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Flexible Schedule
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Forest Grove, OR 97116
The vision of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities and is a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. The ReStore plays a CRITICAL role in funding our home building and home repair programs. We would love to post more photos of items available in the ReStore, and of our happy customers. We would love volunteers coming in on different days and taking photos. You could pick the day and time - any day but Sunday is available. You need to commit to two hours for the day you choose. All you need is a camera OR a smart phone, a good eye, and a Drop Box or Google Drive to upload your photos to share with our social media manager. How it works: You look through our Facebook account first to see which items we have already featured. You take photos of five to 10 items to feature on our Facebook and Instagram pages. You upload the photos so that the social media manager can access them and share them on Facebook and other social media accounts. If you can take short videos with your phone, you can do that too - we'll splice them together for short clips for our social media channel. Lots of Habitat for Humanity chapters have volunteers doing some really creative things with short video clips (look around on Instagram, Tik Tok and or YouTube for more to see what we'd like to do too). We would like someone to do this regularly: one day a week or one day every other week, or one day twice a month. We would like for the person to make a commitment to doing this for at least three months. And you can do it with a friend - it's always nice to have someone help to arrange items, hold them to provide scale, etc. We are happy to sign off on any paperwork if you undertake this role for a class or if you want to do this for assigned community service. We are right on TriMet Line 57! We already involve volunteers in most aspects of our house-building and home repairs (and you are welcomed to do that too!) - but we want the community involved and invested even more in what we do, and a way to do that is involving more volunteers. In addition, we want to keep as much of our finances as possible into those home-building and home repair activities, to support vulnerable families in Western Washington County, Oregon. We have even more volunteering opportunities listed on our web site at www.westualityhabitat.org During service, volunteers are representatives of Habitat for Humanity and our mission. In addition to complying with all laws, regulations and Habitat for Humanity policies, all volunteers are expected to follow Habitat’s Code of Conduct.
Date Posted: 2024-12-02
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Flexible Schedule
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Forest Grove, OR 97116
This is an ONSITE volunteering opportunity - you must be able to come to our sites in Forest Grove, Oregon to be able to volunteer in this role. You can involve classmates, colleagues and others in this role and make this a group volunteering opportunity! We would love to have fun, short videos promote shopping at our ReStore, donating to our ReStore, volunteering at our ReStore or volunteering at construction or home repair sites with West Tuality Habitat. When we say short, we mean videos that would be good for Instagram, Facebook Reels and maybe even TikTok. Do you have a smart phone that can shoot video? Do you know how to edit videos, adding in copyright-free music and special effects like fading in and out or titles? Do you have video-editing software? And are you feeling creative? Do you have some videos you could show us that give us an idea of your abilities? Then this could be perfect for you! If you have said yes to these questions, have a look at some Habitat for Humanity and ReStore Instagram and Tik Tok channels, to get an idea of what others out there are doing. And if you have some ideas, then let's meet! There are Habitat and ReStore affiliates all over the USA and we would love to videos like so many of them are doing! The vision of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities and is a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. The ReStore plays a CRITICAL role in funding our home building and home repair programs. The ReStore is one of our primary fundraising tools, as well a vital community outreach tool. We are happy to sign off on any paperwork if you undertake this volunteering role for a class or if you want to do this for assigned community service. This would also make a great class project. The Habitat for Humanity vision is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. We do Critical Home Repairs for for our neighbors who are disabled, veterans, elderly, or have low or fixed-incomes and we build affordable housing units alongside the future homeowners. The Forest Grove ReStore is a critical fundraising tool for all of the housing programs of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity. We are right on TriMet Line 57! We already involve volunteers in most aspects of our house-building and home repairs (and you are welcomed to participate in that too!) - but we want the community involved and invested even more in what we do, and a way to do that is involving more volunteers. In addition, we want to keep as much of our finances as possible into those home-building and home repair activities, to support vulnerable families in Western Washington County, Oregon. We have even more volunteering opportunities listed on our web site at www.westualityhabitat.org During service, volunteers are representatives of Habitat for Humanity and our mission. In addition to complying with all laws, regulations and Habitat for Humanity policies, all volunteers are expected to follow Habitat’s Code of Conduct.
Date Posted: 2024-11-08
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Flexible Schedule
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Forest Grove, OR 97116
Have a smart phone and know how to use it to take high resolution photos? Or have a digital camera? West Tuality Habitat for Humanity, serving Western Washington County, Oregon, would welcome you as a volunteer to come out for a couple of hours to our home building, home repair, neighborhood cleanups and home dedications that happen on the weekends to take photos. You can volunteer at just one event or volunteer at multiple events. For instance, at a home dedication, you would take photos of: The ribbon cutting on the door by the family A group photo of the family members that will live in the home A group photo of all of the family that is there to support the new homeowner. Photos that capture the spirit of the day At volunteer events where we are building, repairing or cleaning up, you would get photos of volunteers in action, as well as a group photo of participations. After taking photos, you will upload them to Google Photos or other shared volunteering space and West Tuality Habitat will use these photos on our web site and in various outreach materials. This is a great way to be a part of the excitement of Habitat for Humanity and see and hear the impact of our programs. West Tuality Habitat for Humanity believes everyone deserves a safe and decent place to live and volunteers help make it happen. Our programs not only build homes, they build community. The volunteer photographer will go through an interview with one of our staff members by Zoom, sign a waiver, and must follow our Code of Conduct, which is available on our web site. Serious applicants only! Please do not sign up for this opportunity unless you can commit to being at the event and staying until the end - about 2 hours. We will provie the exact location to you for any event once you have been onboarded as the volunteer (the address on VolunteerMatch is our office address - most events are NOT at our office). You are responsible for your own transportation. We also strongly encourage you to follow West Tuality Habitat for Humanity on Facebook and Instagram and YouTube and to view our web site to learn more about us.
