Volunteers strengthen the work of the BTA every day. Volunteers get involved by helping at events, assisting in the office, doing research, attending meetings, stuffing envelopes, leading community rides, fixing bikes for our youth classes, and more.
Current volunteer positions:
Bike Safety Education Community Ride Leaders
Courtesy Action Volunteers
Data Processing Volunteers
Service Station Volunteers
Street Team Volunteers
Sunday Parkways Volunteers
Bike Safety Education Community Ride Leaders
During the spring and fall, the BTA teaches bike safety education to thousands of 4th and 5th graders through the City of Portland’s Safe Routes to School program. Every class culminates with a FUN bike ride in the community. We need volunteers like YOU to help us lead these rides!
Got some elbow grease to lend? Ask LeeAnne about the monthly “wrenchfest” where volunteers help fix up the bike fleet as quickly as the kids can break them. (This happens on the 3rd Saturday of every month)
Click here to sign up for a shift.
Courtesy Action Volunteers
As a BTA Courtesy Action volunteer, you will join 4 other volunteers for a one-hour, action packed sign campaign. Positioned along high bike traffic commute routes volunteers will engage their fellow commuters in friendly banter as they encourage them to “Use a Bell” and remind them that “Passing on the Right, is so Wrong.”
The bike riding and commuting season is upon us and we want to make sure those that are new to biking feel comfortable and welcome. For those that have been getting around by bike for a long time it’s a friendly reminder that we all benefit from a little courtesy on our regional trails, paths, bridges and bike lanes.
Volunteers will have Courtesy Cards to hand out and use as a conversation starter for cyclists that stop to chat or wonder what we’re doing out there.
Click here to sign up for a shift.
Data Processing Volunteers
This is a great volunteer position for people with database experience or detail-oriented individuals interested in learning how a nonprofit operates from the inside. Responsibilities include:
- Entering recurring gift payments for monthly donors through Salesforce
- Reviewing data reports and cleaning/fixing data such as membership types, dates, and addresses
- Other data entry as needed
This data is important for our reporting and acknowledgement processes so it is critical to ensure it’s entered correctly. Volunteers must to be attentive to detail. Familiarity with Common Ground or Salesforce is a plus (though not required).
Contact: Greer Zimmerman, greer@btaoregon.org or 503-226-0676 x24.
Service Station Volunteers
A Service Station is a pop-up membership hub that happens around the Portland metro area twice a month, 4:30-6:30 pm on Wednesdays starting in March and active through October. All materials are supplied by the BTA and transported via a bike trailer that is provided by and stored at the BTA offices.
Responsibilities: As a volunteer, you’ll engage commuters and other bike riders in conversation about the BTA and its mission and recruit new members in support of a bike-friendly Portland Metro area. Volunteers will set up the station, make bike commuters aware of their presence, promote the BTA, hand out snacks, keep a count of how many bikes pass the station, stop at the station and receive service at the station on the report form provided.
The Lead Volunteer will pick up and deliver all materials to the site of the Service Station, set it up with assistance from the other volunteers, assign volunteers to positions, answer questions, break down the station, and file a short report before returning the materials to the BTA office. The Lead Volunteer is also responsible for reporting and communication with the membership manager at the BTA. Training is provided.
The Lead Volunteer will make sure the materials are on-site and that volunteers are assigned to one of the following tasks:
- Table Manager makes sure maps, snacks, and sign up sheets are available and assists with membership sales.
- Waver is posted in advance of the station to greet bikers and let them know the Service Station is coming up. This is a very energetic and often loud position.
- Counters keep track of how many bikes pass the station, how many stop and how many are serviced. This position provides a very important set of metrics for the success of this program as well as comparative data on bike counts at some stations.
- Greeters welcome riders to the station, directs them to service or snacks and asks them to support bicycling in Oregon by joining the BTA. We hope to have two people doing this at each station.
Click here to sign up for a shift.
Street Team Volunteers
As a BTA Street Team member you will help us reach the many supportive businesses in the metro area that carry and/or post information about the BTA, our membership and events. There are dozens of businesses in every neighborhood throughout the region so get in touch today.
What you’ll need:
- Bicycle
- Bag, backpack or cargo bike
- Map (we have maps at the office)
- A smile and a positive attitude
- Customer service background is a plus
We will provide you with a list of businesses to visit and a timeframe to complete the deliveries. You will be asked to complete a short report form upon completion as well.
Sunday Parkways
Bike powered smoothies! As a volunteer, you’ll engage commuters and other bike riders in conversation about the BTA and its mission and recruit new members in support of a bike-friendly Portland Metro area. Volunteers will set up the booth, make bike smoothies, talk to visitors, promote the BTA, hand out snacks, and have fun.
Shifts:
- May 13, 10:30 – 1:30 or 1:30 to 4:30
- June 24, 10:30 – 1:30 or 1:30 to 4:30
- July 22, 10:30 – 1:30 or 1:30 to 4:30
Click here to sign up for a shift.
Not sure where you want to volunteer? That’s okay! Just fill out this form and we’ll contact you about current opportunities.
