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We are always looking for volunteers in Orillia (112 Norweld location) to help with:
- Cleaning
- Fostering cats
- Fundraising
- Board members
- Answering phones
- Taking messages
- Answering front door for visitors
- Seating visitors
- Some filing
- Organizing desk material as required
- Completing financial statements
- Bank reconciliations
- Processing payments using Plooto
- Deposits
- Attend board meetings (approx. 6 per year)
The GTHS Animal Hospital contains an Operating Room, Treatment Room, Examination Room, Pharmacy, X-Ray Room and a Hospital Intake / Recovery Area, and provides spay/neuter surgeries for over 1500 homeless pets annually. Having an onsite hospital ensures animals receive timely, thorough and comprehensive care, saves dozens of daily phone calls, reduces trips back and forth to veterinary clinics, dramatically decreases the stress on the GTHS animals, and leads to the additional benefit of earlier adoption availability; so these animals find their forever home quickly.
The Hospital Discharge Volunteer is responsible for discharging animals to the public after their Hospital appointment / surgery, create kennel tags and preparing for the next day's appointments and overseeing the cleanliness of the small Hospital Intake Room.
Responsible for promoting the BMBTC as a valuable avenue for advertising local and sometimes farther reaching businesses.
Responsible for Board meeting minutes, managing essential documents with the assistance of our Google Drive Coordinator, and for being the chief administrative person. Organization skills are key for this role.
- Support our drop-in Family Play to Learn programs
- Food pick-up/delivery driver
- Lunch cooks for the School for Young Moms
Provides volunteer opportunities in non-profit healthcare.
Current programs offering volunteer opportunities include:
- mental health programs
- physical exercise groups
- nutrition education
- chronic disease management groups
- programs for individuals living with chronic pain or chronic health conditions
- gardening program
- social support groups, hobbies and crafts groups, and more
Eligibility: 16 years and older
Application Process: E-mail the health centre at volunteer@sgbchc.ca, phone or apply via the website.
Exhibition / Event set up: There’s a lot to learn about hanging an exhibition and the curatorial practices in a professional gallery, which you could learn by assisting our director and the team as they carefully change exhibitions. These happen all year round so get in touch if you’d like to have valuable insight into what goes on behind-the-scenes! You can also help set-up displays for one of our varied fundraisers, which also involves teamwork and an attention to detail. You might also be asked to lift or carry items, depending on the event.
Reception and Greeting: An integral part of events at Quest is the welcoming face our visitors see when they first arrive. If you feel you are a friendly, welcoming person then you could assist us by greeting visitors, taking down their information or assisting with ticketing. This role requires someone well-presented and able to multi-task.
Workshop / Educational Support: There are many different workshops held at Quest Art School + Gallery, and off-site, to a wide variety of students. We offer classes to children, youth and adults of all skill levels. If you are curious, patient and eager to lend a hand, then you might be perfect assisting one of our instructors as they lead a workshop.
Off-Site Events: Quest Art, as a charitable organization, is often invited to a wide range of events in the Midland-Penetang’, and sometimes wider, region. These vary by season and year, so depending on where you can get to, you could assist at one of these events. Please let us know your preferences as this would be a real asset to us at Quest when seeking location specific volunteers!
Bingo
Peer Support Duties:
- Provide direct peer support to families
- Communicate issues or challenges with Family Partnership Program Manager as they arise
- Communicate periodically with families through the peer support offered and/or through a distribution list (eg. email, newsletter, or mail) as necessary
Administrative Duties:
- Communicate with PCMH through email, phone, virtual and in-person meetings
- Ensure chapter email and telephone line are checked at a minimum every 4 days
- Attend monthly Town Halls and support resource creation by sharing your experiences and knowledge
- Participate in training opportunities
- Complete monthly data surveys, and respond to requests for information to inform PCMH programming and support initiatives better
Be a team leader to take group of children around to various activities at VBC - half day 9am to 1pm - August 12-16 2024.
play piano for residents, social interactions with residents.
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.
- Special events
- Art programming
- Outings
- Friendly visiting
- Gardening
- Spiritual care
- Pet therapy visits
- Volunteer to be the 2nd adult along with the music teacher
- Time slots available are Mon-Thu 3:30 pm-6 pm, Sep-May
Volunteer to join the board of directors for the Sistema Huronia Music Academy
- planning
- marketing
- promoting events
- bookkeeping
- submitting grant requests
- meet once/month in Midland
Call for more information regarding board member activities and various other ways that you can help.
