Power Tools

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

Mar 2010
31

Manulife’s Sarah Saso Speaks out in the National Post

volunteeropportunities_4kvz_qs5sVolunteer programs pay off for employers says Manulife’s Sarah Saso in an interview with the Financial Post last Saturday March 27th.

“We offer the opportunity for employees to get involved in things they wouldn’t normally be exposed to,” says Sarah Saso, director of community relations for Manulife. For example, more than 250 employees typically show up for the full-day Habitat for Humanity house builds, usually held on weekends.”

Saso explains that to better understand the impact of employee volunteering Manulife recently partnered with Ryerson University and the University of Pennsylvania.

The results prove that volunteering is a profitable venture delivering both of both a more positive recruitment environment while helping to retain high performing employees. For more on the results go to the Financial Post.

Mar 2010
30

What’s New at Get Involved!

At Get Involved there are tons of volunteer opportunities that are constantly being posted. Here are some highlights of great opportunities posted this week:
The Salvation Army in the Abottsford area is looking for a volunteer hairdresser.
Easter Seals Ontario needs volunteers for their 24 hour relay event June 19/20th.
The CANFAR Foundation needs volunteer flower vendors for [...]

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Mar 2010
29

Rebecca Tremblay’s Winning Essay

Inspiring Dreams
Rebecca Tremblay
Votes: 1163
Residence: Victoria, BC
I have been a volunteer, leader and teacher in Third World countries since I was 16. My first experience was volunteering with underprivileged children from Estonia at a Rotary Camp. As a student, I partook in a project in Nicaragua with the Fallsbrook Centre leading educational and health activities with [...]

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Mar 2010
29

“While There’s Tea There’s Hope”

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Tea has always made a difference in people’s lives by providing warmth & inspiration. A famous British dramatist once said, “While there’s tea, there’s hope.” Now, Red Rose tea is bringing that hope to children around the world with Reach Out With Red Rose.

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Mar 2010
28

Inspiring Dreams: Rebecca Tremblay’s Story

Rebecca Tremblay

Rebecca Tremblay is Reach Out With Red Rose’s first contest winner! As the author of the winning essay, Red Rose, ONEXONE and free the Children sent Rebecca on a fabulous volunteer vacation in Kenya! Rebecca kept a meticulous blog about her experiences – it’s so well-written and heartfelt that you feel like you are right in the action with her. Kenya, it seems has a way of making you feel many different things all at once.

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Mar 2010
27

National’s Geographic’s Extreme Ice Project

Extreme Ice Melt

National Geographic commissioned a team to conduct the world’s largest photographic study of the cryosphere (the portions of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form and ground is frozen) ever attempted – in order to assess the rapid glacier melt and its implications on the future environment of our planet. And wow, did James Balog and his team find something amazing, beautiful and truly disturbing.

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Mar 2010
26

Power of the Hour Reaches 2 000 000 Hours!!

Habitat Build

On the morning of March 25th, the Power of the Hour campaign hit 2,202,342 hours! Our goal was to encourage volunteering, by challenging Canadian businesses, individuals and organizations to pledge their volunteer hours for 2010 – and we hit our 2 million hour goal three months into our campaign! That’s means that Canadians are doing amazing work engaging their communities and participating in volunteering all over the country! How many volunteer hours do we as Canadians really do a year?!

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Mar 2010
23

Digital U featured in the Huffington Post!

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The Digital U series is featured in Julia Moulden’s piece entitled “New Radical Revolution: 10 World Changing Ideas”. Moulden’s piece describes Digital U as a “primer for folks who just want to get their feet wet” in the social media world.

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Mar 2010
23

Water on the Table – the Fight of the Water Warrior

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“Water on the Table” is a social issue documentary which explores Canada’s relationship to its own freshwater. The film outlines Barlow’s journey of advocacy throughout 2008. The world premiere of Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall’s piece airs this Wednesday night at 10pm on TVO.

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Mar 2010
22

What’s New at Get Involved!

At Get Involved there are tons of volunteer opportunities that are constantly being posted. Here are some highlights of great opportunities posted this week:
The MSA Museum Society is looking for a volunteer cartoonist to create images for ads, pamphlets, ect.
The Otesha Project is looking for people to become members of their bike touring theatre troupe!
Diana [...]

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