The Columbia Group is run by volunteers. Please feel free to contact us and/or check out our
events calendar and drop by a meeting
to see if any of our needs match your interests and/or skills.
To find out more about the club's grassroots action, go to the National Sierra Club's
Primer 101 for new volunteers.
 Email a friend about this web page.
Political Committee
Volunteers are also needed to help prepare candidate questionnaires, determine which races are most important in advancing Sierra Club's goals, and to be involved in candidate interview panels.
This is a great opportunity to be effective in ensuring the success of environmental candidates as many voters place a high priority on Sierra Club endorsements.
If interested contact Nancy Hatch at nancy.hatch@oregon.sierraclub.org
Speaker Series
We are in need of a small group of people to help to make the Adam Alabarca Memorial Speaker Series a success.
This project involves bringing in a series of speakers to speak on some of the issues that Adam was most interested in,
including sustainability, alternative transportation, and food/hunger issues. Some of the tasks will include
overall planning and coordination, selecting speakers, choosing venues and event promotion.
If interested or for further information please contact Erika at
erika.alabarca@oregon.sierraclub.org
Database/office assistants
Contact members and local resources who are listed in the Sierra Club's database as Will Write Letters and Will Phonebank, and update the list: on-going interest, correct phone numbers, updated email addresses.
TIME COMMITMENT: 1-2 hours a week; on-going
BENEFICIAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE: Comfortable contacting people over email and phone, cheerful and somewhat persistent. Organized and efficient with capturing fresh data and entering in database.
CONTACT: Tammar Zea, 503-238-0442 x300 or tammar.zea@sierraclub.org
Database training will be provided.
Merchandise Manager
Order Club merchandise as needed; organize the merchandise area & potentially develop a Store; look for opportunities to sell goods; manage inventory & track give-aways.
TIME COMMITMENT: 1 hour a week; on-going
BENEFICIAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE: Desire to raise a few funds for the Club; interest in outreach; organized;
some money-management savvy.
CONTACT: Tammar Zea, 503-238-0442 x300 or tammar.zea@sierraclub.org
Located in Portland office
Newsletter Article Writers
Write newsletter articles on salmon recovery efforts and the current status of various salmon species in the
Pacific Northwest.
CONTACT: Jeff Fryer at jeff.fryer@oregon.sierraclub.org
Outings Chair
Works closely with outings leaders, trains new leaders, compiles monthly list of outings, schedules and organizes regular committee meetings.
CONTACT: Karen Benton at
drbenton@comcast.net
Inner City Outings Leaders
* Lead outings that take disadvantaged urban youth and put them in wild areas that they normally would not have the opportunity to explore.
* Visit the Columbia Group's Inner City Outings Page for a description of this
volunteer opportunity with contact information.
Program night/events committee members
* Committee members needed to help organize interesting programs and events that will be fun but also raise awareness of environmental problems.
* Plan programs and activities to encourage our members to get involved in such things as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, energy conservation, alternative energy, ending logging in national forests, and salmon recovery.
CONTACT: Gary Hancock at Gary.Hancock@oregon.sierraclub.org
Trail Work
Be sure to check out our Outings Page to see when and where we will be working on creating and maintaining trails or
CONTACT: Dave at DaveBybee@oregon.sierraclub.org
If you are interested in any of these positions, or if there are other activities you would like to help out with, do any of the following:
* Fill out the paper Volunteer Activist Form and mail it to The Sierra Club Columbia Group, 2950 SE Stark Street, Suite 110, Portland, Oregon 97214.
* Call the Columbia Group at (503) 231-0507.
* Email us at columbia.group@oregon.sierraclub.org
* Or use our Volunteer Sign-up Form (Links to Oregon Chapter Volunteer Page) and submit in on line.
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