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Volunteering as a Distress Line Listener can be a life-changing experience. Completing your volunteer contract as a distress line listener is a great way to enhance your resume and earn a great reference letter. If you work, or are thinking about working, in a helping field (social work, counselling, nursing, etc.), becoming a distress line listener give you lots of experience and help to grow your skills. Without highly-skilled, caring volunteers, the distress line would cease to exist and more than 1.300 calls for help would go unanswered each month.

Become a Distress Line Volunteer Listener!

For information on how to apply, visit:
https://edmonton.cmha.ca/brochure/volunteering-with-the-distress-line/

Application: https://albertaaviationmuseum.com/get-involved/become-a-volunteer/

Simulator Saturdays Attendants assist visitors on our museum’s
Redbird flight simulators. The activity covers aircraft controls, preparing an
aircraft for flight, take-off/landing, and flight safety. Volunteers will start with
an introduction, that participants will then be able to apply to their allotted 20
minutes of flight.
This volunteer activity takes place on Saturdays between 10:00 am – 5:00 pm,
with shifts from 10am-1:30pm and 1:30pm-5:00pm.

Time commitment: Schedule is flexible for most Saturdays. Must be able to
commit to at least 1 Saturday per month.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Deliver program in a fun and interactive format.
• Supervise and provide feedback to students using the museum’s Redbird
Flight Simulators.
• Respond to visitor questions.
• Address feedback or comments from visitors

Content creators for Canada Confesses are responsible for creating content that can educate, engage, and inform an audience. Your content may involve producing short pieces on current events, social injustices, and Canadian-themed holidays. It may also involve writing blog posts, researching credible information, and creating short video content like Instagram Reels & IGTV.

Apply & learn more - https://forms.gle/7LojF91235833KvQ7

Are you interested in healthcare or the field of Recreation Therapy? Working with adults with mental health diagnoses? Our team at Sprucewood Place Housing Community is looking for new volunteers to assist within the Recreation Therapy departments! Sprucewood Place offers housing to adults and older adults with psychiatric illness, as well as some with brain injury, general physical disability and cognitive impairment. We are a predominantly mental health-focused facility.

Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist Therapy staff with facilitating programs (e.g. Bingo, crafts, music, exercise)
Assist Therapy staff with special events (e.g. birthdays, entertainment)
Engage in 1:1 visits with residents
Portering residents to and from programs
Help facilitate an on-site Tuck Shop (selling food, toiletries etc)


Volunteer Requirements:
All volunteers must be screened for the safety of our residents and staff. To become a volunteer, you must:
1. Fill out a volunteer application form
2. Interview with Recreation Therapist/Volunteer Coordinator
3. Complete a Vulnerable Sectors Check
4. Full COVID-19 vaccinations with immunization record

Are you interested in healthcare or the field of Recreation Therapy? Working with adults with dementia or mental health diagnoses? Our team at Villa Marguerite Community Supports are looking for new volunteers to assist within the Recreation Therapy departments! Villa Marguerite has two dementia units and one mental health main building.

Volunteer Opportunities:
Assist Therapy staff with facilitating programs (e.g. Bingo, crafts, music, exercise)
Assist Therapy staff with special events (e.g. birthdays, entertainment)
Engage in 1:1 visits with residents
Portering residents to and from programs

Volunteer Requirements:
All volunteers must be screened for the safety of our residents and staff. To become a volunteer, you must:
1. Fill out a volunteer application form
2. Interview with Recreation Therapist/Volunteer Coordinator
3. Complete a Vulnerable Sectors Check
4. Full COVID-19 vaccinations with immunization record

About Us:
Learning Buddies Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping elementary school students develop essential literacy and math skills through free one-on-one, after-school mentoring in a fun group setting. We reach children who otherwise would not have the help they need. Our goals are to enhance self-esteem through improvement in academic skills and to ignite a passion for learning in a safe and caring environment.

Position Summary:
Complete the math/reading and volunteer manual training sessions
Participate in the orientation during the first week of the programs
Report to your Program Coordinator and Executive Coordinator
Prepare lesson materials provided by the organization for each session
Mentor your little buddy by using the lesson materials prepared
Track your little buddy’s progress
Attend mentor meetings
Complete mentor reports
Assist in volunteer recruitment

Location:
We offer both online and in-person programs.

How to Apply:
Please Visit: https://www.learningbuddiesnetwork.com/mentor-application-form

For any questions, please reach out to julia@learningbuddiesnetwork.com

Are you looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Join the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) as a Vision Mate Volunteer and provide invaluable assistance and companionship to an individual who is blind or partially sighted.

