If physical labor isn’t for you, you can be a Friend in many other ways! We need volunteers to coordinate and answer our Trail Hotline, write informational and publicity articles, and manage our social networking—and that’s just a sample. Let us know of your special skill or interest, and we’ll put you to work!
Plant trees, repair fences, fill our kiosks, grind down trail bumps, pull our blower behind your vehicle to clear leaves and debris from the trail–if it’s on our trail, it can use your help!
We offer flexible community service opportunities for students, businesses, churches and civic organizations. Choose the time and place best for you, and we’ll match you up with one of our experienced volunteers to plan and direct your efforts. You’ll have fun with your group while contributing to your community.
Join a group that helps maintain a section of trail near you. Work with the team or on your own to clear debris from the trail and berm, pick up litter, trim vegetation, or work a chainsaw. We provide tools and training. Our teams work to improve safety on the trail while enhancing its beauty…
Volunteers needed during normal Food Pantry hours to assist with the distribution of food and helping families.
At the shelter, our cats need daily care and socialization, including cleaning their rooms, feeding, petting and socializing them. If you can provide a wonderful, temporary home for cats and kittens, OAR also uses foster homes. And if you’re a people-person, join a committee to help us with some of our annual fundraisers and marketing…
Our Clothing Pantry has two positions shopping assistant and donation sorter. Shopping Assistants work with clients to choose the items that are right for their family so volunteer duties include interaction with clients and following our guidelines for selections. Clothing sorters help sort the large volumes of incoming donations to be disbursed or stored. The…
We have three Pantry positions: Shopping Assistant, Warehouse Stocker, and Donation Pick-up Driver (We currently have the greatest need for Pantry Drivers!). Duties include, but may not be limited to interaction with clients and following USDA guidelines for pantry selections, stocking/restocking pantry shelves throughout the day, help load, unload, weigh, and sort incoming deliveries of…
Assist with sign-in during blood drives at our hospitals.
Help by welcoming and escorting patients and guests throughout the hospital.