NewsFlash #58

By Volunteer Victoria

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.

February 19th, 2010
VOLUNTEER:

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[Continue reading NewsFlash #58]

February 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Latest News, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | Leave a comment

NewsFlash #57

By Volunteer Victoria

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.

January 28th, 2010
VOLUNTEER:

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 …

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February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Latest News, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | Leave a comment

Welcome Youth Council Volunteers!

By Volunteer Victoria

 

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 …

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December 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Latest News, Social Media Project, Youth Council, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | Leave a comment

Social Media: What is it and why should I be using it? (Part 1)

By Volunteer Victoria

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 …

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December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Latest News, Social Media Project, Youth Volunteer Connections Program | One comment
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