Volunteers:  The Key To Our Success

The Columbia County Women's Resource Center (CCWRC) relies on community support to further its mission and to deliver its services and the dedicated volunteers assist with a wide range of activities and services and are an integral part of CCWRC's success. There are many opportunities for volunteering and our goal is to carefully select and match our volunteers with the kind of volunteer work that interests and suits them. Volunteers provide essential services for the Women's Resource Center and it's extremely important that we make good matches. We also know that when volunteers feel that their skills and expertise are well-utilized they reap greater satisfaction from their volunteer contributions. 

If you are interested in volunteering take a look at some of the volunteer options below and if you don’t find what you are looking for contact Diane at (503) 397-7110 or dianef@ccwrc.com  and she will help you determine the best volunteer activity for you!

Here are some of the opportunities we have available:

1. Board Member-The Board of Directors meets monthly and is responsible for the overall direction and policies of the Center.  Volunteers would be expected to attend a minimum of nine meetings per year and other miscellaneous board functions.

2. Child Care-Help for mothers who need to attend groups, look for housing and other business that would be easier without the children, and sometimes just to give moms a few minutes of respite.

3. Fundraising/Special Events-Help with soliciting either funds or  goods, mailings and committee events.

4. Gardening/Landscaping-Weeding, planting, fertilizing and caring for the lawn and general landscape tasks.

5.    Donations Coordinator & Assistants-Coordinator is someone  who can come in and organize the donations the Center/SOS store receives and coordinate other volunteers to come in and sort and store those items.

6. Office Assistant-Work in the office helping with computer work, filing, shredding old papers, etc.

7.   Education/Presentations-Work with a staff member on presenting information about domestic violence/sexual assault and what our center does.  Possible go into schools and organizations requesting a speaker.

8. Maintenance-General fix-it work, such as:  changing furnace filters, tightening screws on doors, replacing broken blinds, etc.

If you don’t see what you want on this list just give us a call!