Volunteer Today!
The Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association is a volunteer based nonprofit organization. Our past projects were successful due to the strong volunteer support behind them. We need YOU to help us continue to make a difference! 
How can you help?
- Become a Member or renew your membership today! Your money goes a long way to help CGWA meet our financial needs.
- Make a tax-deductable donation to CGWA. We'll put your money to good use!
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Help maintain our windsurfing and river access sites by attending a work party. They are usually done by lunch and often are followed by a sailing session.
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Lead the way to improving your favorite windsurfing site by become a site coordinator. See the list of sites without coordinators and use the on-line form to tell CGWA you are interested in helping.
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Attend a fund-raising CGWA activity such as the annual Pray for Wind Party.
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Help us organize hold the Pray for Wind Party. There are lots of little tasks to be done, some of which will only take a couple of hours.
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Purchase a CGWA Logo T-Shirt and promote our organization.
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Provide CGWA with the items shown on our 'Wish List' below.
Just remember- Every little bit helps, whether it's volunteering or a cash donation. CGWA is as strong as our supporters.
Our 'Wish List'
Do you have items or services that you'd like to donate? Check back here for changes in the future and let us know if you have something you’d like to donate. Thanks in advance for your support!
Office:
- Fast black and white printer
- Send us your high-resolution photos of you, your kids, your grandma, and/or your dog shredding- or just having fun- in the Gorge!
Services:
- Design: Pro-bono graphic designer to help with pamphlet layout
- Envelope stuffers: Long-term or short-term, we have a job for you! We always have mailings and membership paperwork to send out.
- Website Promotion: Seek reciprocal links from other sites and work on registering our site with major search engines.
- Photographers: Help gather photos for the newsletter, website and other communications.
- Writers: Submit and article for our newsletter and website.
- Pro-bono website programmer to help us explore our options for adding a shopping cart to our website.
Gear:
- Kids gear for our youth camps and drop-in youth windsurfing sessions
- Gear donations we can at swap meets to raise funds for CGWA’s projects (All donations are tax deductable.)