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Welcome to the Wood Buffalo Volunteer Center website! Mission: To promote, develop and support volunteerism in the Wood Buffalo Region. Vision: Wood Buffalo residents embrace volunteerism to enhance engagement in creating community. Current News: 2012 Heart of Wood Buffalo Leadership Awards
News 2012-05-09
 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Celebrating Excellence in the Nonprofit Sector Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts at Holy Trinity High School For more information, visit www.socialprosperity.ca Employment Opportunity: Youth Program Coordinator
News 2012-04-26
Volunteer Wood Buffalo is seeking a creative, engaging, caring and committed individual demonstrating a proven skill set to both lead and manage a summer youth volunteering program in the Wood Buffalo Region. This position is 35 hours a week.
Vehicle required. Please send us your resume to Communications@volunteerwoodbuffalo.ca We thank all who apply but only possible candidates will be contacted. Closing Date: May 16 2012 Some Results of the 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser Presented by Suncor Energy
News 2012-04-19
Here are some of the results from the 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser Presented by Suncor Energy Total hours raised 3143 by all in attendance.
More information soon to come The 1st Wood Buffalo TIMERAISER presented by Suncor Energy
News 2012-03-21
 ~ a silent art auction with a twist. Instead of bidding money, participants bid Volunteer Time to agencies that need their skills and energy. Presented by  Hosted by  Are you looking for an organization to Volunteer with over the next year? Do you want to contribute to the well being of your community? Would you like to exchange your time instead of your money to obtain Artwork from Local emerging artists? If you can answer YES to any of the above questions then get your ticket to the 1st Wood Buffalo TIMERAISER! Timeraiser a silent art auction with a twist. Instead of bidding money, participants bid volunteer time to agencies that need their skills and energy. We buy all artwork at fair market value and auction it off on the night of the Timeraiser. The 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser will be held on April 18th 2012. Successful auction bidders have 12 months to complete their volunteer pledge. The piece of artwork is meant to act as a reminder of their goodwill. To date, the Timeraiser has generated 100,000 volunteer hours and invested $520,000 in the careers of emerging Canadian artists.  The event will feature Live music from Daniel Gillies, an assortment of Appetizers & Drinks Amazing Local Art Work from all over Fort McMurray. Photography, Painting, & Pottery. As Well as 10 non-profit organizations with exciting volunteer opportunities ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY INVOLVED Big Brothers Big Sisters Wood Buffalo Fort McMurray Food Bank Canadian Mental Health Association Fort McMurray Boys & Girls Club Girls Inc of Northern Alberta The YMCA of Wood Buffalo. Fort McMurray Oil Sands Curling Club Fort McMurray SPCA 868 RCACS Fort McMurray - Rotary Northstar Social Prosperity Wood Buffalo The 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser a silent art auction with a twist. Where: Suncor Community Leisure Centre - MacDonald Island Park. Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets: $25.00 each all proceeds fund Event Operations Auction Sponsors are:
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News 2012-03-13
Calling all emerging artists: Get paid and generate volunteer hours! We are thrilled to announce that the Call to Artists for our 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser is now open. We are looking to purchase artwork from local, emerging artists to help inspire participants in Wood Buffalo to donate their time in support of great causes. Artwork will be in part selected by our volunteer jury from the Wood Buffalo Art Community. There is no submission fee associated with this call. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday April 4th, 2012 at 11 p.m. To apply, please submit the following to communications@volunteerwoodbuffalo.ca : • High Resolution digital copy/picture of your submission • Artists Statement (max 250 words) • Brief Bio (max 250 words) • Photo of yourself (not required) • Price  What is Timeraiser? The Timeraiser is a silent art auction with a twist. Instead of bidding money, participants bid volunteer time to agencies that need their skills and energy. We buy all artwork at fair market value and auction it off on the night of the Timeraiser. The 1st Wood Buffalo Timeraiser will be held on April 18th 2012. Successful auction bidders have 12 months to complete their volunteer pledge. The piece of artwork is meant to act as a reminder of their goodwill. To date, the Timeraiser has generated 100,000 volunteer hours and invested $520,000 in the careers of emerging Canadian artists. Submission Guidelines: • Emerging or mid-career Wood Buffalo-area artists will be given preference • Successful artists will be notified via email in early April • You set the price of the artwork submitted, up to $1,000 Volunteer Wood Buffalo National Volunteer Week Activities
