Looking for volunteer opportunities in your area?  There are many organizations at the Energy Trust Better Living Show that are looking for YOU.  Talk to the representatives and see if it is a good fit for you or your family.  It is never too early to get your children involved.  And many of these orgainzations have mounds of free information for living a more eco-friendly life.

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Here is a partial list of organizations in the event:

	Adventist Health   -   Adventist Health provides a wide range of whole-person health care services.   Adventure WILD: a benefit for Friends of Outdoor School   -       Bikes for Humanity PDX   -   Bikes for Humanity PDX volunteers offer free bicycle safety checks and tune-ups during show hours     Clackamas River Basin Council   -   We foster partnerships for clean water and to improve fish and wildlife habitat and the quality of life for those who live and work in the watershed.     Columbia Slough Watershed Council   -   Free information about the Columbia Slough, birding and canoeing trips, family festivals, volunteer opportunities, and science education.     Community Energy Project   -   Provide free services and materials for small-scale weatherization and lead poisoning prevention.     Cork Forest Conservation Alliance   -   Cork Forest Conservation Alliance campaigns to protect Mediterranean cork forests and promotes cork recycling   Drive Oregon   -       Earth Harmony Habitats   -   Earth Harmony Habitats is a four unit intentional co-housing community designed to foster a restorative life with living, vibrant and connected space.     Earth Wisdom Alliance   -   Educational endeavor to apprise our community of the need for environmental sustainability.     Energy Trust of Oregon   -   Visit our Good Energy Pavillion, filled with solar and other renewable energy solutions for your home!     Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon   -   The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon is dedicated to the humane treatment of feral cats through spay/neuter programs and education.   Friends of Tryon Creek   -     GMO Free Oregon   -       Grow Portland   -   Grow Portland literature and proeducts, organic vegetable seeds, strawberry plants     Johnson Creek Watershed Council   -       Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary   -   General Organizational Information.     Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group   -   Provide education, nutrient enhancement, and salmon habitat rehabilitation     Molly's Fund Fighting Lupus   -       Northwest VEG   -   Northwest VEG educates and empowers people to make plant-based choices for a healthy, sustainable, and compassionate world.     Oregon Electric Vehicle Association   -   The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) promotes electric vehicle education   Oregon Falun Dafa Association   -   Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) is an advanced self-cultivation practice of the Buddha School.     Oregon HEAT   -   Oregon HEAT is helping low-income Oregonians meet their energy needs     Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc   -   The Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs promotes gardening, floral design and the environment     Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary   -   Out to Pasture is a nonprofit animal sanctuary located in Estacada, Oregon and dedicated to sheltering abused, abandoned or neglected animals.     Patrick's Children without Sponsors   -   PatricksChildren.org provides briquette presses to Ugandan Orphanages of which will eliminate their dependence on charcoal and/or firewood.     Port of Portland   -   The Port of Portland is a regional government who's mission is to enhance the region's economy and quality of life   Portland Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (PACSAC)   -     Provender Alliance   -       Snow Leopard Trust   -   Hand made wool crafts from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan all supporting snow leopard conservation and the communities that make the crafts.     Solar Oregon   -   Solar Oregon, a non-profit organization, offers programs to help Oregonians go solar!     SOLVE   -   SOLVE is non-profit organization that brings together Oregonians to improve the environment.     The Portland Area HSD Meetup Group   -   A fun car club for Toyota Hybrid drivers in the Portland and Southwest Washington area.     The ReBuilding Center of Our United Villages   -   Deconstruction services, recycled building materials and sustainable home furnishings.     Tualatin River Watershed Council   -   regional watershed council information booth     Vancouver Watersheds Alliance   -   Volunteer opportunities and public education about sustainability in Vancouver, WA     WildCat Haven   -   WildCat Haven provides a lifetime home for captive born wild cats that have suffered from abuse or neglect in Sherwood Oregon.     Wolf Haven International   -   Conserving and protecting wolves and their habitat, since 1982.   Zebs Wish Equine Sanctuary   -

Still looking for a way to get involved.  Consider volunteering at the Energy Trust Better Living Show and help us reduce our waste stream.  We are always striving to increase the amount of recycling and composting we do from the show.  All volunteers receive an official show shirt for helping out. To sign up for a slot, click here.