Attend UnitedNow’s Volunteering With Benefits Time Raiser

By Volunteer Victoria

- Written by Graydon Leigh -

　Want an opportunity to engage in and positively affect your community?

Want to win cool prizes for dedicating your time to an array of great causes?

Volunteer Victoria is very proud to sponsor the Volunteering with Benefits auction at the Victoria Marriott Hotel on Friday, May 11th from 7:30-9:30pm. Hosted by UnitedNOW, the event educates and promotes volunteerism within the community. It asks attendees to volunteer their time-as opposed to money-for a chance to earn some very handsome rewards.

This year’s prizes include passes to events and establishments including:

- Earl’s Chef’s Table
- A guided tour and tasting of …

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May 10th, 2012 | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment

Learning Outside the Volunteer Management Box

By Volunteer Victoria

We’d like to introduce guest contributor Charlene Dishaw, currently the Manager of Volunteer Resources at Delta Hospital in Ladner, BC.

After over 10 years of working in the field of Volunteer Management I was having a “heard that, seen them” feeling. I was looking for education that would elevate my work another level. The Vancouver Board of Trade brought in the Disney Leadership workshop and my passion for working with people was renewed. What did it for me? The thrill of hearing what big business has the time and money to research. And the research can be directly applied …

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May 7th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: AVRBC, Latest News, Volunteer Management | Leave a comment

Communicating over Facebook: Will it work for us too?

By Leanna Hill

We, in the Youth Volunteer Connections Program at Volunteer Victoria, have been wondering how to best communicate online with the young people who seek our support in finding meaningful volunteer opportunities. The blog post below was forwarded to us, and it has changed how we do things. It’s time: we are now ready to include facebook as a communication option with youth who prefer it. Each youth staff is creating his/her own professional profile, for example, you can find me at facebook/Leanna at Volunteer Victoria. So we’ll see how it works!

In the hopes …

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May 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Latest News, Social Media, Volunteering, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | Leave a comment

National Volunteer Recognition Week “We Appreciate You!” Contest

By Lori Elder

It’s National Volunteer Recognition Week (April 15 – 21, 2012) and our chance to let those special volunteers in our lives know that “We Appreciate You!”.  All across Canada, all week long, volunteers will be celebrated and thanked in a myriad of different ways.

This year, Volunteer Victoria has partnered with Wells Gray Tours and CHEK TV to celebrate our local volunteers through the “We Appreciate You!” contest. Until April 20th you can nominate someone in our community for the great work they are …

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April 15th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: In the News, Latest News, Special Events, Volunteering | 2 comments

Meet our new Youth Team!

By Leanna Hill

The following is a guest blog post written and researched by one of Volunteer Victoria’s volunteer writers, Kate Lautens. Kate is one of two Volunteer Victoria Media Copy Writers that have been with us for over a year. Enjoy! !

The Youth Volunteer Connections Program (YVCP), Volunteer Victoria’s program supporting young people 15-29 in finding meaningful and rewarding volunteer opportunities, recently added three new staff members, Vik Dhindsa, Ebony Logins and Amy Hartzenberg. Under the leadership of Leanna Hill, program coordinator of the …

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April 2nd, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Latest News, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | Leave a comment
 
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