Thank you for your desire to support our students and mission! Please email us at volunteer@mindsmatterportland.org with any questions.
Minds Matter Portland is made up of professionals who represent many companies and organizations in the Portland area. Our mentors and tutors are the key to our organization and give a significant amount of time every week to help their mentees achieve their dreams.
How you can help!
Tutors
Tutors come in on Saturday mornings from 10am to 12pm and focus on writing, mathematics, study skills, and homework help.
Mentors
Mentors come in on Saturday afternoons from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Mentors help students select summer programs and prepare applications. Additionally, student-mentor teams work together to refine critical thinking skills, dive deeper into career interests, listen to career panels from a range of different fields (medical, engineering, education, law and government, etc.), work on building resumes, and practice interview skills.
Other Volunteer Positions
Minds Matter invites anyone interested in participating in the leadership team, recruiting team, volunteer coordination, college counseling, administrative team, or fundraising to apply!
In particular, we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to lead the following efforts:
- Lunch Lead – Make sure students are fed and happy on Saturday sessions by planning and placing food orders and coordinating the lunch set-up and clean-up teams. Main activities take place Sept-May.
- Volunteer Recruiting Lead – Manage the volunteer recruiting efforts and team by planning and enacting a targeted recruitment strategy and interviewing potential volunteers. Year-round, main activities take place Aug-Oct.
- Class Lead (Hillsboro site) – Facilitate the mentoring afternoon mentoring session for a sophomore class. Oversee the curriculum, coordinate the efforts of mentors, and ensure that students are receiving the support and resources they need to succeed. (Main activities take place September-May)
- Grant Writing Lead – Lead grant writing efforts by researching and writing grants for corporate and philanthropic foundation support. (Year round)
