Community Care Team Join a team of volunteers who work together to support neighbours in need (e.g., isolated seniors, single parents, youth, children, etc.). Tasks can include connecting neighbours with resources, friendly phone calls, follow-up and care for food bank clients, building rapport, making a meal for a neighbour in need, and/or home visits (outside their door only) to drop off groceries, a warm meal, and a friendly conversation, etc. We seek volunteers who are interested in ongoing training opportunities (e.g. Trauma Healing, Plan to Protect, Wrap Around, etc.). For any further questions, you can contact Lily Su at lily.su@neighbourlink.org or 416-221-8283 ext 6. Food Distribution Volunteers We seek volunteer support at our 2 food banks: 415 Food Hub - located at 415 Willowdale Ave (fourth Friday of every month in the morning, afternoon, and evening) 675 Food Hub - located east of Bayview and Sheppard (every other Wednesday morning and afternoon) Volunteer roles include unloading food, set up, checking in and greeting food hub clients, distributing food, delivering food, and event clean up. Event Volunteers Several times a year, NeighbourLink North York hosts large community events, which you’re welcome to visit the Events page to learn more (e.g., Taste of North York, Let’s Move Willowdale BBQ & Move-a-thon, Single Mothers Day Tea Party, Christmas Market & Walking Parade, etc.) We require volunteers in various roles such as event planning, fundraising and outreach, greeting event attendees, stage support, photography and videography, selling cotton candy/hot chocolate, facilitating activities and conversations, loading/unloading vehicles, setting up tables and equipment, event tear down/clean up, etc. Postering Volunteers NeighbourLink North York hosts numerous events and initiatives a year in Willowdale and would appreciate your help with putting up posters around the community to help promote each event! Seniors Event Volunteers We host various activities at our seniors events (e.g., chair yoga, dancing, physio, bingo, arts and crafts, etc.) and we seek volunteers to engage seniors in these activities as well as help with distributing food and refreshments and event setup and clean-up. We also seek volunteers who are skilled (or open to) initiating conversations and building rapport with the seniors who attend our events. These events typically take place every other Thursday afternoon, but sometimes in the evening or on other weekdays as well. Summer Youth Mobilization Volunteers Are you a youth between ages 13-17 and looking to make a meaningful impact in the community while gaining volunteer hours, and potentially gaining leadership experience? We welcome youth to join us in working together, in various lead and team player roles to create community initiatives together to better our community. These opportunities often take place multiple times a week in the summer months. Initiatives we’ve run together include a Youth Entrepreneurship Fair, Eco-conscious Garden Party, Tech Support for Seniors, Park Clean Ups, Photography Walk, Mental Wellness Workshop, Recreational Drop-In (with various sports and arts activities), etc. Learn more on our Youth Mobilization Network page Tech Support for Seniors Volunteers We are seeking volunteers who can support seniors with offering basic tech needs at drop-in style events in which seniors bring in their own devices (ie. phones, laptops, tablets). Volunteers would be asked to support seniors with their inquiries, such as showing seniors how to back up their data on their devices, how to navigate social media and apps on their devices, translate for them with a customer service rep on the phone, etc. These events take place in the Willowdale community every 1-2 months for 2-hour sessions, with our team in the event space for a total of 3 hours to account for time to set up, clean up, and wrap up any last-minute tech support requests and conversations. We especially encourage volunteers to sign up if they can read and speak in Cantonese, Korean Mandarin, Farsi, Russian, Spanish, and/or Ukrainian. Volunteer Leads Do you like bringing the best in people? Help us lead volunteer teams at our various events and programming! This role can include: Volunteer Coordinator, Meal Train Team Lead, Driver Team Lead, Postering Team Lead, Food Distribution Team Lead, etc. For further questions, contact Lily Su at lily.su@neighbourlink.org or 416-221-8283 ext 6 Volunteer Drivers We would appreciate the support of volunteers with a valid G licence, access to a vehicle, some daytime availability, and a passion to support the community! We have roles for drivers who are available to make short trips within Willowdale to pick up and/or drop off food at our food bank locations and/or to the homes of families in need. We also occasionally seek support from volunteer drivers to help with moving event supplies to and from our office to the event space, which would both be within Willowdale. Our drivers are the face of NeighbourLink North York, and are very much appreciated! To discuss this exciting opportunity, you can contact Lily Su at lily.su@neighbourlink.org or 416-221-8283 ext 6.