Eyes on The Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS)

By Leanna Hill

The post below was written by Isabela H. Chamon Sasaki, our newest Volunteer Blogger. Isabela is Brazilian, a future journalist, a cinefile and a dreamer- and you can check out her blog here.

Since 2008, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society has been helping me navigate all the difficulties that I have faced as an immigrant youth going through tremendous changes in life. Known throughout the Victoria community and Vancouver Island as simply “VIRCS”, the organization provides support to every immigrant within the community who seeks it, from children to seniors. VIRCS’ diverse team …

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January 23rd, 2012 | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment

Volunteering courageously: A young leader’s story

By Leanna Hill

The blog post below was written by Lilia Zaharevia, a local youth superstar. She has been making waves in the community, using her courage, relationships and intelligence to put her insights about community needs into action. What a gift! I interviewed Lilia over email and she provided us with the following responses – complete with pearls of wisdom for anyone interested in being the change one wishes to see. You can find the InsideOUT website here and find them on twitter at @insideout_group 

My name is Lilia Zaharieva, I was born halfway across the world in Sofia Bulgaria …

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January 5th, 2012 | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment

The Spirit of Giving

By Lori Elder

Once again, it is the time of year when we start to receive larger volumes of calls from individuals and groups looking to volunteer over the Christmas period.

Christmas is, after all, a time when we focus more attention on helping others and giving back.  So it might seem hard to believe that volunteer positions are sometimes not as plentiful during this time of year.

We are so fortunate to live in a community that understands that volunteers are needed all year round. And it is because of this, the need to serve the homeless, pack food hampers and so much more, is often …

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December 12th, 2011 | Tags: | Category: Latest News, Special Events | 2 comments

The Criminal Records Review Program-Part 1

By Lornna Olson

By now most agencies know that starting a year ago changes were made to the BC Criminal Records Review Act. The Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General’s Criminal Records Review Program (CRRP) has expanded their existing program that protects children from physical and sexual abuse to also help protect “vulnerable adults” from physical, sexual and financial abuse.

This is part one of a two part blog entry that will hopefully help to clarify the changes that have been made. We are dealing with policies from different areas of government. Some of this information is not in unison and quite challenging …

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November 17th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Latest News, Volunteer Screening | Leave a comment

A Web of Options

By Lisa Mort-Putland

 This article first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter on October 21st, 2011. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria.

Volunteer Victoria recently had to face a difficult truth. We have been lying to ourselves about how happy we are with our website.

In fairness to old faithful, our website has served us well, behaved admirably, and cost very little in the big scheme of things. But, (and isn’t there always a but) our website isn’t keeping up with the needs of our members, volunteers, and client groups. So, it is time to look at new …

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October 26th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: E-Link, Latest News, Social Media | 3 comments
 
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