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

Holiday Greetings!

By Lisa Mort-Putland

If you are still looking for holiday volunteer opportunities, check out last week’s post: the spirit of giving. Volunteer Victoria will be closed the week of December 26th, and reopening January 3rd.

Dr. Seuss wrote: And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t …

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December 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: E-Link | 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 2

By Lornna Olson

This post will review the screening process for the new criminal record check and questions that may arise from the results of checks. If you have not yet read part one of this subject, you may want to do that first- just scroll down to the last post.

The application is available to download from the Solicitor General of BC’s website. http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/criminal-records-review/shareddocs/consent-form.pdf

 This is a form that you will want to read carefully, perhaps more than once. As a volunteer co-coordinator I have found it helpful to fill out a standard form that I can refer to each time I am having a volunteer …

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November 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Volunteer Screening | Leave a comment
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