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 incorporate into their meals. They also had a chance to learn more about the important services Threshold provides for youth aged 16-21 in Victoria.
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On Sunday, the United Now team held a clothing drive for the Victoria Youth Empowerment Society and were overwhelmed by the ammount of youth-appropriate clothing dontated. People were welcome to drop by with their gently used clothing, have a snack and learn about different ways to get involved in their community. Volunteer Victoria was also there to help people navigate their online database that lists about 800 local volunteer opportunities.
Stopping by to donate clothes.
Bags of gently used clothing!
Upcoming United Now events:
If you want to learn more about what’s happening in your community, meet new people and find out about volunteer opportunities, join the United Now team to celebrate National Volunteer Week. This event takes place at the Sticky Wicket on Friday, April 23 between 5-7pm. There will be free appies, speakers and door prizes. Why not come by and try a ‘voluntini’ with some friends before the Canuks game? Hope to see you there!
Join the United Now team for a morning of volunteering on Saturday April, 24 from 10am-12:30pm at one of the most ecologically sensitive restoration sites in the CRD. This site only has one remenant mature Garry Oak tree left and volunteers are needed to remove invasive plants, conduct ecological inventories and plant native species to protect the Garry Oak.
To participate in any of these events, RSVP to unitednow@uwgv.ca or call 250-385-6708 ext. 236 AND become a fan on Facebook to keep updated on upcoming events.