- Match 1:1 with a student in a local elementary or secondary school for one hour a week for the school year.
- Engage in fun activities of mutual interest at school or online and build a friendship with a child who needs a positive role model.
Love chatting with people, sharing stories and educating all ages about wildlife and cohabitating with them? Consider becoming a tour guide (don’t worry if you don’t know much about wildlife, we provide you with training).
The public can book guided group tours with us any time of the year. It’s wonderful to see their reactions upon seeing a Moose or bear for the first time!
Guided tours are a great way for us to educate the public and create awareness of what we do and it’s also a good way to raise funds for our registered charity. Guided tours are outdoor walking events on unpaved paths. One tours take approx. 2 hours.
- Empathetic listeners who are able to provide inclusive, non-judgmental support to callers representing a variety of ages, identities, and concerns
- Call centre operates 24/7, and we actively recruit both day and night shifts
- Day shifts are 4 hours
- Overnight shifts are 8 hours
Assists activity coordinator with different activities such as:
- Special events
- Outings
- Friendly visiting
- Other duties around residence
Volunteers are needed to pack Good Food Boxes the 3rd Tuesday of every month in the Church Hall at Guardian Angels Church, from 8 am to 10 am.
Volunteers are also needed from 10 am to 12 noon to assist individuals that are picking up their Good Food Boxes.
- Running art or music programs
- Assistance with organizing the set up and tear down of recreation activities
- Technology assistance for seniors
- Information or educational seminars for seniors
- Organizing tea and talk socials and word games
Seven week program within the North Simcoe Community for youth ages 11-14.
Program is led by Male Mentors and focuses on core themes including:
- Body image
- Self-esteem
- Balanced eating/activities
- Physical activity
- Building healthy relationships
Volunteers can run multiple groups throughout the year.
Teen Mentors commit to spending consistent weekly time with a child (mentee) being a friend, role model, and confident. Teen mentors meet one-to-one with an assigned mentee and participate in games, activities, crafts, conversation, and goal setting. Teen mentors listen to their mentees, provide support and guidance, help them to build communication and social skills, and develop a friendship based on trust, respect and fun. This is a partnership with BGC North Simcoe.
- Help adults with low literacy skills acquire and/or improve basic reading, writing, math and digital skills needed to function successfully in society
- Establish a learning relationship with an assigned student(s) based on mutual respect and a shared commitment to work together to achieve identified goals
- Plan, prepare and deliver student-centred learning activities and lessons
- Evaluate and recognize progress towards the student’s learning goals
- Comply with administrative requirements of the program
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the program
To advise, govern, oversee policy and direction, and assist with the leadership and general promotion of Gateway Centre for Learning so as to support the organization's misson and needs.
- Organizational leadership and advisement
- Organization of the board of directors, officers and committees
- Formulation and oversight of policies and procedures
- Financial management, including adoption and oversight of the annual budget
- Oversight of program planning and evaluation
- Review of organizational and programmatic reports
- Promotion of the organization
- Fundraising and outreach
- Attend and participate in meetings on a regular basis, and special events as able
- Participate on a standing committee of the board, and serve on ad-hoc committees as necessary
- Understand the policies and procedures of Gateway Centre for Learning
- Provide outstanding customer service in a welcoming, clean environment
- Receive and process book donations
- Organize inventory, stock shelves and highlight in-store promotions
- Answer public enquiries, and help customers find the titles they are seeking
- Welcome new team members and assist in training provided
- Use the communications log and other tools effectively
- Follow organization policies and procedures
- Complete activities assigned
Provide general administrative support, reception coverage and help with office cleaning.
- Receive, direct and relay telephone messages, fax messages and email
- Greet and direct the general public to the appropriate staff member
- Receive, open and distribute mail to appropriate staff member
- Operate standard office equipment such as the photocopier and printer
- Book room appointments
- Tasks to help keep the office tidy
- Small projects as assigned
- Cook, bake, gardening
- Activities with residence
- Supporting with activities of daily living
- Stocking shelves
- Helping operate the cash register
St. Nick’s Day which is the First Saturday in December. Duties include:
- Set Up
- Have helpers move items from the ACW room to parlor
- Enlist someone to sell coffee and cookies
- Enlist helpers to setup the day before, work all day and clean up afterward
Tutors will meet with their own student, 1 on 1, twice per week, to assist with reading, writing, numeracy, computers, and essential skills.