Date Posted: 2024-11-08
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Flexible Schedule
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Forest Grove, OR 97116
The vision of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities and is a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. Our work is focused on Western Washington County, Oregon (Forest Grove, Cornelius, Gaston, North Plains, Gales Creek, Banks, Timber, Buxton and the surrounding areas). In addition to building homes, West Tuality Habitat also provides critical home repairs for vulnerable home owners - seniors, people with disabilities, people recovering from serious illnesses, people who cannot afford the critical home repairs they need, etc. The core repair crew undertakes minor repairs and improvements for vulnerable homeowners, such as installing a wheel chair ramp, painting the exterior or interior, removing rotting steps, etc. These repairs help improve the homeowners quality of life, improve the safety of their homes, and often extend their time in their homes, allowing them to age in place. We are in need of experienced volunteers - people who know carpentry and construction, who now how to use hand tools and power tools - to volunteer regularly as a part of our home construction volunteer team. You do not have to live in our service area to participate. Involving volunteers in these roles helps us involve more community members in our work and helps us direct more funds to purchasing materials and supporting new homeowners. These core home construction volunteers will come to work sites at least twice a month. Work sites are throughout Western Washington County (Forest Grove, Cornelius, Gaston, North Plains, Gales Creek, Banks, Timber, Buxton and the surrounding areas). We have a current core group that comes twice a week, every week (and you are welcomed to come this often as well). But we need more core group participants! In addition to working with 2 to 4 other core volunteers, you will sometimes work with groups of volunteers - people who will come one time and will not necessarily have any carpentry or construction experience. Our construction manager will create activities for these inexperienced but very enthusiastic volunteers to undertake, and you will help support these volunteers in performing tasks that day. Your goal will be to help them feel successful and a part of the work of Habitat for Humanity. Tools, materials, hard hats, safety vests, and protective glasses are provided and are to be worn by volunteers at all times. Volunteers are asked to wear closed-toe shoes or boots and to wear comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on or getting dirty. Layering clothing is recommended as temperatures can change throughout the day. Volunteers are asked to wear rain pants and a jacket if you may be working in the rain - and remember, we work rain or shine. Core volunteers also are asked to wear a special safety vest that identifies them as volunteers on the site. Personal power tools are not allowed. There is no smoking, drugs, or alcohol allowed on our worksites. All core volunteers must undergo a professional and criminal background check. A conviction is NOT automatically a prohibition on volunteering with us; we take into consideration the nature of the incident and your references. Volunteer go through a safety training and through safeguarding training, and must follow our Code of Conduct, which is available on our web site. During service, volunteers are representatives of Habitat for Humanity and our mission. In addition to complying with all laws, regulations and Habitat for Humanity policies. Worksites are all over Western Washington County, including in rural areas. If you do not have transportation to worksites, we MAY be able to do ride sharing with other volunteers, meeting at the West Tuality Habitat for Humanity / ReStore office in Forest Grove. We also strongly encourage you to follow West Tuality Habitat for Humanity on Facebook and Instagram and YouTube and to view our web site to learn more about us.
Date Posted: 2024-11-08
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The vision of West Tuality Habitat for Humanity is a community where everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities and is a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. Our work is focused on Western Washington County, Oregon (Forest Grove, Cornelius, Gaston, North Plains, Gales Creek, Banks, Timber, Buxton and the surrounding areas). We are a small affiliate with a very small staff, a mix of paid staff and volunteers. Most of our paid staff are part time. Our donors expect us to put as much of their financial contributions into resources that directly impact aspiring homeowners and vulnerable homeowners, and in advocating for equitable housing policies. We leverage volunteers to suppport our staff in some functions to help meet this donor expectation. We also like involving volunteers because we want people to get an insiders look at what Habitat for Humanity is all about. Our Habitat affiliate operates a thrift store called the ReStore, a social enterprise that exists primarily to raise funds for our home ownership and critical home repair programs. We know how to create web pages, edit pages, format pages, put in alt text on photos, and follow some basic accessibility guidelines, but we need expert guidance from time-to-time in using SquareSpace, the platform we use to manage our web sites and to engage in ecommerce. We would like to have one to three "on call" volunteers who live in the Portland, Oregon metro area (PDX) who are experts at using SquareSpace to help us as needed, such as editing a sales form. We would love to use SquareSpace more for our interactions with our Habitat home repair clients, and have questions on if that is even possible. These volunteers may not hear from us for several weeks, and then receive an email from us asking for guidance on something. We anticipate tasks not taking more than an hour or two at a time from a volunteer. We are happy to thank volunteers on our social media channels and link to our volunteers' online profiles. We also strongly encourage you to follow West Tuality Habitat for Humanity on Facebook and Instagram and YouTube and to view our web site to learn more about us.
Date Posted: 2024-11-08
