Volunteer Calgary is a 50+ year old organization that connects volunteers with over 450 non-profit organizations in need of help every day. Volunteering provides benefits to both volunteers and the community. It allows volunteers to develop new skills, explore career options, meet new people, and feel good about contributing to important causes. Volunteer Calgary makes the process of finding and signing up for volunteer opportunities easy through their website, which features over 400 current local opportunities categorized by area of interest.

1. Volunteer
Calgary
the value of one… the power of many

2. The Value of
Volunteering

3. Quick Facts
• Volunteer Calgary is 50+ years old
• 18 staff & many volunteers
• Promote the value of volunteerism
• Connect volunteers to opportunities

4. Volunteer Calgary
…has over 450 non-profit
organizations who are looking
for volunteers everyday

5. Volunteering…
Something to consider

6. Why you should
consider volunteering!

7. What’s in it for YOU!
Develop new
skills
Share your
talents
Contribute to
Community

8. Meet new people, Explore career
make new friends options
Scholarships &
Post Secondary

9. Get a reference
Achieve a
personal goal
Build a resume

10. Why Canadians volunteer
• 95% believe in the cause
• 80% can use their skills/experience
• 70% are personally affected
• 30% were asked by a friend
• 20% want to improve job prospects
Volunteer Recognition: Matching Motivations to Rewards, RCVO, 2006

11. Who volunteers the MOST
in Canada?
Those who are 15 - 24 years of age
Who volunteers the MOST
in Alberta?
Those who are 25 - 34 years of age
Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering & Participating, Statistics Canada, 2007

12. Youth volunteers in Canada
When asked why they didn’t volunteer
more, youth said…
• They weren’t asked
• They didn’t know how to get involved

13. Do Calgarians volunteer?
• Oh, yes!
• Nearly 3 out of 4 Calgarians volunteer
• Most volunteering is connected to
children and faith organizations
• Calgary is the VOLUNTEER CAPITAL
of CANADA!
Ipsos-Reid Survey, Volunteer Calgary, 2007

14. Trends in volunteering
• Group volunteering
• Employee volunteering
• International volunteering
• Micro volunteering
• Family volunteering

15. Benefits of family volunteering
• Spend time together
• Younger members can be involved
• Transportation problems solved
• Permission issues minimized

16. Where can you volunteer?
At school
At home
In the community

17. Things you could do…
Talk with a senior
Clean up a park
Share computer skills
Tutor a child
Help at an event
Shovel a sidewalk
Make sandwiches

18. ONE Person can MAKE a Difference
YOU can

19. How do I get connected?
www.volunteercalgary.ab.ca
Every day our website contains
400+ local volunteer opportunities

20. How to volunteer
www.volunteercalgary.ab.ca
The Volunteer Calgary website contains hundreds
of local volunteer opportunities waiting to be filled
at any given time.
NOW HAS -- KEYWORD SEARCH FEATURE!

23. SAMPLE KEYWORDS
Entertainment Marketing
Beauty & Event
Mentoring
Tutoring
Fashion Planning
Bingos
Casinos
Finance
Accounting
Audit
Music
Boards
Kitchen Projects
Camps Gardening
Landscaping
Speaking
Facilitation
Reception
Labor
Adventure Help
Grant
Administration
Research
Analytical
Coach
Retail
Referee
Committees Design Security
Safety
Hardware
Companion Software
Visitor
Leadership
Development
Theatre
Data Translation
Driving Interpretation
Computers Transportation Recruitment
Networks
Trades Web
Editor
Writing

26. Current Volunteer Positions
• Labyrinth Inflatable Maze volunteers –
Calgary International Children’s Festival
• Recycling Roundup – Cerebral Palsy
Association
• Web Designer – WP Puppet Theatre
Society
• Bike Trail Monitor Volunteer - WinSport

27. Some of our favorite non-profits
• Child & Youth Friendly Calgary
• Calgary Public Library
• Big Brothers & Big Sisters
• Immigrant Services Calgary
• LinkAges
• Calgary Zoo
• Heritage Park

28. CYFC
Child & Youth Friendly Calgary
• For youth aged 12 - 18 years
• Youth always volunteer in a group
• 12 great programs to explore
• www.cyfc.ca

29. To Recap
Canadian
Adventure
Feel Great

30. Contribute
Career
Have fun

31. Volunteering is win-win-win!
• Empowers individuals
• Supports non-profit organizations
• Strengthens communities

32. Volunteering is
Priceless

33. Thank you
Any Questions?
Youth Opinion Survey