Opportunity Details

For over 40 years, Union Settlement has provided Meals on Wheels to East Harlem's older residents that are often economically struggling and living alone. Our Meals on Wheels program currently serves approximately 450 homebound seniors each day by providing two meals to those in need.

Volunteers with Meals on Wheels assist our program staff with the packing and delivery of meals. As a group, volunteers pack hot and cold meals and prepare them for delivery in carriers. The volunteers are then split into 2-3 smaller teams and go on established delivery routes with staff to deliver the meals. Our volunteers give homebound seniors a chance to interact and see a smiling face while also receiving the meals they need.

Alternative date for those who cannot attend on Friday: Saturday, April 29th

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Packing & Delivering Meals	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Fair Haven provides residential care and affordable housing to more than 350 seniors at two facilities in Burnaby and Vancouver. This is a VCH site operated by the United Church of Canada Society; it is a multicultural & multi-faith facility.

At the Vancouver location, volunteers are needed to refresh two courtyard gardens for spring. Tasks include weeding courtyards, planting annuals, and painting the trim of a shed. The courtyard gardens are a hub of activity and social life for the residents, and are in need of renewal after winter weather.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
air Haven Residential Care Home Courtyard Refresh	10	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

We are looking for volunteer “buddies” to befriend and share their interests with an adult with a learning disability. Volunteers enable their buddies to go to the cinema, go for a coffee or take part in a sports activity. People with learning disabilities can become isolated and lacking in confidence so volunteers make a big difference and help to increase independence. The time commitment is flexible and we just ask for a few hours a month. We pay all expenses and provide full training and support. No previous experience is needed, just a friendly manner and lots of patience.

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

Help prepare, package, and deliver Meals-on-Wheels to our clients with reduced autonomy.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Meals-on-Wheels kitchen AM	3	n/a	n/a
Meals-on-Wheels kitchen PM	3	n/a	n/a
Meals-on-Wheels deliveries	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Lukas Community is a residential community for developmentally challenged adults. Volunteers spend approximately twelve months living and working with the adult residents who have a wide range of abilities and handicaps. There is some work within the households (personal care of the residents, meal preparation, housekeeping as needed, etc.) and also outside the home in such activities as therapeutic gardening, Eurythmy, weaving, music, fitness activities, painting and crafts, to name a few. There are 16 residents, 10 staff members and 8 or 9 volunteers. Many volunteers come from Europe and elsewhere outside the US. We also welcome occasional volunteers to bring in performances, teach, or assist with community projects or maintenance. Volunteers help us keep the cost down to make the community and services accessible to more people.

Opportunity Details

United Way of Northern New Jersey is seeking the assistance of area residents to sign up as volunteer tax preparers to help ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and poverty-level households throughout the northern New Jersey region avoid the high cost of preparation fees during tax season. Despite working hard, ALICE workers struggle to afford life's basics.

No experience required! A free training program provides all the information needed to prepare both federal and state tax returns and to become an IRS-certified tax prep volunteer. Training is offered both online and in person.

Serving as a volunteer tax preparer is a tangible way to give back to the community and help your fellow neighbors in need. During the last tax season, volunteers helped United Way and its partners file more than 5,600 tax returns across the region, saving ALICE households an estimated $1.5 million in tax preparation fees.

Along with becoming a volunteer tax preparer, there are other opportunities to get involved during tax season. Volunteers are also needed to:

Greet clients and assist with necessary paperwork

Provide translation services

Help residents find additional community services that may be available to them

Offer administrative support, such as scheduling and other office tasks

For more information or to volunteer, contact Monica.Conover@UnitedWayNNJ.org.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers are needed to assist with monthly court appointed home visits to our clients.

Training will be provided.