1. Promote volunteerism in the community
2. Provide resources for organizations
3. Provide recognition to the investment of volunteering
4. Connect people with opportunities within the community
Our Services:
• Facilitate a variety of FREE educational-based programming from the health benefits of volunteerism, to how to market your organization through local media, to charitable tax laws.
• Innovative marketing on behalf of the nonprofit sector through presentations, networking, social media, video conferencing, monthly e-newsletters and weekly newspaper and radio profiles.
• Administer and promote govolunteer.ca; one-stop shopping for volunteer opportunities in the region.
• Celebrate volunteerism through events including
National Volunteer Week, International Volunteer Day and the Bill Bloomfield Volunteer Recognition Award.
• Hold positions on a variety of boards and committees including Emergency Social Service.
On these committees and boards we represent a variety of roles from chairperson, to volunteer advisor, to communications and marketing co-orodinator.
• Offer summer youth programming where we facilitate community engagement activities for youth between the ages of 11 to17.
By The Numbers:
(A three-month snapshot)
• Our website had 1,500 hits.
• More than 20 local residents, representing a variety of nonprofit organizations, have been profiled.
• There are 2 full-time staff and 1 part- time. All work under contract. There are 7 board members.
• We have more than 200 organizations and individuals using our social media.
• We have made presentations to about 170 individuals.
• We’ve had 9 workshops, attended by about 65 individuals.
• Our newsletter was circulated to 794 recipients.
• Approx. 300 attendees are expected for 2010’s National Volunteer Week event.
• Approx. 300 local groups are registered on Go Volunteer.
Future Initiatives:
• Expanding our lobbying efforts on behalf of the sector.
• Increase the number of workshops, training and programming.
• Continue to market the govolunteer.ca as one-stop shopping for volunteer opportunities.
• Continue to populate informwoodbuffalo.ca
• Build an Employer Supportive Volunteering initiative (Corporate Council)
• Build innovative ways to celebrate local volunteerism
• Build a stronger and more formal membership
• Utilize our video conferencing to bring training opportunities to our remote northern location.
