Volunteer Listings

Empowerment Squared is a Canadian charity that works with you and communities to effect sustainable change through education, social development, and lifelong learning opportunities. They aim to empower less privileged communities through academic mentoring for youth and young adults, information literacy, leadership development, and supervised access to sports and recreation opportunities.

Campus to Community and Empowered Squared are looking for 6 academic and recreational volunteers to support programming that starts in January 2020.  Conveniently located in downtown Hamilton needs volunteers to commit to one 2-hour shift each week.

Elementary School                                                                High School

Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30 pm                                                   Wednesdays from 4:30-6:30 pm

Thursdays from 4:30-6:30 pm

We are looking for volunteers who:

• Are adaptable and have a willingness to learn
• Enjoy interacting with elementary or high school aged children
• Are interested in engaging with culturally diverse populations
• Can commit to one 2-hour shift a week from January-March 2020

Volunteers will receive:

• Training and on-going support to work effectively with school age/high school students
• The chance to network with peers in a positive and fun environment
• The opportunity to represent Mohawk College and positively impact the lives of children in the community
• The chance to apply for a $1,000 scholarship

If you would like learn more about how you can be a positive role model for youth in the community, please complete this form: Empowerment Squared Volunteer Mentor Application

Special Olympics Hamilton (SOH) and Campus to Community are looking for volunteers to support athletes with intellectual disabilities to develop their skills at weekly bowling practices.

Day/Time: Saturdays from 3-6 pm

Location: Mountain Lanes - 335 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, ON L9A 4T4

Tasks:

• Provide the athletes with support, encouragement and guidance
• Have fun!

Requirements

• Sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Current Police Check (completed within the last 12 months) - must include a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening

Benefits of Volunteering

• Give back to the community
• Meet new people
• Receive orientation and training while you develop new skills
• Build your Co-Curricular Record (CCR)

If you are interested in supporting SOH athletes, please complete this web form:  SOH Weekly Bowling Volunteers

Contact: Paula - hamilton.5pin@specialolympicsontario.ca

The Hamilton Brain Injury Association (HBIA) and Campus to Community are looking for volunteers to visit local elementary schools to present the Bikes Blades and Boards (BBB) curriculum. BBB is an interactive 60 minute presentation designed to educate students in grades 1-3  about the importance of road safety and brain injury prevention measures.

Requirements:

- An interest in developing your public speaking skills (all volunteers will be provided with training prior to facilitating their first session)

- The ability to work with school-aged children (ages 6-9)

- Completion of a police check

Responsibilities:

During each session, facilitators will:
- Review a handout with basic information on the lobes of the brain.
- Articulate the components of helmet safety and the 2-V-1 rule
- Play a short informational video
- Complete a *cauliflower drop* to educate the students on how a helmet helps to protect the brain.
- Administer a post-test to students regarding the information learned

Benefits:

• Give back to the community
• Meet new people
• Receive orientation and training while you develop leadership skills
• Build your Co-Curricular Record (CCR)

Time commitment: 5-10 hours between February - June 2020

For more information, please email: Katie George at katie.george@mohawkcollege.ca

Join us Wednesday's from 6:30 - 9pm at Ronald McDonald House, for some fun with families residing at the Ronald McDonald House!

Campus to Community hosts a weekly Family Games Night at the House where we play board games, make crafts and activities, and put smiles on faces.

For more information please email sarah.turner4@mohawkcollege.ca

*Please note a Vulnerable Sector Screening is required for this volunteer opportunity*

Join the Campus to Community team at Purnell Boys and Girls Club!

We meet at Purnell Boys and Girls Club every Tuesday from 6pm - 8pm. As a volunteer, your role will be to help facilitate fun and engaging activities for youth ages 6-16. This is a great opportunity to perform in a leadership role, interact with children and youth, and have fun!

All volunteers must obtain a Vulnerable Sector Screening which can be reimbursed by Campus to Community staff after volunteering with the program for at least 5 hours.

For more information, please contact Kalea at kalea.kirsh@mohawkcollege.ca

Campus to Community along with Wesley Urban Ministries is looking for volunteers to help out with newcomers to Canada.

Each week, students meet at Wesley to engage with newcomers to help them learn English and feel comfortable in speaking the language through conversation and companionship. This is done through games and activities.

We will meet every Tuesday at Wesley Urban Ministries from 3:00-4:30 PM.

Cyber Seniors is looking for high school and post-secondary school students to looking for volunteers to teach seniors how to use an ipad and create a video story.

