Summer Opportunities

Annual Summer Opportunities Fair (April/May)

Brought to you by the College & Career Center. Community employers will be present to speak with students about job opportunities. Human resource specialists will be on site to offer mock interviews for students get interview practice. 

Check out our list!

We've done some research to help you find Oregon-based summer programs. This is not an exhaustive list and does not include sports camps. Your counselors do not endorse or recommend any specific program on the list below. Many are fee-based, some offer scholarships/sliding scale fees and some are free. The list is provided to inspire you to investigate your options.

• Boys & Girls Club YouthForce TeamWork internship program at Providence Park recruits 16-19 year old teens looking for a first job. http://bgcportland.org/YouthForce.

• BGC also seeks Summer staff at their centers around Portland. Learn more and apply at http://bgcportland.org/employment

• Serve Your Community with Meals on Wheels as an AmeriCorps Members. Fight hunger while you earn an $1800 stipend and a $1230 education award in 300 hours this Summer. http://equalheart.org/AMRApplication.html
  
  
• Now Hiring at Burlingame and Raleigh Hills Fred Meyer. Apply online at jobs.fredmeyer.com. Once you apply, please call to schedule an interview: Stacy, Burlingame Fred Meyer: (503) 452-3046 ext 2650; Sharon, Raleigh Hills Fred Meyer: (503) 203-6155
  
  
• Safeway and Albertsons Now Hiring. Interested candidates may submit a profile and an online application to http://www.safeway.com/careers or http://www.albertsons.com/careers
  
  
• Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center. Volunteer Services seeks Junior Volunteers (minimum age of 14). For more information and to apply, download an application at https://www.legacyhealth.org/patients-and-visitors/visit-or-volunteer/volunteer.aspx
  
  
• Providence Health & Services Oregon. Hiring for jobs in food services and environmental services. $15/hr wage. Learn more and apply at http://www.providenceiscalling.jobs
  
  
• Portland Children’s Museum Recruiting for Paid and Volunteer positions. Like to work with kids? Volunteer in the Maker or Clay Studio or be a Play Guide. Application available at www.portlandcm.org/more/about-us/volunteer or email volunteer@portlandcm.org with any questions. Join the Museum team. Now recruiting for a variety of paid positions (minimum age requirements may apply). Apply at https://www.portlandcm.org/about-us/jobs
  
  
• Be an Outdoor Science Education Camp Counselor with OMSI. Work mid-June through August supervising campers at night and during down times throughout the day. You live with campers in cabins for the duration of the program at the Coastal Discovery Center, in Newport, Oregon, or at Hancock Field Station near Fossil, Oregon. To learn more or apply for the Camp Counselor positions, visit https://omsi.applicantpool.com/jobs/

• Census 2020 - 18 and over? Be a Census Taker! - https://2020census.gov/en/jobs/job-details.html

• FBI Teen Academy, FREE week long in-residence camp at the Oregon DPSST in Salem. Current Oregon high school sophomores and juniors (those entering their junior and senior years in the fall) are welcome to apply. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-portland-teen-academy-application-2019.pdf/view

• Friends of Tryon Creek Nature Day Camp Volunteer Counselor - https://tryonfriends.org/day-camp/#counselor_application

• Mittleman Jewish Community Center Summer Camp positions - https://www.oregonjcc.org/about-us/employment

• Oregon Zoo – Food Service Opportunities with Aramark https://careers.aramark.com/ListJobs/All/Country-US/State-OR/City-Portland/

• Portland Parks & Recreation (PPR) Seasonal & Internships Aquatics – Life Guards, Swim Instructors, Water Fitness Instructors 

• PPR Youth Conservation Crew http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/ycc

• PPR Community Center Summer Camps Counselors and more https://bit.ly/2Xzi5YS

• Portland Fire & Rescue is hosting a fire training camp for young women ages 16 - 20 years old.This three-day camp is an opportunity to experience the unique aspects of being a firefighter.  https://www.portlandoregon.gov/fire/78705

• SummerWorks! For low-income youth 16 & older. Intern for 180 hours over the summer and get paid $12.50/hr. Application opening next week! http://summerworkspdx.org/

• Allies Film Camp is a one-week exploration of storytelling through technical filmmaking

• BodyVox workshops and intensives for dancers (beginner-advanced)

• Building Camps for girls are sponsored by Girls Build!

• Cascade Mountain School offers outdoor environmental programs and overnight camps in the Gorge

• Coding with Kids offers coding summer camps (Python, arduinos, game development, etc.)

• NW Cyber Camp. offers a week of hands-on projects related to the growing field of cybersecurity, coed and a girls only options. A strong opportunity for  in-depth engagement with the tech industry with six industry guest speakers at each camp, a reception on Thursday night in collaboration with the Technology Association of Oregon and Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council, industry exhibits, and possible dignitaries including elected officials, and presentations from professors from Oregon's higher ed organizations such as OSU, OSU, OregonTech, etc.

• Free Geek’s volunteers bring home a computer after 24 hours of volunteering

• Hilarious Youth is a summer sketch comedy workshop for students age 11-15

• iDTech, a national tech education company, offers STEM education on the Lewis & Clark campus

• LiveSET, Sound Engineering for Teens, is a summer camp for young musicians and future sound engineers.

• Multnomah County Library, join Summer Reads or volunteer at the library

• My Voice Music offers music lessons, classes, Hip Hop Lab and an Artist Mentorship Program

• NW Film Center, Film Camps for kids + teens  introduce animation, green screen, media arts, etc.

• NW Youth Corps offer Epic Oregon Summer Camping Weeks for 14-15 year olds and five week work experience/camping and a community service focused day program for 16-18 year olds.

• OMSI’s Youth Volunteer Program requires you to start as a Thinkineer before leveling up to the Science Squad: Teen Youth Alliance – Thinkineers (applications typically due in May)

• OMSI’s 9-12th grade summer camps

• Open Signal offers video and animation classes, camps and workshops for youth 8-18

• Oregon Department of Transportation’s Driver Education Teen Parent Resources

• Oregon State University’s pre-college summer programs

• Oregon State University’s Summer Experience in Science & Engineering for Youth welcomes girls and minorities interested in math

• Intern for Camp Invention, an elementary STEM summer camp offered by the National Inventors Hall of Fame,

• Oregon Zoo has many volunteer opportunities for youth.

• Outward Bound's wilderness adventures (some Oregon rafting/mountain trips, most programs in other states)

• PDXtechies will teach you to build iPhone apps at iOS Programming Summer Camp

• PLACE, a youth civic engagement program with an urban planning focus

• Portland Center Stage, Summer Intensives

• Portland Community College, Summer Teen Program

• Portland Parks & Rec, Teen Force

• Portland State University’s Summer Business Institute (free, one week program for 11th &12th graders who identify as first generation college-attenders, student of color, LGBTQ, low-income or undocumented students).

• Portland State University’s Transportation Institute (free, two week program for girls)

• Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) offers POWGirls filmmaking classes for girls

• Process Institute’s summer TRU Youth Leadership Intensive,  empowering teens in leadership, conflict facilitation, and creativity

• Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls, collaborative music creation and performance

• Saturday Academy, offers a wide variety of hands-on classes and camps

• The CENTER (Create Engage Notice Teach Empower Remember) offers 1 and 4 week civic engagement and leadership programs in the summer

• Trackers Portland offers teen adventure camps

• Young Entrepreneur’s Business Camp, one week events at your choice of OSU, UO or the  U of Portland