Do you have a special skill or a desire to volunteer for the Community Cycling Center outside of our Drop-In Volunteer Nights? We would love to have your help. Throughout the year, we need help delivering programs, events, and other special projects. Please check this page periodically for exciting volunteer opportunities.

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To apply to any volunteer position, we ask that you start by filling out and submitting a volunteer application. You can fill out the electronic copy and send it to Volunteer@CommunityCyclingCenter.org. You can also print out a copy and mail it to:

Community Cycling Center Volunteers
1700 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211

Download: Volunteer Application (word doc)

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Community Cycling Center Outreach Team

Join our team and help spread the word about the Community Cycling Center. Local supporters invite us to events throughout the Portland Metro area and we need your help so that we can be at them all. We are looking to build a team of Outreach Volunteers who will attend community events and raise the awareness of the Community Cycling Center. more info . . .
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Bike Club Assistant

We’re seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help teach safe bicycling and maintenance to low-income youth in schools in North, Northeast and Outer Southeast Portland. Through this position, you will gain experience in experiential education program facilitation, safe bicycling, bicycle mechanics, and working with diverse and low-income youth. more info …
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Summer Camp Administrative Support

A volunteer is needed to provide administrative assistance during the busiest Summer Camp registration time period. more info …
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Get Lit Outreach

Get Lit is a bike safety promotion program. We like to think of it as a random act of safety because we install Planet Bike front and rear lights for free on unsuspecting (and unlit) cyclists. We are looking for a team of volunteers to educate the public about all programs of the organization; provide basic bike safety education (light, helmet use statistics and laws); and distribute light sets to those individuals in need. more info …
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Volunteer Program Admin Support

The Volunteer Manager needs your help inputing and organizing volunteer information. Community supporters submit volunteers applications and we are looking for a volunteer to help with data-entry and managing the data. This work will enable us to easily match our volunteer positions with people who are interested in helping us. more info . . .
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Shop Data Entry Guru

We are looking for one volunteer to come in weekly to support the shop with data entry tasks. This position will help organize and maintain shop information. more info . . .
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Bike Recycling Volunteer

The Recycling Volunteers will work with our Used Inventory Coordinator to take apart bikes and wheels at our shop. Volunteers will use CCC tools and supplies to remove bike parts and accessories that we can use and then will properly dispose of the rest. This is an entry-level position, so we will teach you about our recycling process, how to use the tools and what to harvest. more info …
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Adult Class Instructor Support

Are you interested in sharing your bike mechanic and commuting skills with Portland adults eager to learn? We are looking for skilled volunteers who can support our different adult classes throughout the year. These classes include Urban Cycling, Women’s Urban Cycling, Family Cycling and the three levels of our Bike Maintenance classes. more info …
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REI Earth Day Bike Collection Staff

On Saturday, April 26th, four REI stores will host bike collection events to benefit the Community Cycling Center. We will be accepting bikes, talking to supporters and demonstrating how we refurbish bikes to benefit our bicycle safety education programs. We need outreach volunteers, mechanics and people with trucks and trailers to help transport the 200+ bikes we expect to collect. more info …
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Sunset Bike Fair Mechanics

The Third Annual Sunset Community Bike Fair is a terrific event that provides helmets, safety education and free bike repairs for children. The Community Cycling Center is leading the mechanic station, as well as holding a bike collection to benefit our shop and programs. We need 5-8 volunteers who are comfortable with assessing and repairing kids bikes. more info …
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Adult Earn-a-Bike Workshop Support

This fall, we’re bringing this great program to the community. We’re holding events at great organizations such as Central City Concern, Transitional Projects, Cascadia Behavioral Health Services, Volunteers of America, and El Programa Hispano. We need a volunteer at each of our events to provide classroom support to paid instructors during adult earn-a-bike workshops. more info …
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Summer Camp Instructor Support

We are looking for adult volunteers who would like to assist with our Bike Summer Camp for kids. Volunteers will provide support to paid summer camp instructors, assisting during neighborhood rides, activities, games, and educational lessons. more info …
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Family Fun Ride Support

During July and August of 2008 we will host a series of free, fun, and safe family rides. We need 4 volunteers per event to support the ride leader, children and families during the rides. more info …
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Graphic Designer

We’re seeking a creative, community-minded volunteer to help us with our Communications and Development projects. The ideal candidate will have an eye for design, proficiency in In Design or Adobe Illustrator, and an understanding of the special communications needs of nonprofit organizations. more info …
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Licensed Electrician

We have a really dark basement and we would like someone to put some light on all the sweet bikes. We’re looking for a licensed electrician to consult us on the possibilities of installing more lights. Contact us if you are interested.
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Sunday Parkways Volunteering

Portland will hold a Sunday Parkways event on Sunday, June 22, 2008. The event will follow the international Toward Carfree Cities conference which Portland will host June 16 – 20. The route will close six miles of local streets in north Portland from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., linking parks and great places to walk and ride bicycles. The Community Cycling Center is partnering with the city and will organize bike safety in a park. To make this event possible, we need hundreds of volunteers to monitor road closures and staff park activities. more info …
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Cycle Oregon Detailing Staff

Come on the volunteer adventure of a lifetime. The CCC provides the detailing service during Cycle Oregon and raises over $15,000 for the Holiday Bike Drive. We are recruiting a team of enthusiastic and team-oriented volunteers to travel with us for 7 days, cleaning bikes, riding a couple days and enjoying the whole Cycle O experience. more info …
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For more information or to sign up for any of the above opportunities, please contact our Volunteer and Events Manager Neal Armstrong at Neal@CommunityCyclingCenter.org or 503.288.8864.