Great Turnout for Power of the Hour Launch!

A resource for change makers and hour counters! Look here for tools and tips from Power of the Hour, Get Involved, and Volunteer Canada.

Olympic Volunteering

The volunteering experience at Vancouver 2010 Olympics is certainly a great and life-changing one. Over 30,000 volunteers are needed to help run the Olympic games. Volunteers have the opportunity to be involved in almost all aspects of the Olympics (including helping with the medal ceremonies and meeting the athletes!)

Teens Becoming the Generation of Social Change

Teens Volunteer

The Mackenzie awards celebrate an entire generation of youth that are giving back, donating their time and money, and inspiring others to create change – not just change in a few years – change NOW!

Jan 2010

Great Turnout for Power of the Hour Launch!

‹ How To: Get Your Children Engaged in Volunteering Go Public with local televison ›

We had 200 guests, 10 CEOS and executives from their not-for-profit partners, all show up yesterday (1/13/10) at the TSX for the launch of Power of the Hour and the Corporate Council on Volunteering’s pledge of 814,900 employee volunteer hours over the next year! We’re now well on our way to our goal of 2,000,000 volunteer hours for 2010. Executive Producer (and q media Senior Partner) Dorothy Engelman, TVO CEO Lisa De Wilde and Volunteer Canada President Ruth MacKenzie all were on hand. Link here view BNN’s live coverage of the event. And check out what The Toronto Star’s Carol Goar had to say about Power of the Hour Launch in Sharing a Passion to Make a Difference!