In July 2013, Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Program hosted the first Community Youth Leadership Summit! Part of the week was reflecting on volunteering, the community, and the Summit in the format of a blog post. Sara was one of our awesome…
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change this world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margret Mead I was reminded of this quote in so many ways this year during the…
Volunteering trends vary greatly across the world and what may be true for most other nations is not always true in Canada; like the idea that there is a shortage of volunteers. Canada has the 2nd largest voluntary sector in the world – after the…
Have you every heard that old saying about the weather in March? “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” Sadly for our neighbours across Northern and Southern Alberta last week June came “in like a lamb but went out like a lion.” While the…
Volunteer Victoria has the pleasure of hosting another unique learning event with Judy Lightwater later this month. “Events and Beyond” is a workshop that will help you to maximize your organizational capacity. This event will focus on building outreach and…
I was so pleased to recently coordinate a “Get Creative with Social Media” workshop for Volunteer Victoria, facilitated by Mandy Leith. It pleased me even more that I was able to attend the workshop with my mother, Elaine Cougler. Her adoption of…
Jean McKenzie is one of 20 of our in-house volunteers here at Volunteer Victoria (not including our board members). She kindly agreed to be interviewed for this blog post. I am pleased to present you, Jean McKenzie. Jean has been…
We are very excited about launching our blog, and engaging with our community around topics of interest and importance to us all. Whether you are a volunteer, a student, an employee, a senior or just interested in learning more, we invite…
