ORI employees have many interests, and we take every opportunity to play a larger role in our local and world communities. We participate in the local Adopt-a-Road program and have a dedicated group of employee volunteers who clean up our three-mile stretch of road every six months. We volunteer for the United Way Day of Caring every year and have had opportunities in this capacity to do some gardening, book sorting, and packing of frozen corn for distribution to local food banks. We make quarterly donations to the blood bank and annual donations to charities. Employees are able to make contributions to charitable agencies associated with Earth Share of Oregon, the Black United Fund, and the United Way via monthly payroll deductions.

In addition to these activities, we are a valuable resource for the local media, and we work to bring our research results to practitioners who can use our interventions with their patients. We host an annual Research to Practice Conference for mental health practitioners, teachers, and policy-makers from around the state of Oregon. The 2009 Research to Practice Conference will be in October.