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 last 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.

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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Educating and developing young musicians at all levels & from all backgrounds since 1975.
Metropolitan Youth Symphony, a leader in music education for nearly 50 years, is one of the nation’s largest youth orchestra programs. In a typical year, MYS serves 500+ students in 14 orchestra, band, strings, flute, percussion and jazz ensembles.
Preparing Taxes, Providing Hope
MFS CASH Oregon is an economic empowerment program of Metropolitan Family Service committed to improving the financial health of low-income families. As part of the IRS VITA Program, we provide free, high-quality tax prep and ITIN services.
Put Experience to Work
MFS' first social enterprise, Social Purpose Works (SPW), connects pro bono professionals with short-term, high-impact capacity building projects for Oregon and SW Washington nonprofits.
Empowering youth to be health leaders.
MIKE Program empowers youth to be health leaders through education, mentorship and community outreach.
Feeding families in need one cooked meal at a time.

Milk Crate Kitchen is a community-based organization that is helping to fight food insecurity in the greater Portland area while minimizing food waste. Our mission is overcoming barriers to food security by cooking and delivering nutrient-dense, cost-free meals to those in need, no questions asked. We rescue food surplus from farmers, food growers, restaurants, and food hubs and utilize those ingredients to create meals. We serve individuals and families who are unemployed, low-income, children and adults with disabilities, elderly, and more.