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Celebrating Volunteerism

This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. This week, all across Canada, organizations are celebrating National Volunteer Week. Here in Victoria,…

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…

Work in Nonprofits

The HR Council for Non Profits conducted a major quantitative survey of Canadian non-profits in 2008. From this they have prepared a report on small non-profits in our sector. Approximately 75% of non-profits have less than ten employees and over…

NewsFlash #60

NewsFlash 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. VOLUNTEER: Child Care Worker: The James Bay Community Project needs someone…

A Few Good Books

This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter. Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. With the Internet at our fingertips, we tend to look on-line for our information…

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. March 4th, 2010 VOLUNTEER: Exercise Assistant: The Gorge Road Hospital is looking for volunteers…

NewsFlash #58

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…

Stretch Tax Credit & Nonprofit Websites Survey

This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter.  Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Stretch Tax Credit for Charitable Giving Imagine Canada has proposed the Stretch Tax…

Investing in Emerging Non-profit Leaders

 This post first appeared in Volunteer Victoria’s E-Link newsletter.  Sign up for E-Link and keep current with news and information from Volunteer Victoria. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. As most of us already know, there will be a significant exodus of…