The Community Outreach Program pairs Portland’s business professionals with nonprofits to execute high quality marketing projects that make a positive impact in our local community. Below is a list of non-profit organizations we’ve had a pleasure of working with in the past:

• 2010-2011: Mercy Corps NW, Creative Cares, Impact NW, and Multiple Sclerosis Society Oregon Chapter.
  Fun fact: Overall, the teams contributed approximately over 600 volunteer hours in 2010-2011 AMA year to positively impact the non-profits’ missions.
• 2008-2009: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Engineers without Borders, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, MetroEast Community Media, SPOON, Oregon Humane Society, Oregon Commission for the Blind, Black United Fund, Oregon Food Bank, Banking for our Future
• 2007-2008: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Center for Earth Leadership, Children’s Center of Clackamas County, Girls Inc., Green Empowerment, LifeWorks NW, Minds Matter, Moreland Farmers Market, One Economy Corp, P:EAR, TechStart Education Foundation(SAO),The ReBuilding Center

Testimonials

“I’m happy to report that our marketing efforts are doing quite well. We are far exceeding our enrollment targets for the year. We have also made our Resource page more engaging and organized. This will help to boost credibility, has provided a destination platform for a highly targeted advice blog, and a point of cross-promotion with other business education partners in the community. We have started to leverage partners more effectively for improvements in programming and attendance. We teamed up with the Small Business Administration to host the Women’s Small Business Summit, which held about 150 people (our target was 60). We are also planning joint events with the International Association of Self-Employed Communication Professionals, and the Urban Entrepreneur Network, an association of minority and women-owned entrepreneurs. We also have our new set of collateral produced and a “we *heart small biz” sticker in circulation. All in all, we are very happy about the direction things are moving in. Thank you for all your help.”  – Mercy Corps Northwest