love walking the Waterfront Renaissance Trail. It has a great view of the Columbia River, I can walk along a sandy beach and stick my toes in the water, and of course stop at one of my favorite waterfront restaurants for a beverage or bite to eat. What I don’t like: Litter. But, together we can SOLVE this problem!

Get Outside, Learn, Earn, and Lead

Columbia Springs’ Volunteer Lead program is like a club for people who want to give back and spread a love of the outdoors with their community. Volunteers who attend Volunteer Lead Training are asked to commit to 20 hours of service in one year. Leads who complete the training can help with school field trips, Salmon in the Classroom programs, community events, habitat restoration, and with the fish hatchery operations.

The 2016 Volunteer Lead Training takes

Are You Interested in Becoming a Stream Steward?

Do you enjoy the great outdoors? Are you interested in local history and our native plants and wildlife? Then become a Stream Steward! It’s fun and FREE! Clark Public Utilities’ StreamTeam sponsors the Stream Stewards program for those interested in making a difference in the great outdoors.

The Butt Stops Here!

The goal is to clean up our local parks, by picking up litter and all those pesky cigarette butts. Volunteers will meet upstairs in the clubhouse in the Van Cleve Community Room at the Luke Jensen Sports Complex and from there everyone will head out to various community locations to make a difference!

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