- In early spring (typically late April/early May) volunteers are needed to help plant tree seedlings in the Severn Sound watershed.
- Site locations vary from year to year.
- Be a mentor to a Little Brother
- Spend 2-4 hours each week having fun, experiencing life through a child's eyes again
- Develop a one-to-one friendship with a boy
- Fundraising
- Special events
- Be a mentor to a young boy as a couple and have twice the fun
- Spend 2-4 hours a week playing, listening and sharing a child's life
- Mentor at the school closest to you or your place of work for 1 hour a week for a child aged 5 to 12 years
- Both men and women are welcome to apply
- Co-op placement students and students looking to fulfill their volunteer hours are welcome
- Program runs during the day during the school year
Volunteers are needed to work special events such as Bowl for Kids Sake and Golf for Kids Sake.
The primary function of the YourTV volunteer is to be an active member of our television production crew on many levels, whether it be at OHL games, studio shows or a live event, like the Santa Claus Parade.
- Duties may include:
- Pre-production planning, such as setting up a potential interview subject
- Technical equipment during productions, such as working camera, audio or the switcher
- Administrative capacity, answering
- Telephones and handling YourTV billboard announcements
- Taking photos for the Billboard or helping with our YourTV website Summary of Essential Job Functions of a YourTV volunteer include:
- Working camera
- Conducting interviews
- Working the audio board
- Working in our Control Room or Mobile Production Unit(s)
Big Brothers commit to a one-on-one relationship for a minimum period of one-year, 2-4 hours per week on an average basis, doing activities they both enjoy.
Perform musically for geriatric patients at the Owen Sound Hospital.
Canine Foster Volunteers provide a safe, loving and temporary home for puppies (4-6 puppies at a time), senior dogs and adult dogs with specific needs. You must have the ability to separate the foster animals from any pets in your home by keeping them in a separate room, if necessary. We will provide resources and all the supplies you need.
Canine Foster Volunteers are responsible for helping the puppies, seniors and / or adult dogs in their care thrive until they are ready to be adopted (or to be returned to their owner in cases of Emergency Boarding). This will include feeding the animals at least twice a day, possibly more, potty training (for puppies), and exercising and socializing the animals. It may also include bottle feeding (if caring for orphaned or struggling puppies) and administering oral medications.
We are ideally looking for volunteers who are willing to assist with more than one of the following foster scenarios:
- 4-6 puppies under 4 weeks of age, requiring bottle feeding
- 4-6 puppies over 4 weeks of age
- Dogs with medical or special needs (eg. provide medication, ensure ‘bedrest’ post-surgery)
- Pregnant or nursing moms
- Dogs in need of socialization or with behavioural concerns
- Senior dogs who don't tend to fare well in a 'shelter' environment
- Dogs belonging to pet owners in need of emergency boarding in times of crisis
Mature Adult Volunteers will assist players on the ice, supporting our Qualified, Certified coaching staff.
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce is seeking community-minded individuals wishing to volunteer their time as Board of Directors Members or to assist at our promotional or fundraising events as Volunteer Members.
Volunteers work within areas of hospital as well as at many fundraisers.
- Fundraising
- Nursing units
- Various clinics
- Operate Hospital Cafe
- Escort patients, visitors and give directions
- Nursing units
- Various clinics
- Operate gift shop
- Escort patients and visitors and give directions
- Assist staff in many different departments
The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Orillia and District provides quality mentoring relationships for young people in our community who would benefit from caring, supportive adult role models. The relationships are fostered through:
- One-to-One Matching
- Group Programs
- School Based Programs
- Help in the kitchen when we start our meal program again
- Help in the donation room sorting and hanging up clothes, laundry, cleaning duties,
- Collecting data and temperatures at the door
- Maintenance in the THSP apartments
- Help fund raising
Volunteer duties vary depending on the placement and will be discussed prior to an interview
- Provide rides for seniors for the Day Away program and appointments.
- Pick up and drop off clients at a scheduled time
- Provide companionship and friendship to an isolated senior or adult living with a disability by making at-home or over-the-phone visits on a regular basis
- Assist clients with activities that they are no longer able to do by themselves and which are of interest to the client: reading, writing, playing cards/games
- Provide a periodic monitoring of the client's well being
- Providing long and/or short-distance rides for social purposes and non-emergency medical appointments to clients in Grey-Bruce
- Leading horses for challenged equestrians
- Sidewalking with those clients who may need some extra support
- Volunteers also required during summer camps and March break for tasks mentioned and other activities such as crafts
- We are looking for a motivated person that shares their experience and expertise in a positive and constructive manner.
