Volunteer
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Give the Gift of Your Time
There are many ways to serve your neighbors in need through Catholic Community Services. Please consider pursuing one of our exciting volunteer opportunities to champion the positive development of children and adults, strengthen families and build community.
To learn about the many volunteer opportunities at CCS, please contact Heidi Frederick at (503) 856-7041 or [email protected].
Verna, Centenarian, Mission Benedict volunteer
Volunteer Opportunities
Safe Families for Children
Safe Families for Children is a network of volunteer host families that extends the community safety net by providing parents with a loving respite home where they can safely place their children in times of crisis, such as illness, incarceration, homelessness, substance abuse or domestic violence.
Mission Benedict
Mission Benedict in Mount Angel recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. The mission serves more than 2,000 people needing food or other urgent assistance annually. Volunteers gather weekly to sort and organize food and other items to help families who come during open hours.
St. Joseph Family Shelter
Do you have or want experience supporting children and families in difficult circumstances? The Exchange Club Parent Aide Volunteer Program helps volunteers develop supportive relationships with families to strengthen parent-child relationships, build parenting skills, reduce stress and increase child safety.
Annual Luncheon
Give the gift of your time and enthusiasm as a table host at our Annual Fundraising Luncheon.
Our Stories
Read the stories of people in your community being helped. See all our stories.
Grants Provide Critical COVID-19 Relief to CCS
Beginning February 2020, Catholic Community Services, an essential health and human services organization, quickly adapted to the new COVID-19 pandemic protocols while also handling increasing demand for services and expanding programs to include telehealth and food...
Lindsey’s Story
When it became impossible to hide the marks of a relationship that had become both verbally and physically abusive, Lindsey felt she had no choice but to drop out of high school Soon, she again had to make a tough life decision to protect her infant daughter by...
Knights of Columbus Build Play Area for the Seymour Center for Children and Families
(Salem, OR) Aug. 21, 2020--- Beginning at 8am sharp on a mild summer day, the Queen of Peace Catholic Church Parish Knights of Columbus, led by Grand Knight, Dave Desmarteau, got to work on installing safe, soft rubber play surface tiles for the new playground...