Working with Youth

 

Placements include working with children from various backgrounds. Many youth attending these programs are considered "at risk." The main focus for all these programs is building relationships with the youth and offering positive role modeling.

Camp Achieve

  • Contact: Ms. Cecily Annunzio
  • Email: Cecily_Annunzio@beaverton.k12.or.us
  • Time of year: Summer (Monday-Thursday from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm)
  • Address: Raleigh Park Elementary School

Volunteers are needed to help serve breakfast and lunch, read to students, support teacher with assessments, help with recess, and other activities.

Hurtado Center (More info to come Fall 2021!)

  • Contact: Ms. Andrea Casey
  • Phone: 503-291-5496
  • Time of Year: Fall and Spring
  • Email: acasey@jesuitportland.org

Work as a mentor/tutor to the children of adult ESL students. Sign-up forms are available outside the Arrupe Center office in Lower Arrupe Hall.

UPDATE: Hurtado Center is currently on pause due to COVID. The next session will begin Fall 2021.

Kinnaman Elementary School (SHINE After School Program)

  • Contact: Ms. Rosa Ascencio
  • Phone: 503-730-8398
  • Email: rascencio@impactnw.org

SHINE is an after school program where high school students, as well as community members, come and tutor elementary students and teach them various class like soccer, art, coding, etc. This after school program runs four days per week for 9 weeks in the fall, winter, and spring.

Mother & Child Education Center

Mother & Child Education Center envisions a world where all children are welcomed and nurtured, and parents have the support and resources they need to become confident, competent parents. Volunteers are needed to serve in a variety of ways.

Play. Fit. Fun.

Help fight childhood obesity. PLAY.FIT.FUN is an organization that works to promote healthy families and communities by teaching families how to stay fit and exercise. PLAY.FIT.FUN runs camps and events designed to get elementary and middle school aged kids active and moving! It is like P.E. mixed with Field Day and Team Building! Volunteers are needed coaching younger kids in camp activities and challenges, encouraging them, helping them problem solve, helping camp head coaches set up games.

Portland Junior Scientists

  • Contact: Grace Nguyen (JHS '20)
  • Email: pdxjrsci@gmail.com
  • Time of Year: Fall
  • Website: Check out their Facebook page!

Portland Junior Scientists brings together many Jesuit students to volunteer at local Title One elementary schools and give low-income students the opportunity to learn science outside of school. Through these opportunities, we hope to increase their love for science through fun experiments that will allow them to also develop problem solving and critical thinking skills. 

Each week, two senior leaders and other Jesuit students will go to the schools and volunteer for an hour. During this hour, student volunteers can expect to help the elementary school students perform a STEM experiment while also asking questions to increase their understanding and hearing a lot of hypotheses and ideas before ultimately helping the leaders teach the science behind it. Due to the small class sizes for the programs at the elementary schools, we will likely be able to accommodate 2-3 student-volunteers per afternoon. Before the sophomore service due date of December 2nd, there will be 15 possible days for students to volunteer, and students can continue to volunteer for the remainder of the year if they choose to.

Sophomores, you can learn more about this program from student leaders at the Club Fair on September 19th. 

Portland Tennis and Education (PT&E)

  • Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
  • Phone: 503-697-0598
  • Email: volunteer@ptande.org
  • Mailing Address: 7519 N Burlington Ave, Portland, OR 97203
  • Website: http://www.ptande.org/

PT&E is a nonprofit whose mission is to create partnerships with families, schools, and volunteers to help at-risk K-12 students achieve academic and athletic success. PT&E runs one-on-one academic tutoring, tennis lessons, a nutrition/fitness curriculum, parent education, and a “Best in Class" development program serving junior players who excel at tennis. After school and summer programs available.

SHINE

  • Contact: Ms. Arisbeth Marin
  • Phone: 503-522-0129
  • Time of year: Summer (8:00 am - 1:00 pm)
  • Address: Barnes Elementary School, 13730 Walker Road, Beaverton, OR 97005

SHINE is a summer school program for children from low-income families. SHINE offers empowering programming to students, parents, and community members through after school and summer classes that enhance academic investment and inspire personal enrichment.

St. Luke Church Back to School Event

  • Contact: Nancy Tieman
  • Phone: 590-307-3950
  • Time of year: August 14, 2021
  • Location: St. Luke Lutheran Church (4585 SW California St., Portland, OR 97219)
  • E-mail: grauervol@gmail.com
  • Website: https://www.grauerbacktoschool.com/ 

For 10-12 volunteers. Students must sign up by the end of June. St. Luke Lutheran Church will host the annual Grauer Back-to-School Project, serving low-income students from the Wilson High School cluster of schools. Students will need to be in attendance from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm to receive eight hours of service. The Grauer Back-To-School Project is a volunteer, non-profit cooperative partnership of faith organizations, social service agencies, and businesses created to respond to the back to school needs of low-income Southwest Portland children. Although students from kindergarten through high school are eligible, most of the participants are in elementary school. Each year the goal is to provide low-income children with new winter coats, shoes, T-shirts, socks, and underwear, as well as backpacks filled with school supplies for the school year.

TOPSoccer

TOPSoccer is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities. Volunteers are asked to join children on the soccer field during Saturday game days and assist kids in various activities. Pick up an application outside the Christian Service office.

Tualatin Valley Housing Partners - Homework Club Facilitator

  • Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
  • Phone: 971-226-7538
  • Time of year: All year

Assist low income and ESL school age residents with completing homework assignments for a few hours a week, after school and into the evening. We are grateful for any time you are able to spare but would prefer people who are willing to volunteer on a weekly basis.

Vose Elementary School Homework Club

As a Title 1 school, the majority of students at Vose Elementary come from homes living at or below the poverty level. After School Homework and Reading Clubs provide students with additional support in developing their literacy skills in both Spanish and English. Volunteer opportunities include tutoring in homework and reading club, or assisting teachers in guitar, garden science, chess, art, folk dance, running, indoor soccer, and many more classes. Classes run either Mondays and Wednesdays, or Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. Volunteer opportunities require an 8-week commitment.