All projects are created in partnership with these organizations and are designed to match their needs with our volunteers' interests. HOP has partnered with over 60 local service organizations. Here are a few samples of Hands On Portland's many, active partner agencies. Each year, thousands of tons of refuse is placed in landfills that can be salvaged to be reused in home construction. The Rebuilding Center, a non-profit store, takes used house and construction items such as lumber, fixtures, bathtubs, and doors and resells those products to the public at drastically reduced prices.
Volunteers help out in the store and assist with building deconstruction projects.
Food from a variety of sources moves through thier warehouses to a network of eighteen regional food banks across Oregon and 280 local agencies in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties as well as Clark County, Washington. One of the most critical elements to the success of the Oregon Food Bank is volunteer labor. At the Volunteer Action Center, volunteers work together to sort, repackage, and box food. Community Energy Project CEP helps seniors and disabled people stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter by weatherizing their homes. HOP projects have included weatherization of homes.