News 2012-03-07
April 15 – 21, 2012 is National Volunteer Week (NVW). The Wood Buffalo region will join over 150 Communities around Alberta that will pay tribute to community volunteers who graciously donate their time and energy. NVW is the Canada’s largest celebration of volunteers, volunteerism, and civic participation.  Call for Nominations! Heart of Wood Buffalo Leadership Awards
News 2012-02-29
Call for Nominations! Heart of Wood Buffalo Leadership Awards FM Spca: A WALK TO END ANIMAL CRUELTY
News 2012-02-24
  Inspired by the ‘Howl Heard around the World’ after the slaughter of 100 sled dogs in Whistler, BC in 2010, the Fort McMurray SPCA will be holding a 5km walk, with a 2.5 km option, to raise awareness about animal abuse prevention and what we can do to end suffering. The Walk will begin at 11:00 am at MacDonald Island Park. Join us to walk, share, inspire and give animals a VOICE. Kids, friends, families, and dogs all welcome. With your support Change is Possible! Registration Forms available at the venue February 2012 VWB Events
News 2012-02-14
.jpg){kind=spacer} This month we will be hosting our first Volunteer Manager’s Breakfast. We are very excited as it will give us all time to share best practices; network with fellow volunteer managers and exchange idea. All while enjoying Breakfast. This meeting for all organizations and individuals whom are interested, in attracting, engaging and retaining volunteers. Over the next year we are planning on having several of these types of meetings. Currently we seeking guest speakers that will be announced before each meeting. This month our guest will be from Volunteer Alberta. Registration is limited so please Register soon. If you are not able to attend this time but are interested contact us. info@volunteerwoodbuffalo.ca We hope to see you there.  Volunteer Wood Buffalo will be hosting a workshop on the Serving Communities Internship Program (SCiP). February 28, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at the Wood Buffalo Community Village Volunteer Wood Buffalo is hosting a SCiP workshop for nonprofit organizations. The free two-hour facilitated workshop provides information about SCiP and is an opportunity to begin creating internship roles for your organization. Now is the time to enhance your HR capacity by creating a part-time internship that engages one of Alberta’s post-secondary students now and over the summer months. Registration for the workshops is simple. All you have to do is click on the link and follow the registration steps. Space is limited! Register now, click here: Ft. McMurray – Feb. 28th As an added incentive, organizations posting SCiP internships between February 13 and March 31 will be entered to win one of four $1000 matching-grant prizes to put towards your organization’s programs and services. If you have already created an internship and/or cannot attend a workshop, no worries, you will still be eligible for a matching grant. If you haven’t applied for SCiP, click here! After you apply Volunteer Alberta will send you all the relevant information and resources you require to start capitalizing on this unique opportunity. SCiP interns, will be involved in the creation, implementation, or management of an initiative or program, gaining first-hand experience of the work done by the non-profit/voluntary sector and an in-depth look at how the sector functions as a whole. Upon completion a $1,000 bursary will be awarded by Alberta Advanced Education and Technology to each student! Thanks to SCIP, Alberta’s communities, both urban and rural, will directly benefit from the expanding capacity of non-profit/voluntary organization. Some of the Position titles from around the province are as follows: Environmental Communications Intern, Community Development Intern, Marketing and Communications, Fund Development, Marketing / Social media intern, Youtube Video Blogger, Volunteer Website Resource, Experience Creator, Volunteer Coordinator Wordle: You-th
News 2012-02-10
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