- Adaptive Riding Institute (equine-assisted therapy for individuals with physical, emotional, and behavioral challenges)
- Samaritan Health Services (includes hospitals, hospice, and elder care in Albany, Sweet Home, and elsewhere)
- Center for Hope and Safety (formerly Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Center; works with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking)
- City of Salem 50+ Senior Center
- Event Medical Services (work with EMS; requires that volunteers be first aid/CPR certified)
- Hospice Care of the Northwest (hospice care)
- Joys of Living Assistance Dogs
- Juliette’s House (medically-based child abuse intervention center serving Yamhill and Polk Counties)
- Marion County Health Department
- Oregon Department of Human Services
- Oregon School for the Deaf
- Salem Free Clinics
- Salem Hospital
- Signature Service Hospice Care
- Legacy Health (numerous locations, range of opportunities)
- Special Olympics of Oregon
- United Methodist Retirement Center
- Willamette Family Medical Center (serves uninsured/underinsured residents of Marion and Polk counties)
- Willamette Valley Hospice (serves the terminally ill and bereaved families; includes opportunities to work in a summer camp with bereaved children)
- Programs in Portland and Portland area (some may also have facilities in Salem; check websites): American Cancer Society (Portland)
- Cascade AIDS project (support for individuals, and public health education programs)
- Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
- Easter Seals of Oregon (support for children and adults with autism and other disabilities or special needs)
- Make-a-Wish Foundation, Oregon (supports children with life-threatening illnesses)
- Morrison Child and Family Services (locations in Portland and elsewhere; support for children and families coping with adversity and trauma)
- NARAL Prochoice Oregon
- Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU)
- Signature Service Hospice Care
- Trauma Intervention Program
- Other resources on campus for finding volunteering and internship opportunities: Office of Community Service Learning
- Career Center (see Handshake on the website)
- Volunteer opportunities that could take you abroad: Medical Teams International
- Mercy Corps (based in Portland but work in 36 countries)
Service / Volunteer Opportunities in the Salem Area
Willamette University
Health Professions
Address
900 State Street
Salem
Oregon
97301
U.S.A.
Phone
503-375-5368