Volunteer Board Members

Call for Hope, Inc.

Request for Volunteer Board Members

Winnipeg-based Call for Hope is seeking volunteer board members to join our growing team.

Call for Hope is a newer non-profit organization that helps people new to Manitoba settle into the community with the tools they need to succeed in their new home. We help newcomers find a safe home and job, and assist them to complete immigration forms, applications, and filings. We help them with things like: work permits, job applications, citizenship applications, passport applications, filing income taxes, etc.

Potential board members must be willing to:

• Meet with the existing board members via Zoom prior to the Board vote on including new members


• Commit to a 2- or 3-year term


• Be able to work independently, and in Board working groups

Currently, Call for Hope Board members:

• Meet monthly via Zoom for board meetings


• Work directly with Call for Hope clients


• Work as a team to create funding opportunities

If interested in actively helping newcomers begin their successful lives in Winnipeg, send your resume to lmartin@callforhope.ca For more information about Call for Hope, see www.callforhope.ca

Call for Hope is looking for prospective board members with the following backgrounds and abilities:

• Have lived experience as a newcomer or newcomer to Canada


• Be from the BIPOC community


• Be culturally sensitive to the needs and barriers of newcomers


• Be comfortable working with people whose first language is not Canadian English


• Have one of more of the following backgrounds and experiences: accounting/bookkeeping, marketing, fundraising and event planning, youth engagement, volunteer management


• Fluency in English and other languages, including French