Opportunity Details

Help Jericho Project bring in the summer season by beautifying the backyard and front gardens at its Kingsbridge Terrace Veterans Residence!

Jericho Project is a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit ending homelessness at its roots by enabling formerly homeless or at-risk individuals and families to lead independent lives. For over 32 years our supportive housing and comprehensive services advancing employment, wellness, and family stability, have enabled thousands of individuals to transform their lives for the better. Jericho now provides over 385 units of supportive housing at our seven residences in Harlem and The Bronx as well as life-changing services to over 2,000 vulnerable adults and children, including over 500 veterans.

Jericho's Kingsbridge Terrace Veterans Residence houses 76 formerly homeless men and women that have served in the United States military. So many of the people we serve experience trauma and other psychological distress due to their military backgrounds and experiences while being homeless. The garden areas serves as a peaceful, welcoming environment where residents may de-stress after a challenging day or simply take a minute to relax and take in some nature.

This project will give Viacom volunteers an opportunity to give back to those individuals that have given so much of themselves to serve our country. With your help, together we are making an immediate impact on the lives of the formerly homeless men and women veterans at Jericho Project who are working each day to maintain their sobriety, find cost-of-living employment, and reunite with their families.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Kiwanis Care Centre is a 189 bed residential care facility operated by Vancouver Coastal Health for older adults, located in North Vancouver.

Volunteers are needed to spruce up the grounds after winter, with tasks including garden clean-up, painting a small shed and oil-teaking wooden outdoor furniture.

Dress for the outdoors and hands-on work! The team at Kiwanis Care Centre would be very appreciative if volunteers could bring a few shovels/gardening tools to help out with the project.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Gardening	10	n/a	n/a
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Shed Painting	10	n/a	n/a
Kiwanis Yard Refresh - Wooden Furniture Refinishing	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

George Pearson Centre is a long term residential care facility located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, owned and operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.

The team at GPC are seeking a team to help spruce the patio gardens up for spring. Volunteers will be planting annuals in hanging baskets, filling planter boxes with soil using wheelbarrows, planting annuals or perennial plants in planter pots/boxes/gardens on 5 different ward patios.

Please dress appropriately for gardening, rain or shine. Bring your gardening gloves and trowel if you have them!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
George Pearson Garden Renewal	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Adanac Park Lodge is a residential care home in East Vancouver providing housing and support to 73 individuals. The residents at APL have complex healthcare needs and cognitive impairment related to brain injury, mental illness and dementia. The APL resident community is younger than most care homes. Currently, 70% of the residents at APL are between ages 31 and 70.

We are delighted to have welcomed amazing teams of Telus volunteers to Adanac Park Lodge (APL) for the past two years. This year we would like to welcome volunteers back to assist us with a spring garden & building clean-up and a celebratory lunch. I can’t think of a better way to welcome the summer season!

Team members will be working along side staff and residents to clean up our gardens, plant spring flowers and sort through some unwanted items around the building. We will be cleaning garden beds & pots, replenishing soil and planting shrubs & flowers. We will also been sorting through recycling and unwanted items around the building for removal. A bin will be on site for the day.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Adanac Park Lodge Spring Garden Clean-up	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Join us at our headquarters in Philadelphia for our next Volunteer Orientation Info Session to find out more about how you can get involved at the Veterans Multi-Service Center. Sign up at www.volunteervmc.eventbrite.com.

Opportunity Details

WOSMOH HOOPS is a 3x3 basketball tournament that was created to help address the housing needs for the homeless and/or transitional youth in Ventura County. 100% of the proceeds goes to provide Emergency Housing for Foster youth and Detention youth in Ventura County. This tournament is for all ages and skill levels. It is bracket system grouped according to age and skill...
We are always in need of volunteers for this event. Whether you want to keep score, be a court monitor, serve food, or just help out... We need you!
Please sign up for any shift and we will make more specific times needed as we get closer to the event. Thank you!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Setup	no limit	n/a	n/a
Score keeping/Court Moniter	no limit	n/a	n/a
Food Service	no limit	n/a	n/a
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

A major component of our ministry is the Next Step of Hope mentoring program. The purpose of the program is to provide formerly homeless individuals who have made steps towards recovery with a team of mentors who can encourage and teach them to live successful lives. We are currently seeking to recruit individuals who may desire to be a friend to someone who was previously homeless.

There are just a few quick things I want to point out about the Intentional friend program:

1. It is flexible to your schedule:

As a friend you would coordinate your meeting times with your client according to your own personal schedule. If you can’t always meet in person, it is fine to also meet over the phone.

2. You will be part of a team:


3. You don’t have to be a professional:

We’re not looking for professional counselors, just people who are willing to be a friend and share what they know.

4. We REALLY need you!

With 1500 clients in our data base and over 400 individuals already off the streets, the need for mentors in HUGE!

Opportunity Details

Making a gift of your time is one of the most significant and personally meaningful contributions you can make. Below, find volunteer activities as they apply to you–or to a work, school or group.

Activities for individuals:

Help serve dinner at one of our shelters.
Sort mail in our Client Services Office weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
We can always use one-time volunteers for donation sorting, office help, and more.

Activities for groups or families:

Purchase, prepare and serve dinner for 40-80 people at one of our sites (suitable for 3-8 people).
Bring just a dessert and help dish up supper at one of our shelters (suitable for 2-3 people).
Prepare and serve weekend brunch for 80 people at one of our sites. (suitable for 3-8 people).
Bring breakfast to one of our shelters to serve 40-80 people to be served by 7:00 am (suitable for 3-8 people).
Form a cleaning or yard work party to help one of our transitional housing sites (group size varies per property).

Activities for your workplace, social, or faith group:

Provide a meal at one of our sites (see above).
Make 150-200 sandwiches for clients of our Peter’s Place Day Center (365 days a year).
Collect and donate new socks, bath towels, washcloths, twin-size bed linens, pillows, new sweat pants (sizes L – XXXL), soap, disposable razors, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes.
Make quilts for our shelter beds.
Plan a yard work or cleaning project.

Opportunity Details

Tenant Rights Bootcamps are a neighborhood-by-neighborhood series empowering renters to learn their rights, find solutions to various issues, and make change in their community. This series provide an opportunity for renters to learn from people who know landlord/tenant law, civic engagement, and community organizing.

Tenant Group Leaders will act as a point of information for groups of 5-20 tenants. Group leaders hear and answer basic questions relating to a tenants situation (i.e. What is the best way to communicate with my landlord? How do I ask for a repair? Can my landlord lock me out or vice versa? Etc.) or refer them to a tenant advocacy organization if their situation requires legal assistance.

Opportunity Details

The holidays can be an especially difficult time for survivors of domestic violence who’ve been forced to leave behind their homes and belongings. So, each year we provide gifts for 125+ families in our programs via our Holiday Store program!

In December, parents come to Raphael House and “shop” for free gifts for themselves and their children. This requires the help of hundreds of community members over several days.

Help us break down our holiday store and inventory the items we'll use to support survivors throughout the year to come. *Please note that this opportunity takes place at our confidential location, which is not the same as the mailing address listed here. The volunteer coordinator will call you to disclose this location to you approximately one week before the event. All new volunteers must sign a confidentiality agreement upon arrival. Thank you for your understanding and support!

Available date: Wednesday, December 18th from 11:00am-2:00pm or 3:00-6:00pm

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Holiday Store Inventory and Breakdown | Wednesday December 18th	9	n/a	n/a
Holiday Store Inventory and Breakdown | Wednesday December 18th	9	n/a	n/a