Volunteer Heroes
Volunteers are the backbone of any organization. Read powerful stories featuring volunteers across Canada and learn how you can Get Involved!
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Being a mentor with kids.now!
If you knew that donating just 1.5 hours of the 168 hours you have available per week, could change 10 kids’ lives forever, would you do it? Kids.now provides programs for children in grade 7 and 8.
Water Week On TVO (March 21-27)
2.5 billion people in the world don’t have access to adequate sanitation – that’s two fifths of the entire world’s population!- 97.5% of the earth’s water is saltwater. If the world’s water could fit into a bucket, only one teaspoon would be drinkable.
- A person can live a month without food, but only about a week without water.
Makes you think doesn’t it?
Amanda’s Lemonade Stand
Looking for a way to spend this beautiful Sunday (May 16th) with your kids, friends or family? How about enjoying a cool glass of lemonade, munching some cookies, meeting sports celebs and supporting the Heart and Stroke Foundation all at the same time!? Head to Amanda’s Lemonade Stand from 11-2pm located at 33 Post Road. There will be loads going on – appearances by Dora the Explorer, Pinball Clemons, Dan the Music Man, as well as tasty snacks and pony rides! LEARN MORE!
ALL PROCEEDS are donated to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, in support of the pediatric program at Sick Kids. Not only is the event amazing, but the founder, 12 Amanda Belzowski is an amazing story herself! This year she hopes to raise a total of $200,000 for the foundation! Check out our Season 1 video on the volunteer extraordinaire herself!
Mark Guilbeault – leader of his very own “Breakfast Club”!
Mark Guilbeault is a second-time kids.now volunteer coach-mentor – who shared his weekly experiences with as a kids.now mentor, online. Just last week, in celebration of National Volunteer Week (April 18 – 24) Mark recieved the first-ever State Farm Good Neighbour Award, presented by kids.now, in recognition of outstanding volunteer commitment to mentoring Canadian youth. A $25,000 contribution will be made to kids.now by State Farm Canada on behalf of Mark.
Water on the Table – the Fight of the Water Warrior
“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.
We Make a Living by What We Get, We Make a Life By What We Give – Churchill
Mentoring is really a miraculous thing; while helping a child find his/her confidence and footing, you find your own. And this is exactly what happened to mentor superstar Donna Dow at the KidStart Program. The KidStart Program provides trained and screened adult mentors for children 6 and over. Refereed to as a prevention and diversion program for youth, KidStart aims to develop positive mentoring relationships, with kids who have had difficulties in their lives.
Gary Carleton – A Hero in Gumboots
During a emergency response the Canadian Red Cross experienced this year on Vancouver Island, one volunteer stood out in-particular for Disaster Management Coordinator Elysia Dempsey. Gary Carleton has worked with the Canadian Red Cross for over 4 years and has been described as invaluable, dedicated, instrumental, a strong mentor, and tireless. He is quite a humble fellow – a proud father of two and an IT business owner by day, and a Red Cross hero by night.
Earth Day Canada Everyday Heroes
Enthusiastic. Remarkable. Inspiring. These are just a few words to describe individuals that are doing amazing things to reduce their impact on the environment. They’re everyday heroes whose stories need to be told.
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!)
Get Inspired: The 2009 Mackenzie Awards Winners!
Youth between the ages of 13-19 are at the fore-front of change. The Mackenzie Awards celebrate youth who are making a difference in their communities. Candidates are judged on: the scope of their volunteering and fundraising efforts, their leadership and creativity, their hands-on involvement in their philanthropic pursuits, the length and level of their involvement and the impact on their community and their charity.
Teens Becoming the Generation of Social Change
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!
Beautifulcity.ca Volunteer Sedina
“Support of art and youth is a major part of the work I do. As a local independent artist, we need support to continue to our work which sometimes goes unnoticed by the general public. If we can bring attention to our art and continue to push that corporations who use art as a medium to sell products, give back and allow art for arts sake, we can continue to create art that the public sees and connects to.”
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