- Join our Board of Directors to provide input on decision making.
- We are an advisory Board and meet for 1 hour once per quarter.
- Provide support to the Day Away staff by socializing with clients, participating in planned activities, and carrying out different recreational activities (ie. a game of cards, arts and crafts, and more!)
- Help with coats and boots during the beginning and end of the day
Leading and facilitating groups on how to prepare taxes and how to budget.
- Provide regular visits to assigned older adult clients, offering companionship, conversation & engagement in meaningful activities
- Perform regular outbound phone calls to assigned older adult clients
- Report any health or safety concerns to the Supervisor
- Provide monthly activity reports to Supervisor
Facilitating groups on how to start seedlings, container gardening, herbs and their uses along with seed saving.
Cashing out sales of hospital gift shop. Some help needed with replenishing displays.
Retail experience is not required. Training is provided.
Providing a leadership role within mental health groups, all while ensuring a supportive and constructive atmosphere for group participants.
Group topics include, but are not limited to:
- mindfulness
- breathwork
- self-care
- vision boarding
- journalling
- grief support
We are in need of Mentor and non-Mentor volunteers. Mentors are needed for all of our programs - Community Based (matched 1:1 with a young person); School Based (matched 1:1 with a young person and meet on school property, during the school day, September through June) or Group Mentor (1:3 ratio, locations in Kincardine or Wingham; 2-3 times per month).
Non-Mentor volunteers include Board Members, FUN Developers or Community Builder volunteer groups. The FUN Developers plan activities and events for our Mentees and Mentors to do (e.g.: The Factory in London, Blue Jays Game, Camp Kintail, museum trips, Christmas and Halloween parties, etc.). The Community Builders help plan and execute our fundraising events, such as Dancing with the Stars, Golf Tournaments, etc. They can also volunteer on the day of the event, for example, with the Christmas Yard Sale, etc.
All volunteers must complete the application process which includes a Police Records Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and training. Volunteers must be 18 years of age and older.
The Nutrition Facilitator provides a leadership and supportive role within group setting while maintaining a supportive atmosphere for group participants. Topics can include, but are not limited to: canning, breadmaking, meal planning, freezer meals, label reading, cooking-for-one, grocery store tours, and more.
The Physical Fitness & Exercise Facilitator will provide a leadership role within a peer support group ensuring a supportive atmosphere for group participants while offering a gentle fitness program that promotes:
- improved energy and health
- improved mobility and independence
- decrease in fall risks
- contributing to your community
- maintaining strength and coordination
Here are some of the many opportunites for you at the Port Hope Fair and we're ready to match you with your interests.
- Set up/tear down volunteer - carry and set up display tables, attach skirting, put up temporary barriers, place ticket booths at entrances, place cement barriers on track
- Gates/admission booth volunteer - sell tickets, apply wristbands
- Beer tent volunteer- sell tickets or serve drinks, stock coolers. Smart serve required.
- Parking attendants volunteer - direct cars to available parking
- Childrens events volunteer- pedal tractor pull, childrens pet show
- Assist with setting up program area, including gathering supplies, rearranging tables and chairs
- Assist with program area clean up, as directed by the Recreation Coordinator
- Help complete art programs
- Choir practice assistance
- Technology help
- Tea and talks
- Call on participating residents (list provided by Recreation Coordinator) to encourage and escort residents to programs as necessary
- Drive clients to designated destinations
- Assist clients to and from vehicle
- Report any concerns of clients with deteriorating health and/or other needs to the Program Coordinator
- Complete all required training and attend on-going additional training sessions as needed
- Report to the Transportation Coordinator for all scheduling and availability
We are looking for passionate, dedicated volunteers to assist with Creative Arts Programs held in Midland and Barrie. No artistic experience needed! Duties include assisting with set up, conversation and providing guidance during the program.
Volunteer Drivers take kids and youth to school, appointments, family access visits and more. Volunteers utilize thier own vehicles for this purpose.
Drives are assigned on an as needed basis, according to the volunteers schedule allowing this to be a flexible volunteer opportunity.