Central Oregon Volunteer Connect — First Access
Central Oregon Volunteer Connect is the regional volunteer platform connecting organizations and volunteers across Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, and the Warm Springs region. For more than twenty years, it has been the infrastructure behind how Central Oregon shows up to serve.
This spring, the platform is being upgraded. The current volunteer platform concludes on April 30, 2026. On May 1, 2026, a new and significantly improved platform becomes the sole home for Central Oregon Volunteer Connect.
What is First Access?
Before the new platform opens to the public, we are inviting a select group of organizations and community members to get in first — to explore the platform, complete their profiles, and help us make sure it’s ready for the community.
First Access runs throughout April. If you’re selected, you’ll receive a direct invitation with access instructions.
To request your spot, send an email to volunteer@connectcentraloregon.org with the subject line “First Access Request” — or click the button below.
Twenty-two years ago, Central Oregon Volunteer Connect launched with a simple idea: that the organizations serving this region should be visible, connected, and supported. What you have built since then — the relationships, the programs, the thousands of volunteer hours directed where they are needed most — is the ecosystem we always believed Central Oregon deserved.
That ecosystem has matured. And with that maturity comes both an opportunity and a responsibility to strengthen the infrastructure beneath it.
We are grateful you are here, and we look forward to what we build together.
Scot Brees
Founder, Connect Central Oregon