Requirements: Must speak English and Mandarin

Benefits: Bus tickets available and prizes to be won

When: Wednesdays & Thursdays from 3:00 to 4: 30 pm starting February 19^th and ending March 23^rd , 2020 (No sessions March 18^th and 19th)

Where: 120 Strathcona Avenue North, Hamilton, ON - Wellness Room

Are you interested?  Please contact Lisa Maychak at lisa.maychak@hamilton.ca or 905-546-2424, ext. 1721

Around the Bay Race are looking for volunteers for various positions.

• Volunteers would be asked to staff a water station along the race route. This is an outdoor activity at the end of March.
• Another volunteer position would be serving beer samples at the end of the race. Volunteers would need smart serve certification.
• Another volunteer opportunity would be a course marshal along part of the race route informing local traffic there will be a slight delay.

gritLIT is Hamilton’s annual literary festival taking place April 16-20, 2020.

We bring together diverse voices — the biggest Canadian authors, new talent and local writers — in a series of up-close-and-personal readings and events.

Our new Youth Council (aged 18-30) organizes events to engage the next generation of readers, raising money and awareness for our programs.

- Help us shape youth and children’s programming
- Throw gritLIT’s Friday night party, the introvert’s bash of the year
- Learn about festival production and fundraising

Get in touch by emailing volunteers@gritlit.ca.

Your council membership of $40* gets you: 4 gritLIT tickets (excl. headliner and workshops), 2 party tickets and a $20 tax receipt.

Please let us know if cost is a barrier for you.

VR Pro Inc. is looking for the course marshal position. This position requires an enthusiastic individual who is capable of effectively coercing with race participants (runners), police, other volunteers, spectators, and people who live in the neighbourhood. A course marshal is situated at a particular location on the race course and is responsible for ensuring that the race runs smoothly. Marshaling is a great opportunity to be involved in the running community and support healthy active lifestyles.

Typical responsibilities include:

- Ensure that race participants remain on the correct course, and that non-participants remain off the course.
- Direct traffic at their location, either across the course when safe to do so, or to alternative routes.
- Relaying information to medical team.

Lunch included!

Help keep your fellow students informed about the changes coming to Mohawk’s learning management system (LMS). Starting May 2020, all courses will be provided through MyCanvas.
eLearn is closing April 20, 2020.

Help by:
• Answering student questions or directing them to the library/IT help desk as needed
• Handing out postcards/checklist students can use to prepare for eLearn closing
• Telling students about the contest they can enter to win $500 Amazon gift card or weekly prizes
• Giving away Mohawk branded swag to students who stop by

Estimated time commitment: 1 hour/week for the month of March (Campus common hours or other agreed upon time)

A voucher of Pizza and Pop will be given to each volunteer that signs up.

Phone it Forward is a relatively new campaign, aiming to refurbish used smart phones and provide them to people in need. On an ongoing basis, the CNIB (a registered charity) needs helping hands to raise awareness and encourage donations of used phones to support Canadians with limited vision.

Interested in volunteering for the Canadian Blood Services? As a volunteer, you will be helping to promote and recruit students for the upcoming Blood Donation Drive on March 5 (10a-3p) in the DBARC building.

We have 4 planned outreach dates on:
Wednesday February 26 | 11:00 – 2:00
Monday March 2 | 11:00 - 2:00
Wednesday March 4 | 11:00 – 2:00

Accessible Learning Services is hosting our annual Accessibility Awareness Day on Tuesday, March 10th to promote services and supports for accessibility around the Mohawk College campus and the greater Hamilton community.

Our theme this year is, "From Disability, to Different Ability." We are looking for 5 student volunteers to support this event from 9am-3pm.

Volunteer with the Centre for Climate Change Management to support the Bay Area Climate Change Council (BACCC) Forum on February 25th.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to help with the Climate Change Forum. This event is open to the public and is being hosted at Mohawk College's Fennell Campus on February 25th from 5 - 9 pm. We will require support with event set up and tear down, workshop note taking, campus directions and more!

During the event you will hear from city councilors, BACCC members, and Dr. Mark Jaccard, author of The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success. Volunteer training and dinner during the event will be provided.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The AreclorMittal Grassroots Soccer Hamilton program are in urgent need of volunteers! This is a great way to support youth participation in the game we all love! This program is designed for children in Ward 3!

This is a 10 week program that runs from June 16th to August 18th (Tuesday evenings) at Tim Horton's Field. Last year, Forge players were out and volunteering in the program!

Can't make every week, but would still like to come out and help? No problem! You tell us what week(s) work for you! We always appreciate the help we can get.

NO PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!

Volunteer board members needed for small local charity.
Community oriented people needed to help support The Healing Oasis which provides counselling supports for those in recovery, and those who are suffering from trauma, crisis and loss. We require people with administrative and technological skills, but if you'd like to become involved, contact us for more information.

