Did you know it’s the International Year of Youth?


Volunteering with Benefits at the Marriott Inner Harbour

Volunteer Victoria had the great pleasure of supporting Volunteering with Benefits, the UnitedNOW signature event on April 15th, 2011. It was a super event, with over 500 volunteer hours raised in three short hours! Check out Ashley Kelbough’s photos of the event.

It was particularly awesome to see how much volunteering is valued by the 20-30 somethings who showed up. I have no doubt that each person there brings great talent, skills and passion to each of his or her endeavours – here’s to …

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Volunteering with Benefits!

UnitedNow, a council of twenty-somethings volunteering with the United Way of Greater Victoria, works to raise awareness and develop understanding of key issues that impact individuals and families living throughout the Capital Regional District.

Their most recent endeavour, with the support of Volunteer Victoria, touches on volunteerism, getting connected and having fun – all in one evening! Volunteering with Benefits offers attendees the opportunity to bid on auction items with volunteer hours rather than dollars. Last year, 290 volunteer hours were raised, and the event was sold out!

This year, …

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Volunteering with United Now


The following is a post co-written by myself and United Now team members sharing their volunteer experiences in support of National Volunteer Week. We thank them for their important contributions!
 
To kick off National Volunteer Week, a team of volunteers from United Now took a couple of hours on Saturday morning to revitalize the garden at one of Threshold Housing Society’s youth transitional housing units. About 10 volunteers got their hands dirty pulling weeds, mixing soil and planting flowers and herbs. They even started planting a vegetable garden for the youth to …

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