Volunteer Opportunities
On-Campus Volunteer Opportunities
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ACES/Learning Centre
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Brad Elliott
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Taking notes for students with accessibility challenges. | |
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Culture to Community
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Jamie Mbogo
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Attending K-12 school and community group visits to share experiences, cultures, and stories. Promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism (EDI-AR). https://mun.ca/grenfellcampus/student-life/international-students/current-students-and-alumni/ |
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Let’s Talk Science
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Supuni Kankanam Gamage Erin Fraser |
Organizing science outreach events and programming throughout western Newfoundland. | |
| Navigate | Renée Wheeler |
709-639-4340 |
Volunteers for events such as entrepreneur fairs, small business supports, and more. |
Off-Campus Volunteer Opportunities
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Organization |
Contact Name |
Contact details |
Details |
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Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Paul Lockyer |
709-637-7450 |
Support for individuals with autism, weekend/summer camp supervision, event planning |
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Bay of Islands Search and Rescue (BOISAR) |
Christine Doucet |
https://business.facebook.com/latest/home?asset_id=617724618293328 |
Assisting law enforcement with the search/rescue of lost or missing persons in the Bay of Islands region. Training provided directly by BOISAR. |
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Canadian National institute for the Blind (CNIB Foundation) |
Kelly Picco |
Vision Mate program for blind or partially sighted clients. Assisting clients for approximately 2hr/week with walking, groceries, reading mail, and providing company. Volunteers can also participate by assisting with the distribution of information packages about CNIB to local businesses and organizations. This volunteer opportunity would be done on a time that works best for the volunteer and they could spend as little or as much time as they please. |
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Canadian Wildlife Federation |
Meagan Potter |
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Team leaders and assistants for the WILD Outside program. Engaging with youth aged 15-18 in monthly outdoor conservation activities and projects. Supporting school gardening projects for grades 3-6 and intergenerational initiatives Note: Currently only available in Spring/Summer. Must have valid First Aid/CPR certificate. |
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Community Mental Health Initiative |
Jade Kearley Lori Hynes |
709-634-4322 |
Assisting with events and facilitating community activities related to mental health issues including but not limited to addictions awareness, mental illness, suicide prevention, and gender issues. |
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Corner Brook/Bay of Islands Pride |
Quinn Jesso |
Coordinating/facilitating events and activities for Pride Month, as well as other initiatives throughout the calendar year. |
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Corner Brook Status of Women Council |
Paula Sheppard Alyson Caines |
709-639-8522 |
Completing training to accompany people who have experienced sexual assault to various venues (hospitals, police station, place of study/employment, court, etc.). Must be 19+. |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Laubach Literacy Council |
Margie Lewis |
709-634-5081 |
Providing 1-to-1 literacy tutoring for adults. Volunteers will complete a mandatory orientation to cover training and skills related to literacy, reading and writing strategies, learning styles, teaching materials, and lesson planning. |
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NL West SPCA |
Frances |
709-632-4554 |
Animal shelter attendants. Participants in fundraising events, craft fairs, coat checks. |
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Parkrun – Corner Brook Stream Trail |
Kelly Abbott Colin Thackray |
Parkrun events start at 9am and end around 10am on Saturday mornings. Typically, volunteers are asked to meet at the start/finish around 8:45am and to stay until close down. No special equipment is necessary, but a cell phone is required or recommended for most volunteer roles and please dress appropriately for the weather conditions. Training is quick, simple, and is done the morning of the event. The fun and easy volunteer roles include: timekeeper, barcode scanner, token distributor, marshal, tail walker, among others. Trying different volunteer tasks is recommended and volunteers are not expected to commit to a certain number of events. Register online one time to volunteer or participate, then email us with your full name and/or parkrun ID, the Saturday(s) you are available, and your preferred volunteer role, if any. Note: Available only between April 1 and December 31. |
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Rogers TV Corner Brook |
Gian Delgado-AspiazuMichael Rigler | Our volunteer program allows community members to participate in local broadcast productions, whether you have some TV experience or none at all. We offer many learning opportunities from studio environments to on-location shoots and larger event coverage involving mobile broadcast production trucks. Workshops and hands-on training is available for an array of roles. | |
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Rotary Arts Centre |
Rob Gross Samantha Osmond Brad Randell |
Ushers, greeters, and bartenders for performance nights. Greeters and bartenders for art exhibition receptions. |
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Salvation Army |
Major Brian Wheeler Major Valerie Wheeler |
brian.wheeler@salvationarmy.ca
valerie.wheeler@salvationarmy.ca 709-634-5204 |
Food bank: Packing hampers, sorting donations, filling shelves Thrift Store: Sorting donations, store stocking/cleaning, cash register Friendship Room: Food service, set-up, clean-up |
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Western Zone, NL Health Services |
Angela Fisher |
volunteerresources@westernhealth.nl.ca 709-784-5369 |
Visiting programs with patients, recreation assistants, entertainers, greeters, gift shop volunteers.
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