Become a Volunteer Portland Parks and Recreation offers a variety of volunteer opportunities. Last year, Portlanders contributed over half a million hours of volunteer services to their programs. If you would like to join them, please call 823-5121. Training is provided. Portland Parks and Recreation is looking for a few caring souls who want to get involved with the care and enhancement of a favorite park.
Projects range from litter patrols to flower gardens.
Call Ed Kerns at 234-4947 for meeting location. People interested in helping out in our nation's largest wooded municipal park are invited to join trail maintenance work parties on the first and third Saturdays of the month and ivy removal every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Located on SE 28th, one block north of Woodstock, the Garden is one of Portland's best kept secrets. This beautiful garden is maintained almost entirely by volunteers who would love to have you join them for a variety of tasks, including gardening and leadership positions to develop a program of tour guides. They'll teach you everything you need to know.