This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter.  Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up  for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria.

Child Care Worker: The James Bay Community Project needs someone to help take care of children while their parents learn to cook.  Shifts would be for 3 and a half hours a week for 6 weeks between April and June.  If you would be interested, then contact Catriona at 250-388-7844 or e-mail ccampbell@jbcp.bc.ca

Newspaper Reader: If you’d like an opportunity to volunteer with your family then check out another opportunity with ...

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This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter.  Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up  for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria.

Exercise Assistant: The Gorge Road Hospital is looking for volunteers to encourage their senior citizens to exercise with hand weights and Therabands.  You would need to be available on Friday mornings from 10:15 to 11:30.  If you would be interested, then contact Kathy at 250-370-8407 or e-mail kathleen.nies@viha.ca

Young Parent Support Network: If you’d like a chance to volunteer in the evenings, then check out the [Continue reading NewsFlash #59]

This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter.  Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up  for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria.

Reading Buddy: The Greater Victoria Public Libraries are looking for teen volunteers to pair up with younger children and participate with them in reading and writing based activities.  The commitment is for an hour a week for eight weeks, the program running from March 6th – April 24th.  For more information contact one of the local branches of visit www.gvpl.ca ...

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This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Volunteer Connections newsletter.  Please email tara@volunteervictoria.bc.ca to sign up  for the NewsFlash and hear about new volunteer opportunities, events and workshops happening in Victoria.

Assistant Restaurant Server: TLC is looking for someone to help welcome guests to the house, as well as aiding with set up and take down.  Food Safe 1 would be desired but not required to get the position.  This is a great way to take part in the community while getting experience in a restaurant environment.  If you are interested, contact Irene at 250-598-8096 or e-mail [Continue reading NewsFlash #57]

Volunteer Victoria is pleased to welcome our new youth council volunteers to our social media team! The group first met in October to discuss how we could go about implementing social media as a part of our volunteer management and recruitment strategy. I was very impressed by the group’s insight and inventiveness, as well as their enthusiasm! This team had so many ideas to share, including offering input on everything from our current (and future) branding, to how we might more effectively manage our Facebook page. We are very lucky to have this group of talented volunteers helping us out with the Welcome Youth Council Volunteers!]

Over the past few months, as part of our Social Media Project, I’ve been extensively researching different forms of Social Media for use in the non-profit sector.  From this, I’ve pulled together the following information to help you to more easily find answers to your questions.

I thought I would start off with a quick run down of the Social Media tools we’ve been working with here at Volunteer Victoria (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) and how they might help ...

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