Columbia Group - Volunteer
Volunteer with the Columbia Group!
Volunteers at work
The Sierra Club is the county's oldest and largest grassroots organization, which means volunteers run the Columbia Group and we need your help!!! Whatever your interests or skills, we have just the right opportunity for you!
You can jump right in by offering to help with one of our current volunteer opportunities. Or come to a meeting or event to get to know folks and talk to someone about how you’d like to get involved. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to volunteering with the Columbia Group, we can’t wait to see you!
4 Easy Ways to Get Involved
Fill out a volunteer interest form
Let us know what types of issues and volunteer activities you’d like to work on by filling out our online Volunteer Sign Up Form.
Sign up for our volunteer bulletin
The Calendar/Volunteer Bulletin with the latest volunteer opportunities is delivered directly to your email box on a weekly basis. To sign up, join the Oregon Columbia News List.
Check out our current volunteer needs
We have lots of opportunities for you to get involved! Whether it’s helping with a campaign event, serving on a committee, lending a hand in the office, or attending an outing, we’d love to have you! Check out the list of Volunteer Opportunities!
Tell your friends to get involved
The surest way we all can make a difference is by telling our friends about the environmental issues we care about and by encouraging them to get involved, too. Ask a friend to come to or, better yet, help out at a Columbia Group event with you. Two sets of hands are always better than one!
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Columbia Group Volunteer Needs
Database/Office Assistants
Help keep the volunteer/member database updated with correct contact information and volunteer interests. Occasional phone calling to members.
Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week; on-going
Beneficial Skills/Knowledge: Comfortable working on a computer at home or in the chapter office, communicating over email and phone. Organized and efficient with capturing fresh data and entering in database.
Contact: Joy Keen (503) 238-0442 x300 or joy.keen@sierraclub.org. Database training will be provided.
Inner City Outings Leaders
Lead outings that take disadvantaged urban youth and put them in wild areas that they normally would not have the opportunity to explore.
Visit the Columbia Group’s Inner City Outings page for a description of this volunteer opportunity and contact information.
Merchandise Manager
Order Club merchandise as needed; organize the merchandise area & potentially develop a Store; look for opportunities to sell goods; manage inventory & track give-aways.
Time Commitment: 1 hour a week; on-going
Beneficial Skills/Knowledge: Desire to raise a few funds for the Club; interest in outreach; organized; some money-management savvy.
Contact: Joy Keen (503) 238-0442 x300 or joy.keen@sierraclub.org. Located in Portland office.
Newsletter Article Writers
Write newsletter articles on salmon recovery efforts and the current status of various salmon species in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Jeff Fryer at jeff.fryer@oregon.sierraclub.org
Outings Co-Chair
Do you love the outdoors, have outdoor leadership experience, and enjoy some administrative duties too? If you are already a certified Sierra Club outings leader or wish to become certified, consider helping out in Outings leadership. Duties would involve expanding outings diversity, communications, website postings, event planning, and/or helping support Columbia Group goals and activities. This is a fun position with a great group of outdoors and conservation-oriented folks.
Contact: Karen Benton, Outings Chair karen.benton@sierraclub.org.
Political Committee
Volunteers are also needed to help prepare candidate questionnaires, determine which races are most important in advancing Sierra Club’s goals, and to be involved in candidate interview panels. This is a great opportunity to be effective in ensuring the success of environmental candidates as many voters place a high priority on Sierra Club endorsements.
Contact: Nancy Hatch at nancy.hatch@oregon.sierraclub.org.
Program night/events committee members
Committee members needed to help organize interesting programs and events that will be fun but also raise awareness of environmental problems. Plan programs and activities to encourage our members to get involved in such things as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, energy conservation, alternative energy, ending logging in national forests, and salmon recovery.
Contact: Gary Hancock at gary.hancock@oregon.sierraclub.org.
Speaker Series
We are in need of a small group of people to help to make the Adam Alabarca Memorial Speaker Series a success. This project involves bringing in a series of speakers to speak on some of the issues that Adam was most interested in, including sustainability, alternative transportation, and food/hunger issues. Some of the tasks will include overall planning and coordination, selecting speakers, choosing venues and event promotion.
If interested or for further information please contact Erika at erika.alabarca@oregon.sierraclub.org.
Trail Work
Be sure to check out the Columbia Group’s Outings page to see when and where we will be working on creating and maintaining trails or other projects.
Contact: Dave at davebybee@oregon.sierraclub.org.
If you are interested in any of these positions, or if there are other activities you would like to help out with, do any of the following:
Fill out our Volunteer Sign-up Form and submit it online.
Email us at columbia.group@oregon.sierraclub.org.
Fill out the paper Volunteer Activist Form and mail it to:
- Sierra Club Columbia Group
- 1821 SE Ankeny St
- Portland, Oregon 97214
Or call the Columbia Group at (503) 238-0442 x300.
