Topic: volunteer

We here at the Red Cross depend on volunteers and we appreciate every one of them. They do every imaginable job for us, from cleaning and preparing manikins, to deploying in other regions in response to disasters. One such volunteer recently stopped in on her vacation from her new home in central Washington state. Kristen H., up until this past spring, was a full-time instructor for the...

This can only end in heartbreak. I just want you to know that I know. But until then, I am obsessively attached to my single volunteer pumpkin, the darling that grew from a seed dropped by a squirrel in an unused corner of my yard. It's now showing a bit of orange, a harbinger of...

It's late. I should be in bed. But tomorrow (well, later today) I'm taking off for Denver.The Democratic National Convention doesn't start until Monday evening. But my better half has a volunteer gig at the Convention that requires a day of training beforehand, and the social event calendar starts on Saturday in earnest, so off we go. It's always hard for me to get out of the office at a...

Make your school shine! On Saturday, Aug. 23, join thousands of volunteers for Community Care Day, 9 a.m. to noon, to take on landscaping and groundskeeping at 75 schools. Click here to sign up.Tasks vary from school to school, but include weeding, pruning, edging and laying bark chips. The volunteer commitment is important to Portland Public Schools, which employs only four groundskeepers to care...

Just put up a note at IgnitePortland.com about the volunteer kickoff meeting tonight at Cubespace. If you're interested in helping plan, organize, and pull off Ignite Portland 4 on November 13, check it out. In the past, we've had almost more volunteer help than we can handle. Which is an awesome problem to have. This time, we're going to focus on being organized, and trying to streamline...