The Be Well Do Well Peer Mentor Program is a peer based mentoring program which connects peer mentors with students with mental health issues. The goals of the Program are to support students in creating and maintaining their wellness and academic success and to create connections, conversations and a supportive and resilient college community.

We believe that there are many benefits to being a peer mentee. The most significant one is having the perspective of a peer. That is a powerful and very meaningful perspective. We believe you will also benefit from:

- peer support to help you to overcome barriers, achieve success, and build resiliency
- connecting with a supportive and a non- judgmental person
- getting support and a different perspective from a mentor when exploring options and goals
- trying new approaches and skills in a safe relationship
- getting practical information about how to maintain wellness
- learning how to access college and community resources
- getting support through life transitions
- increasing self-awareness and confidence

As a note, to be a mentee within the Be Well Do Well Peer Mentor program you must meet the following criteria:

- You must be available to meet with your Mentor either Monday’s or Tuesday’s between the hours of 8:30AM-4:30PM on the Fennell Campus
- You must be a full-time student at Mohawk College
- Students in the Social Service Worker (SSW) program are unfortunately not eligible to be a mentee as all of our mentors within the program are also SSW students at Mohawk College

Come and volunteer for MohawkX: Student Leader Conference!

This is an evening filled with engaging, interactive, and collaborative workshops that will help students to develop their capacity for student leadership and introduce them to new ideas!

Volunteer roles include:

• Event set-up & tear-down (some lifting required)
• Assist with event registration
• Act as a workshop attendant
• Provide assistance to students attending the conference

Volunteers are asked to meet in Student Life- room R203 on Fennell Campus- to sign in at 2:30pm.

Join our team of Campus to Community volunteers as we participate in the annual Coldest Night of the Year walk/run.Together with thousands of Canadians across the country, I'll be walking and fundraising to support hungry, homeless, and hurting people and families in my community. This fundraising event supports people in our community who are experiencing homelessness. All funds raised go to our partner organization, Neighbour to Neighbour

When: Saturday, February 22 2020

Where: St.Stephen on the Mount (625 Concession Street, Hamilton)

Black Boys Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to introducing young boys of colour (ages 8 to 17) to computer science and technology through exposure workshops, Hackathons, after school and summer programs. At Black Boys Code, you will have the chance to connect with boys of colour, aged 8 - 17, and support them through critical developmental years. Your support of this important cause will provide early education in computer programming, electrical engineering, mobile app development, robotics and other STEM fields.

Volunteer Positions:

• Instructors
• Technical Lead
• Classroom Technical Assistants
• Events Coordinators
• Community Outreach Coordinators
• Social Media Manager

For details about each of these volunteer positions, please visit our website and contact:

Toyemi Opeoluwa-Calebs

Phone: 289-808-5201

Email: Toyemi.opeoluwa-calebs@blackboyscode.com

Special Olympics Hamilton (SOH) is a volunteer driven organization with 300+ registered athletes that range in age from 8-80 and compete in 18 core sports. Every facet of SOH's programs from administration to coaching are run by volunteers who take pride in knowing they're providing athletes with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to experience the excitement, joy and personal fulfillment associated with participating in sport in Hamilton.

SOH is currently looking for volunteers to assist with their weekly programming:

• Sundays          10 Pin Bowling                  2:00 - 4:00 pm   (ThunderAlly - downtown)
• Mondays         Floor Hockey                    6:00 - 7:30 pm    (Sherwood Secondary School)
• Mondays         Rhythmic Gymnastics       6:00-8:00 pm     (Helen Detwiler)
• Wednesdays   Basketball                          6:00 - 7:40 pm    (Sherwood Secondary School)
• Wednesdays   Basketball                          8:00 - 9:30 pm    (Pauline Johnson)
• Fridays            Swimming                          7:00 - 8:00 pm   (Hillpark Recreation Centre)

Tasks

• Assist athletes to participate in sports and engage in the Hamilton community
• Provide the athletes with support, encouragement and guidance
• Have fun!

Requirements

• Sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• 2 references
• Current Police Check (completed within the last 12 months) - must include a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening (see application for  details)

Benefits of Volunteering

• Give back to the community
• Meet new people
• Receive orientation and training while you develop new skills
• Build your Co-Curricular Record (CCR)

Campus to Community is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and welcomes volunteers of all abilities.

If you are interested in supporting the development of Hamilton's Special Olympians, please complete this application form: SOH Volunteer Application

Join one of our Campus to Community volunteer teams at Mission Services!

Mission Services are looking for volunteers to assist them with Food Bank.

