VOLUNTEERING: Speakers project, dragon boat festival
Want to volunteer? These opportunities and more are available at Volunteer Victoria: 250-386-2269 or volunteervictoria.bc.ca The Victoria Sexual Assault Centre: Will be hosting the Triathlon of Compassion on Sunday, June 25, at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre. We need 50 dedicated day-of-event volunteers like you to help direct the athletes throughout the run and bike course to keep them safe as well as cheer them on. Shifts are portions between 6:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Email Sharde at volunteers@vsac.ca for more information. Arthritis Society: The Walk To Fight Arthritis — walktofightarthrits.ca — will take place in Victoria on Sunday, June 4. The walk unites those who feel the emotional and physical pain of arthritis in communities across the country to fund a cure and improve the lives of those living with arthritis. Locally, many volunteer positions are available to support the organization and delivery of this event. Please email ekirkland@arthritis.ca or call 250-519-4002 to get involved. Mercy Ships Canada: Are you a selfdriven person with excellent telephone skills, and a fondness for cold calling? You can advance the awareness of our organization by managing a Speaker’s Bureau project. Using a list of current alumni speakers for Mercy Ships Canada, you will seek out speaking opportunities in the cross-Canada locations where alumni live. Good organizational skills and creative thinking required. Call Jane McIntosh for more information 250-381-2160. Victoria Dragon Boat Festival: Registration for the 2017 dragon boat fetival has now begun. Many new and exciting changes have been made this year to make 2017’s festival a great time for everyone involved. If you wish to volunteer for this year's Festival (Aug. 1720), please fill out our updated registration form at the following link: https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/a p?ap=1859926996 or go to the website victoriadragonboat.com and find the application under the Volunteers tab. Victoria Symphony Splash: seeking volunteers for the Victoria Symphony Splash in a variety of areas such as audience relations, setup/tear-down, collecting donations and helping out in the family zone. It is a chance to meet new people, spend a day in the sun, support live music in the community and be a part of an amazing event. All Splash volunteers will receive a symphony ticket voucher, a volunteer T-shirt and an invitation to the After-Splash volunteer appreciation party. The 28th annual Victoria Symphony Splash takes place on Sunday, Aug. 6, where the Victoria Symphony will perform for 40,000 people from a barge in Victoria’s picturesque Inner Harbour. Sign-up to volunteer: https://victoria symphony.ca/community/splash/ Victoria Women’s Transition House Society: Come and join our board. An outstanding opportunity to join a wellestablished, respected and successful not-for-profit organization aimed at building a community free of relationship violence and abuse is available. Expressions of interest are requested from individuals who would like to volunteer on the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society Board of Directors. Submissions and general enquiries should be emailed to the attention of the Board Recruitment Committee, care of Heidi Gayleard at: board@vwth.bc.ca Rainbow Kitchen Volunteer Co-ordinator: Do you enjoy working with people? Organized? Detail- oriented? Love to work on the computer and be task oriented? If this is you, then apply for the Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Volunteer Coordinator position. You will be screening and organizing the files for our 150-200 volunteers. Please contact Julie Wright at julie.wright@laurelpoint.com. Check us out at rainbowkitchen.com Rainbow Kitchen Co-ordinator: Do you like working in the kitchen? Have a knack to get things done? Delegation is your thing? Then please apply for our Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Co-ordinator position. You will be overseeing the daily operation of our kitchen so we are able to feed up to 150 guests Monday to Friday. Please contact Julie Wright at julie.wright@laurelpoint.com Check us out at rainbowkitchen.com