Position Description
Vision Mates Volunteers provide regular, one-to-one assistance and companionship for a person who is blind or partially sighted. Matches are made with someone who lives close to your home, school, or work. You visit once a week for a couple of hours to assist with tasks like reading, errands (like groceries and shopping), going for walks, and socializing.

Responsibilities & Tasks:
• Regularly visit a client in his/her home or other suitable environment at a mutually convenient time
• Activities are determined by client needs and are mutually agreed upon.
• Approved activities are: reading, organizing, walking, assisting with errands or outings, and friendly visiting.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please complete the CNIB Volunteer interest form below or Contact Sanduni Kandegedarage

https://cnib.tfaforms.net/4751778

Are you a recent grad or a university student looking to gain experience and strengthen your resume?

Volunteer with CCI-LEX to teach English to adult newcomers and hone your skills in effective communication, facilitation, and working with diverse groups of learners — all of which are skills sought after by employers.

You will receive robust training and detailed lesson plans, so you can teach and support students with confidence.

Plus, you can get job references from our supportive team, build your network, and gain access to free training workshops and other learning opportunities.

We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and experiences! We firmly
believe that every individual has a unique set of skills, experiences, and insights to offer our students and our organization.

Our team is working on an immersive multilingual pregnancy health information website. The goal of this is to improve access to information about perinatal care for immigrant women. Language and cultural barriers are known to play a significant role in accessing reliable information.
We are looking for individual's who speak another language, fluently, who would be able to translate our website's information in written and verbal form.

We envision the website to have the following:
- Text and audio at Grade 9 level in multiple languages
- Embedded videos in multiple languages
- Entire website navigation in multiple languages
It will reach patients directly and can make important impact during such a life-altering moment in their lives.

Leisure companions provide companionship, support and socialization to Brain Care Centre’s clients who are living with acquired brain injury. Activities may include playing card games, going for walks, reading, socializing, running errands, going to the gym, etc. Become a leisure companion and create a positive impact, both in the life of an individual and in your community. We are only accepting application 18 +

Duties include:

- Helping the assigned client reach their goals
- Setting goals with the client
- Making necessary accommodations to ensure the client’s success
- Encouraging and supporting the client
- Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the client
- Upholding an open communication with the Volunteer Coordinator and Service Coordinator

To apply visit https://www.braincarecentre.com/

Commonly known as the Big Brothers Big Sisters program or one to one mentoring. One mentor (Big) and one mentee (Little) spend time together building a friendship based on trust, support, common interests, and fun! Bigs and Littles participate in a variety of activities—everything from riding bikes, skating, reading, working on homework, cooking, playing video games to just talking and sharing with each other.
Mentees: Anyone between the age of 6 and 24. These kids just need a little extra support.

Locations: Edmonton, Strathcona County, Parkland County, Lac La Biche, Morinville, and St. Albert
Where: In the community at sporting events, festivals, coffee shops, swimming pools, libraries etc.
When: Evenings and/or weekends when the mentor and mentee are both available

Online application: https://bgcbigs.ca/volunteer/

This in-school mentoring program is a way to get involved with a child. It allows volunteer in-school mentors to share time with a mentee in their school during the school day. In-school mentors meet with their mentee following the 20-20-20 rule: 20 minutes of getting to know each other and catching up, 20 minutes of schoolwork, and 20 minutes of free time. In addition to friendship and overall support, the focus is on literacy and homework.

Mentees: Kids between 6 and 18 who need extra support with their schoolwork.
Mentor: Anyone over 18 who would like to help a child do better in school
Minimum Commitment: 1 hour per week throughout the school year
Availability: We run in-school mentoring programs at schools in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Parkland and St. Albert.
When & Where: At the same time each week during the school day at a child’s school

Online application: https://bgcbigs.ca/volunteer/

The primary duty of the Online Program Host volunteer is to ensure that the Wellspring essence of welcome and care is translated to the online programming context. The Program Host is responsible for ensuring that the program runs smoothly from a technology side and that the Program Leader feels supported.

See more: https://wellspringalberta.ca/invest-in-our-future/volunteer/

Front desk volunteers are the first point of contact for new and returning visitors as they arrive at Wellspring. Along with performing reception duties, they provide information and program registration

Front desk volunteers are asked to commit to a four-hour shift either bi-weekly or weekly, or commit to a flexible back-up schedule.

To find out more: https://wellspringalberta.ca/invest-in-our-future/volunteer/

Application: https://albertaaviationmuseum.com/get-involved/become-a-volunteer/

Are you dedicated and willing to take initiative? The Alberta Aviation Museum is seeking a volunteer to work in our Research Library. Specifically, this role will require sorting through digital catalogue entries and re-categorizing/ re-entering data. Must be detail oriented and comfortable working alone at repetitive tasks.