Do you have any special skills that you would like to share with the Community Cycling Center? We would love to have your help. Volunteers support our work in so many ways, assisting with our Bike Clubs and Create a Commuter workshops, designing publications, helping with data entry and more.

Please check this page periodically to learn about exciting new volunteer opportunities.

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To apply for any volunteer position, please fill out and submit a volunteer application. You can fill out the electronic copy and send it to Volunteer@CommunityCyclingCenter.org. You can also print a copy and mail to:

Community Cycling Center Volunteers 3934 NE Martin Luther King Blvd. Suite 202 Portland, OR 97212

Download: Volunteer Application (word doc)

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Bike Club Assistant

Help us get more kids on bikes safely! Our Bike Clubs are free, youth earn-a-bike after-school programs where 9 to 12 year-olds from families with a low income learn safe riding skills, basic bike maintenance, and build their confidence as road users. We are seeking an enthusiastic community member to help support student success throughout the program. For more info . . .
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Outreach Team: Quick Fix Mechanic

Do you know your way around a bike? Want to share your knowledge and help empower your neighbors? Join our Outreach Team as a Quick Fix Mechanic! Join the team of outreach volunteers that help us offer free adjustments and basic repairs at community events. For more info . . .
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Bike Collector

Connect with your neighbors, coworkers and community while helping us provide more people with a healthy way to get around! Every year, we receive over 2,000 donated bicycles from our generosity community of supporters, and many of these bicycles come from supporter-run bike collections. We need your support to collect more bicycles for our innovative programs! For more info . . .
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Alberta Street Fair

This year’s Alberta Street Fair is also a benefit for the Community Cycling Center! On Sunday, August 22nd, Alberta Street will be closed to traffic and filled with local vendors, live music, a parade and more. The fair’s success is based in the support of volunteers from the community, and we hope you’ll be able to lend a hand! For more info . . .
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Wheel Specialist

Do you have experience truing and building wheels? Why not hone your skills while supporting our reuse efforts? We are seeking skilled, enthusiastic volunteers to help us tune up used and new wheels at our bike shop. These wheels will adorn the refurbished bikes that we offer in our earn-a-bike programs and our bike shop. For more info . . .
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Outreach Team: Safety Educator

Are you passionate about bicycle safety? Want to share your knowledge and help empower your neighbors? Join our Outreach Team as a Safety Educator! Join the team of outreach volunteers that help us offer bike and helmet safety education lessons at community events. For more info . . .
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Get Lit Outreach

Light up the streets of Portland with Get Lit, our innovative bike safety promotion program. On busy bike thoroughfares throughout the city, we set up and perform random acts of safety, installing Planet Bike front and rear lights for free on unsuspecting (and unlit) cyclists. We are looking for outgoing volunteers to help us deliver this amazing program to the public. For more info . . .
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For more information or to sign up for any of the above opportunities, please contact our Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator Brian Benson at Volunteer@CommunityCyclingCenter.org or 503.288.8864.

Photos by Josh Tillinghast.