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 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 365. 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 2025, we raised $6.4 million for 2,630 organizations during our Employee Giving 365.

19

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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Big Dreams. Good Jobs. All Students.

PWA builds enduring partnerships between local businesses and Portland-area high schools. By providing students with real-life work experiences and career-learning opportunities, we enrich their academic knowledge, inspire them to graduate and help them make informed choices after high school and college. We welcome all students, with extra outreach to higher-poverty and marginalized communities. PWA paves the way for employers to strengthen and diversify their workforce, and for young people to find good careers.
America’s First Youth Orchestra
Founded in 1924, Portland Youth Philharmonic was the first Youth Orchestra in the nation. PYP’s programs include 4 large ensembles of 300 youth ages 9-21 and a robust series of community programs serving 10,000 more primarily through public schools.
Portland YouthBuilders: Building communities. Building lives.
Portland YouthBuilders provides high school completion, vocational training and long-term support to help youth change their lives and become leaders in the community.
Strengthening families to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Prevent Child Abuse Oregon (PCAO), a provisional chapter of PCA America, is on a mission to strengthen families in order to prevent child abuse.
Supporting local youth impacted by foster care.

Project 48 is a nonprofit that supports youth impacted by foster care by providing essential resources and personalized duffel bags filled with comfort and necessity items within the first 48 hours of their transition. Additionally, we have a six-week life skills program to act as a bridge for young adults between the ages of 17 - 23 as they transition out of foster care into independence. Finally, we need all hands on deck for our yearly holiday drive in the winter!