To learn more about these Volunteer opportunities, please contact us or try using our online volunteer registration form.
People to answer phones, greet clients and volunteers, manage requests and perform general office duties. One day a week commitment.
To assist in providing all new Mothers in the community with a Welcome to Newborn package.
Help set up before and clean up after the program. Greet people as they come in. Make sure families have received a Welcome to Newborn Package.
Greet players as they enter the hall and handle cleanup at monthly fundraising event.
Help to govern the organization, determine the needs of the community. Set policies and procedures. Represents and promotes the organization in the community.
Compassionate individuals to help bereaved community members. After training, these volunteers provide emotional support to clients approximately 4 hours per month for a period of up to one year.
Information: Volunteer Hospice Service and Bereavement Support
The title depends on the event... "Chef" during a barbecue season and a "Baker" or "Cook" during day activities at the Rural Visions Centre on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis.
There are three committees, each having different requirements.
Creative and patient individual to lead clients (potentially with dementia) through arts and crafts projects.
Individuals with a particular skill or talent are required to entertain at a noon meal held twice a month, once in Sydenham and once in Harrowsmith. Volunteers receive their full-course catered meal for entertaining.
To set up, take down and clean up at diners.
To provide escorted transportation for shopping, social programs and activities, medical and legal appointments for seniors, and low income families.
To provide entertainment in a group environment.
To provide assistance to clients who because of frailty or a cognitive impairment need more help than escorted transportation provides.
Energetic and enthusiastic individual to guide seniors through a weekly exercise program.
To establish an ongoing and caring relationship with seniors.
To provide assistance in searching and obtaining funding for services and new programs proposed by the Family Services Programs.
Information: Good Food Box
Individuals to provide support to parents in our community. Grandfriends receive training on community resources, early childhood development, and child focused First Aid and CPR before the match is made. Grandfriends share skills, provide advice, and may accompany parents to medical appointments or shopping and assist with emergency childcare. A two hour, weekly commitment is requested.
To provide our clients with the opportunity to participate in regular activities scheduled at our Centre or at other locations within our community. These programs will provide a relaxed group setting where our clients can enjoy themselves.
To proofread, photocopy and mail the monthly newsletter that keeps seniors and families informed of activities provided by the Rural Visions Centre.
To better equip parents of young children to raise healthy and happy children by teaching established courses in parenting.
To provide activities which give our clients an opportunity to socialize with other seniors outside of their home and have a good time.
Deliverer - Deliver packages to families in the area with new babies. Time commitment depends on the number of new babies in the month. A vehicle is essential.
Package Assemblers - To assist in packaging helpful gifts and valuable information for new parents. These packages are wrapped up in blankets and booties crafted by volunteers.
Coordinator of Volunteers
Phone: 613-376-6477 or 1-800-763-9610