Assist Men in Recovery by Lending Your Handiwork (age 18+) Referral

You will be supporting residents at our Men’s Residential Center who are trying to change their lives and live a life of recovery.

Volunteer position summary: The Maintenance Volunteer will be performing a variety of building maintenance at the Men’s Residential Center (MRC). As a Maintenance Volunteer, this position is responsible for building maintenance, remodeling, and landscaping at the MRC. The volunteer’s duties will be fixing various items around the building needing to be replaced, painting, cleaning large, carpeted spaces, and if applicable, fixing any damaged electrical. Volunteer may need to go to the store to pick up supplies. All tools will be provided and funded by MRC.

Skill requirements:

• Volunteer must have general carpentry skills.
• Volunteer must have basic painting skills.
• Volunteer must have basic carpet cleaning skills.
• Volunteer must have basic plumbing skills.
• Preferably volunteer must have basic electrical knowledge.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Prefer an active driver’s license, current insurance and ability to pass our insurer’s driving standards.
• Able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally, stand, bend, walk and reach.

Availability:

• Preferably available Monday through Friday.

Men’s Residential Center: A one-year chemical dependency and cognitive restructuring program utilizing therapeutic community, evidence-based practices, and compassionate accountability to provide our clients with the opportunity to make the choices to engage in recovery both from their disease of chemical dependency and from their criminal lifestyle/harmful thinking patterns.

Our Mission: To change lives by promoting self-determination, building strong communities and standing for social justice.

We are passionate about finding innovative solutions to our community's most intractable social problems. Our comprehensive programs focus on three main areas: children and family, public safety/substance abuse treatment, and senior services.

Opportunity Requirements:

• Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older to participate in this opportunity.

Click on "Express Interest" below if you are interested in helping out!

**This is a Referral Opportunity, which means it is run directly by one of our nonprofit partners. Once you express interest, someone from the partner organization should follow up with you shortly to discuss confirming you as a volunteer for this opportunity.

**Please note, your hours may not be recorded in your Hands On Greater Portland account since this is a partner-managed opportunity.