SOCIAL PURPOSE WORKS

Social Purpose Works is the latest innovative program offering of Metropolitan Family Service (MFS), a Portland social service agency since 1950. MFS is proud to provide this service and energize the role of volunteerism to meet the changing expectations of what it means to volunteer and have an impact. Social Purpose Works is ready to help registered, tax exempt nonprofits and professionally skilled volunteers find each other and move missions forward... Social Purpose Works is a resource for Portland's nonprofits to engage these boomers in capacity projects through recruiting, matching and placement services. These projects are short term (20-500 hours) and complement the Encore Fellows program administered by Social Venture Partners (SVP) here in Portland. Encore Fellows are also professionally skilled citizens but their commitment is to a 750-1000 hour project and they are paid a stipend; additionally, they can only tackle a single project then they exit the program. SPW and SVP..