Volunteer Opportunities

The restoration of the old school and the running of the Flora School Education Center are only possible through the generous support of many volunteers.  Consider joining the fun.  We have opportunities for those with skills ranging from carpentry to photo archiving.  You can volunteer at the school itself or from afar.  Some of our current volunteers work from Portland, and even Italy.

Current Needs

  • Build bookshelves in the original style for the library.  Could be a great project for high school or college carpentry classes.
  • Test our six computers to assess their capabilities.
  • Contact companies for donations of materials.
  • Organize information on the alumni of Flora School by the year when they would have graduated (whether or not they graduated doesn’t matter),
  • Send us historic photographs of the Flora School, the Flora community and the North End.  You can upload to the website here or send to floraschool@tds.net or to  FSEC Pictures, 82744 College Lane, Flora, OR 97828-5111 (please send in a priority mail box or envelope to help protect the pictures). If you send them by snail mail, we will promptly make copies at send them back to you.  Or a safer bet would be to make copies yourself and send us the duplicates.
  • Contribute stories, memorabilia, or genealogies that reflect the history of the school, Flora, or the North End.
  • Help put together a photo album and photo file.  The goal is to have historic photos for display but also a system where someone can say, “I want a copy of that” and then have us make a copy.  FSEC would charge a fee for this service to help support building restoration.  Please contact Vanessa Thompson at if you would like to help with this.
  • Update fundraising letters.
  • Send us ideas for the website or newsletter?  Send them to Elizabeth Enslin at liz AT elizabethenslin Dot com
  • Update your mailing or email address. Contact Bruce Thew Bthew@cox.net or floraschool@tds.net

Work Days

We have work days almost every Thursday and at least one Saturday per month.  Come join us.