[VIRTUAL] USE $500 TO CREATE YOUR OWN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

This program is an opportunity for you to gain leadership skills, run a project of your choosing, receive valuable experience for post-secondary applications, or get volunteer hours. This is open for youths, ages 15-29 years old.

Here's what you will do:

1. Identify a need/issue in your community and organize a project that will address that need/issue. You will also receive a grant of up to $500 (or more, depending on your project details) to fund your project. You can run a basketball tournament to bring youth together and promote physical exercise, you can host a video game night to help others destress, you can start a community library box to encourage reading, or you can do just about anything else you think of.
   
   *Check out this website to see more awesome community projects that you can do! (www.youthfund.ca/ideas)


2. Learn from different workshops and 1-on-1 coaching to help you plan your project and gain useful skills (e.g. project planning, budgeting, etc.).

Program schedule: We have 4 different cohorts running in July. Please choose the week that works best for you. If you are only available in August, register anyway and we'll get back to you.

• July 8, 2024 to July 19, 2024 (online - Zoom), Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 12 pm - 2 pm


• July 8, 2024 to July 19, 2024 (online - Zoom), Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

- Responsible

- Organized

- Excellent communication skills

- Eagerness to learn

- Commitment

Here's how you will benefit:

• Develop project management skills


• Gain volunteer hours


• Get a certificate of recognition and reference letter


• Learn and/or improve your skillset (like identifying community issues, budgeting, marketing, public speaking, evaluation)


• A chance to make a positive difference in your community!