THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.
Garden Mentor: Volunteers are needed to help in the Growing Traditions project vegetable garden. They are looking for people who are willing to share gardening knowledge with a family who would like to learn. Get together, get help in your garden and share what you know. You do not need to be an "expert" gardener to participate.
Mentor: Mentor volunteers are needed to provide support and guidance to a young entrepreneur assigned by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to successfully establish and sustain his/her new business start-up.
Watering Gardens: Gerry's Community Garden is seeking volunteers to help with watering and weeding over the summer months. Info: norman.olsen@ yahoo.com.
Special Needs Assistant: Cedarview Lodge is looking for volunteers to assist the reception staff with activities in the special care unit.
Distress Services Volunteer: A crisis centre is looking for caring, dedicated people to volunteer for its 24/7 Distress Services. Distress Services volunteers answer calls from people in crisis on the regional distress line. They also answer calls from the provincewide crisis number 1-800-SUICIDE. Volunteers also work on the YouthInBC. com web-based hotline for youth in crisis by conducting one-on-one chats with youth requesting support.
If you are interested in these or other possible volunteer opportunities, call 6049857138. The society is a partner agency of the United Way.
