With Bridgeway Support Services volunteers play a vital role in providing services to those in need.  
You can make a difference by becoming a Volunteer Driver for children and youth.

Under the supervision of the Coordinator of Friendly Visiting, the Friendly Visiting Volunteer will: 
• Visit the client regularly, on a mutually agreeable time and day. 
• Call client ahead of time if for any reason a visit time needs to be postponed or rescheduled. 
• Inform assigned supervisor as to any changes in the client’s or volunteer’s situation, which would affect the visiting; this includes address changes, holidays, illness, etc. 
• Report any observations, comments or concerns regarding the client or the match to the assigned supervisor. 
• Volunteers are visitors and as such will limit their duties to socialization and companionship activities only. 
• Report volunteer hours, either through our online form or by direct email to the Coordinator of Volunteer Services.

Responsible for sales, promoting, inventory, tourist information and museum tours.

Delivering library materials to Retirement/Nursing Homes

Volunteers are needed to accompany North Simcoe residents registered with our Transportation programs. 

Volunteers will assist people: 

• Shopping 
  
• Getting to social activities  
  
• Help navigate health appointments

Anything & Everything

Choose from different options: 
 
Smart Serve Certified volunteers needed as bartenders 
 
Volunteers needed to help set up and/or run events including concerts, community dinners, major fundraisers, and other events. 
Work may involve setting up chairs and tables, greeting patrons at the door, checking proof of vaccination (according to current government mandates), checking tickets, and offering information about the venue as needed to patrons.  
 
Volunteers are always welcome to stay and watch the show, or leave if they need to. We often are in need of volunteers to help clean up following events.  
 
Duties are geared to ability and you will never be asked to do something you're not comfortable with or haven't received training for.  
 
Volunteers sometimes come in to help with special projects, for example recently we had a great team work on re-organizing some of the storage spaces in the building to support our work.  
 
You can also volunteer as a Board or committee member and assist with the ongoing operations of the Marsh Street Centre in a more hands on way.

To spend time with children working in small groups to teach them life skills such as: 

Cooking 

Knitting 

Wood working 

Painting 

Crafts  

Any talents that you enjoy

Make a difference in our community by providing onsite first aid at local community events. 

Use your first aid skills 

Develop first aid skills with hands-on training 

Participate in patient care.

Rides for residents of North Simcoe without access to transportation within North Simcoe for health, shopping and social activities 

• Provide safe, reliable, professional and courteous transportation service to residents of North Simcoe, using your own vehicle 
  
• Communicate with transportation staff and passengers regarding scheduled rides. 
  
• Ensure adherence to the Community Reach program procedures and policies including confidentiality agreement.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out around the kennels. We are open every morning 7 days a week from 8AM - noon. We have a shift of volunteers in every morning to look after the cats and dogs: cleaning, feeding, grooming, walking, laundry, vet runs, administering medications and of course putting dogs out in outdoor runs and walking them. We walk the dogs every day, unless the weather is really, really bad (i.e. too cold or just plain dangerous). We also have evening dog walkers who are paired up for safety reasons (don't want people out at the shelter alone) and they walk dogs or put them out for a stretch in outdoor pens, administer any necessary evening medications and/or extra feeds to cats or dogs and clean up any kennels that have messes.  
 
We do ask volunteers to try and commit to a period of time on a regular basis (e.g. a particular morning/evening every week or every other week) as it makes it easier for scheduling and also keeps the volunteer familiar to the animals they are caring for. With the dogs, this makes a big difference. We have some dogs that are with us for a while before finding a forever home so we try to have them handled by people they know as much as possible.

Set up tables and chairs, play bingo, board games, pool and socialize. Make coffee/tea.

Help develop and provide activities to a group of up to 8 children for one a day a week during a 7 week period over the summer. You will work closely with the summer student to provide some interactive opportunities to children.

Once fully trained, you will help us assist the police to search for lost and missing persons. 
Applicants are asked to fill out the application form on our website.

Providing first Aid support at local community events.

Job Summary: 
The Personal Disaster Assistance (PDA) Team is activated to respond and provide assistance for up to the first 72 hours following a disaster.  
 
Responsibility 1. Disaster Response 
Activities: 
• Conduct client needs assessments to determine immediate, short and long-term needs of clients; 
• Provide appropriate services based on the Technical Standards and the National Disaster Assistance Guidelines; 
• Provide referrals to partner agencies and other community based groups; 
• Communicate and report on progress, as appropriate, to the PDA Supervisor; 
• Provide comfort to clients; 
• Complete necessary paperwork (i.e. Goods and Services Vouchers, Client Needs Assessments and others as appropriate); 
• Communicate complex cases to PDA Supervisor for provision of appropriate case management services; 
• Participate in operational debriefings and provide suggestions for improvement. 
 
Responsibility 2. Preparedness Activities 
Activities: 
• Actively engage in team preparedness activities including emergency planning and kit preparedness; 
• Attend meetings as required; 
• Support PDA Supervisor in materials/inventory management; 
• Support with supplier agreements, as appropriate; 
• Support the PDA Supervisor in planning and organizing services.

The Personal Disaster Assistance Team is activated to respond and provide assistance for up to the first 72 hours following a disaster. The PDA supervisor will supervise a team of PDA responders at the local level. The PDA Supervisor will provide, as appropriate, direct aid assessment for delivery of ESS services for relief, referral services, and/or recovery assistance, as well as, be responsible for planning and organizing ongoing preparedness activities. They may be asked to deliver services during a large-scale emergency. The PDA Supervisor may be asked to represent Disaster Management on cross-functional working groups.  
  
Responsibilities/Activities:  
Responsibility 1. Disaster Response  
Activities:  
• Assess and determine the scope of impact and the necessary resources needed to address the needs (i.e. one time assistance or complex support) and report back to the designated point of contact;  
• Conduct client needs assessment to determine immediate, short and long-term needs of clients;  
• Provide referrals to partner agencies and other community based groups;  
• Liaise with the fire protection services or other local authorities, as appropriate;  
• Ensure compliance and provide ongoing feedback to PDA Responders during a response based on the Technical Standards and the National Disaster Assistance Guidelines;  
• Facilitate operational briefings and debriefings during a response;  
• Communicate, report on progress and evaluate the provision of the services, as appropriate to the designated point of contact;  
• Provide timely formal and informal performance feedback to volunteers that report directly to the PDA Supervisor;  
• Complete necessary paperwork (i.e. Goods and Services Vouchers, Client Needs Assessment forms and Response Reports)  
  
Responsibility 2. Preparedness Activities  
Activities:  
• Participate in the recruitment of PDA team members  
• Participate in PDA team member orientation & scheduling of training  
• Coordinate team member availability and the team’s on-call schedule  
• Ensure that supplier agreements are completed and updated annually  
• Ensure response supplies are properly stocked and available  
• Prepare and facilitate regular team meetings;  
• Develop and update the response plan;  
• Promote and ensure compliance with Red Cross directives and Technical Standards;  
• Ensure availability of team members for responding 24 hours a day;  
• Manage response equipment. Candidates under consideration will be contacted.