Responsibilities of Volunteers:
-Welcome and engage with community members waiting for intake at the Good Food Centre.
-Greet clients approaching the food distribution area.
-Assist community members with providing children with appropriate activities.
-Help community members navigate in the Good Food Centre.
-Receive the “shopping list” and retrieve food items accordingly.
-During slow periods, check shelves for expired items and dispose of those that do not comply with food safety standards.

The Youth Aiding Youth program at ROCK is seeking driven and dedicated volunteers to spend time with children between the ages of 6-12 years old, participating in fun & recreational activities. The goal of this mentoring relationship is to support the child in developing their confidence, self-esteem and social skills, while providing them with an older positive role model and friend. Interested Candidates will be:

-16-24 years of age
-Looking to gain hands on experience within a mental health organization
-Looking to make a difference in the lives of "at-risk" children within Halton
-Able to commit to spending 3 hours a week for a minimum of 9 months with the child they are matched with
-Able to work independently and take the initiative to plan a variety of activities and outings for the volunteer and child to participate in

The Youth Aiding Youth program at ROCK is seeking professional, outgoing and dedicated volunteers to perform outreach within the Halton community for the purpose of volunteer recruitment. This role will involve hosting information tables at various events such as community wellness/volunteer fairs and volunteer recruitment drives at secondary schools within the Halton region. Interested Candidates will be:

-Age 18 years and older
-Capable of travelling to various locations within the Halton community
-Comfortable with public speaking and presenting to small crowds
-Capable of having a flexible schedule with the ability to commit to daytime, evening and
weekend outreach opportunities

The Youth Aiding Youth program at ROCK is seeking driven and dedicated volunteers to co-facilitate social skills groups for children between the ages of 6-12 years old. These groups involve supporting children who need assistance developing social skills, confidence, and self-esteem. The volunteers facilitate the sessions by following a program manual that includes topics such as self-esteem, bullying, social language skills and more. Interested candidates:

-Age 19 years and older
-Have previous experience working with children
-Able to work well within a team setting with the shared goal of co-facilitating a successful social skills group
-Able to follow the program manual and facilitate group discussions, engaging activities and fun games
-Should be able to manage behaviours and use quick problem solving
-Should be outgoing and possess established leadership skills

Commitment: 2 hrs once a week for 10 weeks (6 weeks for summer groups)

NPAAMB's Oya:na Program in Brantford, Hamilton and Fort Erie are seeking non-Indigenous youth to participate in the program by being involved in a community service opportunity with Indigenous youth!

Participants must commit to 120 hours, the hours are flexible but must be completed before March 31, 2020.

Supports are also available (on case by case basis):

• Earn $10/ hour (living expense)
• Childcare
• Bus pass/ transportation costs
• Completion bonus of $50 gift card

Chantiers Jeunesse is a non-profit organization that offers volunteer programs for youth ages 15 to 30. Our mission is to promote youth engagement in communities and we encourage youth of all backgrounds to apply. Our programs include 2 to 3 week volunteer projects in Canada as well as abroad, funding and support for entrepreneurship projects and longer term individual placements. Our projects in Canada have all fees covered such as accommodation, meals and transportation. In addition, we provide orientation weekends as well as follow-up and professional development opportunities for participants after their projects.

Please visit the following site for complete information on our volunteer opportunities:

Start2Finish is a non-profit children's charity. We operate Run&Read programs for children in low-income communities out of 4 elementary schools in Hamilton. Our programs focus on fitness and literacy as a force to eradicate child poverty and we are currently looking for volunteers to support our after school offerings.

Requirements:

• An interest in helping school aged children increase their literacy skills and physical fitness.
•  Able to commit 2 hours/week from January to April 2020.
• Volunteer application with references
• Police check for the vulnerable sector

School Locations:

• Bennetto Elementary- Tuesday 3:20-5:20
• Prince Of Wales Elementary- Tuesday 2:50-4:50
• St. Ann Catholic Elementary- Wednesday 3:10-5:10
• St. Augustine Elementary (Dundas)- Thursday 3-5

Benefits of Volunteering at Start2Finish:

• A great opportunity to get some hands-on experiential learning
• The chance to professionally network with like-minded individuals
• On-going training and support while you develop/strengthen your leadership skills
•  A space to enhance your personal health and well-being

If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of  children in the Hamilton area, please submit an application at: Start2Finish Volunteer Application

Hamilton Kilty B's Junior Hockey Club is looking for social media volunteers.

Volunteers will be responsible for leading to lead their In-Game Branding/Advertising in partnership with the Game Coordinator to co-manage and delegate the social media tasks to promote the club's events, games and activities.