Responsible for promoting the BMBTC as a valuable avenue for advertising local and sometimes farther reaching businesses.
Perform musically for geriatric patients at the Owen Sound Hospital.
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce is seeking community-minded individuals wishing to volunteer their time as Board of Directors Members or to assist at our promotional or fundraising events as Volunteer Members.
Volunteers work within areas of hospital as well as at many fundraisers.
- Fundraising
- Nursing units
- Various clinics
- Operate Hospital Cafe
- Escort patients, visitors and give directions
- Nursing units
- Various clinics
- Operate gift shop
- Escort patients and visitors and give directions
- Assist staff in many different departments
- Help in the kitchen when we start our meal program again
- Help in the donation room sorting and hanging up clothes, laundry, cleaning duties,
- Collecting data and temperatures at the door
- Maintenance in the THSP apartments
- Help fund raising
- Provide rides for seniors for the Day Away program and appointments.
- Pick up and drop off clients at a scheduled time
- Provide companionship and friendship to an isolated senior or adult living with a disability by making at-home or over-the-phone visits on a regular basis
- Assist clients with activities that they are no longer able to do by themselves and which are of interest to the client: reading, writing, playing cards/games
- Provide a periodic monitoring of the client's well being
- Providing long and/or short-distance rides for social purposes and non-emergency medical appointments to clients in Grey-Bruce
- Leading horses for challenged equestrians
- Sidewalking with those clients who may need some extra support
- Volunteers also required during summer camps and March break for tasks mentioned and other activities such as crafts
- We are looking for a motivated person that shares their experience and expertise in a positive and constructive manner.
- Join our Board of Directors to provide input on decision making.
- We are an advisory Board and meet for 1 hour once per quarter.
- Provide support to the Day Away staff by socializing with clients, participating in planned activities, and carrying out different recreational activities (ie. a game of cards, arts and crafts, and more!)
- Help with coats and boots during the beginning and end of the day
- Provide regular visits to assigned older adult clients, offering companionship, conversation & engagement in meaningful activities
- Perform regular outbound phone calls to assigned older adult clients
- Report any health or safety concerns to the Supervisor
- Provide monthly activity reports to Supervisor
We are in need of Mentor and non-Mentor volunteers. Mentors are needed for all of our programs - Community Based (matched 1:1 with a young person); School Based (matched 1:1 with a young person and meet on school property, during the school day, September through June) or Group Mentor (1:3 ratio, locations in Kincardine or Wingham; 2-3 times per month).
Non-Mentor volunteers include Board Members, FUN Developers or Community Builder volunteer groups. The FUN Developers plan activities and events for our Mentees and Mentors to do (e.g.: The Factory in London, Blue Jays Game, Camp Kintail, museum trips, Christmas and Halloween parties, etc.). The Community Builders help plan and execute our fundraising events, such as Dancing with the Stars, Golf Tournaments, etc. They can also volunteer on the day of the event, for example, with the Christmas Yard Sale, etc.
All volunteers must complete the application process which includes a Police Records Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and training. Volunteers must be 18 years of age and older.
Volunteer Drivers take kids and youth to school, appointments, family access visits and more. Volunteers utilize thier own vehicles for this purpose.
Drives are assigned on an as needed basis, according to the volunteers schedule allowing this to be a flexible volunteer opportunity.