Good Deeds Day! Doing Good in PDX


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Stories, Art, & Learning for Children on Refugees

ACTIVITY: Children will experience a mini version of the Little Ripples program used in refugee camp schools, enjoy PJ Library story time and create art projects for refugee children.

TIME: 10 am to 12 pm

AGES: Ages 3 to 6

Presented by the Never Again Coalition, PJ Library and…

Staff the Table for the Bone Marrow Registry

ACTIVITY: Staff the Bone Marrow Registry table and help people join the fight against blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening diseases.
* Training provided.


TIME: In two hour shifts from 10 am to 4 pm

AGES: Ages 18+

Hand to Hand Drive Collection Assistant

ACTIVITY: Help collect and sort donations from the Hand to Hand Drive benefiting a range of service organizations in Portland.

TIME: 10 am to 1 pm

AGES: All (under 16 allowed with adult)

Find out about donating household items here

Make Wildflower Seed Balls & Spread Nature

ACTIVITY: Make wildflower seed balls and help spread nature around Portland with Tuv Ha'aretz Portland, Portland's Jewish CSA. Learn about what compost is, how seeds grow, and what how we can improve the world through small acts of environmental stewardship. Using native flower seeds, compos…

Create Passover Centerpieces

ACTIVITY: Create Passover Centerpieces for BB Camp & Rose Schnitzer Manor Seders.

TIME: 11 am to 12 pm

AGES: All (family-friendly)