Volunteering Opportunities
I get many parents contacting me regarding places for their Teens to volunteer for their required high school hours. Many don't realize that there are so many opportunities to volunteer in Kitchener Waterloo. I always ask what are they interested in and what career path are they hoping to get in to?
Volunteering is a great way to get a behind the scenes look at how operations work. If they have an interest in Sports, Television, Health Sector, Child Studies, Senior Care, Environmental, Arts (and so many other fields) there are a variety of places they can volunteer to gain experience and get involved in our Community! Here is some great places to start for teens and for yourself and/or other family members as well. Many of the places below have click able links for more information.
Sports
- Minor Sports, volunteer coaching
- Sports Clubs often need volunteers
- Sports themed Day Camps
- Outdoor Ice Rink helpers
- SHI Tournament happening March Break 2013
Televison/Media
- Rogers Televison
- Local events -see more about events below
- Health/Wellness based Charities (too many to list but contact United Way or Volunteer Action Centre for places to start)
- Local Hospitals
- Hospital Foundations
- Nutrition For Learning
- The Food Bank Of Waterloo Region
- THEMUSEUM
- The Kitchener Market -email Michele
- Kidspark
- Local Libraries
- Schools
- Family And Children's Services
- Kidsability
- Also see Sports and Health Sector Charities
- Local nursing homes
- Assisting neighbourhood seniors with snow shovelling or lawn and garden maintenance
- Rockway Centre
- Adult Recreation Centre
- Wing 404 Rotary Adult Center
- Local legions and Veteran's Services
- Sustainable Waterloo
- Groundwater Festival
- Community Gardens
- Tim Horton's Community Clean Ups
- Earth Day Activities
- Stewardship Programs Kitchener
- Stewardship Programs Waterloo
- EcoFest
- Adopt A Road
- Local theatre companies
- KW Art Gallery
- Homer Watson Gallery
- Canadian Clay And Glass Gallery
- The Button Factory
- Perimeter Institute
- Universities and Colleges
- Many of the organizations on this list can often use extra help when it comes to their tech needs.
- We Day (must be 16 and over)
- Random Act Of Kindess Day
- Tooney Tuesday
- TedxWaterloo
- Doors Open Waterloo Region
- Waterloo Buskers
- Winterloo/Icedogs Festival
- Taste Local Taste Fresh
- UN International Volunteers Day
Suggestions
Do you know somewhere that is currently recruiting volunteers? Please leave the contact info in the comments.
The Youth Drop-In program, run at KidsAbility (Waterloo), is looking for volunteers! Come out once a month for an awesome night of basketball, games, crafts, friends, and fun!! The youth are wonderful, ages 13-30, and are living with a variety of developmental delays.
ReplyDeleteYouth Drop-In runs on the last Friday of each month from 6:30-9:00pm, Sept 2015-June 2016. This opportunity counts towards high school volunteer hours. Please contact Kyla at kyladenomme@gmail.com if interested in volunteering or if you have any questions.
The Youth Drop-In program, run at KidsAbility (Waterloo), is looking for volunteers! Come out once a month for an awesome night of basketball, games, crafts, friends, and fun!! The youth are wonderful, ages 13-30, and are living with a variety of developmental delays.
ReplyDeleteYouth Drop-In runs on the last Friday of each month from 6:30-9:00pm, Sept 2015-June 2016. This opportunity counts towards high school volunteer hours. Please contact Kyla at kyladenomme@gmail.com if interested in volunteering or if you have any questions.