Volunteer Expo

Find Your Way to Give and Give Back

The Standard’s Volunteer Expo is Oregon’s largest gathering of nonprofits, volunteers and donors. Every fall, the Expo brings people together with organizations in one place to discover volunteer service and donation opportunities. The free event helps members of our community discover opportunities that fit their skills and interests.

Volunteer Expo 2026

Join the movement to make our communities a better place. At the 2026 Volunteer Expo, you can meet in person with nonprofits that need your skills and support.

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pacific
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, Oregon

Volunteer Opportunities All Year Long

Don’t wait until the next expo to get involved. Opportunities to give back to the Portland-metro community are available year-round. Whether you're looking to volunteer once or long term, you can find the right match for your talents and interests.

Participating organizations represent the arts, culture, humanities, the environment, animal welfare, health, human services and more.

Interviews With Participants

Watch these interviews with nonprofits that were at this year's Volunteer Expo.

Make an Impact

The Volunteer Expo is a pillar of The Standard's Employee Giving Campaign. This year-round initiative encourages employees to donate to support schools and nonprofit organizations.

The Standard and our parent organization Meiji Yasuda double match employee contributions. In 2024, we raised almost $6 million for 2,739 organizations during the Employee Giving Campaign.

16

Years we’ve connected volunteers with nonprofits at the Volunteer Expo
100+

Number of local nonprofits we host and support at the event

Find Your Community

“The Volunteer Expo allows so many more people to get exposed to the nonprofits in our community and find ways to get into volunteer service and find their community.”
Brandi Tuck
Executive Director, Path Home

Search Directory of Nonprofits

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Building livable communities, protecting farms and forests, and conserving natural areas.
Since 1974, we have protected Oregon’s unique land use planning program, using the tools in the 19 statewide land use goals to promote livability in every city and town and help working farms, forests, ranches and vast natural areas thrive.
Social and health community for anyone with physical disabilities via exercise and sport.
Our mission is to promote recreational, fitness and competitive sport for people with physical disabilities. Our vision is to lead our community to a greater state of wellness by nurturing the mind, body, and spirit.
Cleaner neighborhoods everywhere.

AdoptOneBlock supports over 10,000 volunteers who are consistently cleaning over 12,000 city blocks across Oregon and Washington through our signature Block Ambassador program. Our Block Brigade program, organized and led by Block Ambassadors, are small group cleanups in areas of Portland that need an extra level of care. Finally, We Believe in Portland is a growing bi-annual cleanup event in Portland that brings together thousands of volunteers from the business community for a day of service and civic pride.
Inspiring students to dream by exploring aerospace.
Our organization uses Aerospace as a platform to engage historically under-served students in exploration of program, career and college options in the Aerospace sector. Programs are always free to our participants.
The American Cancer Society’s mission is to save lives, celebrate lives and lead the fight for a world without cancer.
The American Cancer Society is on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until then, we’ll fund and conduct research, share expert information, support patients and spread the word about prevention. All so you can live longer — and better.