Parkwood looking for volunteer excercise assistant

The following are volunteer opportunities in KitchenerWaterloo. For more information, call the Volunteer Action Centre in Kitchener at 519-7428610 or check the website at www.volunteerkw.ca.

Looking for hands-on experience working in health care? Join the team at Parkwood Mennonite Home as a Volunteer Exercise Assistant. You will work alongside physiotherapy and restorative care specialists, helping seniors maintain or increase their range of motion and muscle strength, enhance social skills and provide fun through exercise. Have some fitness experience already? Ask about our Fitness Centre Supervisor volunteer position. Weekday and some weekend daytime positions available. To find out more, contact Laura at Parkwood Mennonite Home at 519-747-2151 ext. 335 or lgorman@parkwoodmh.com.

• Wanted: In-School Mentoring Volunteers at Big Brother Big Sisters Waterloo Region. InSchool Mentoring provides elementary students who could benefit from extra support with a caring adult mentor. Be matched for one hour per week during the school day, on school property, with a student in grades 1 to 8 based on common interests and location. Apply today online at www.bbbswr.org, or call 519-7450180 ext. 222 or email info@bbbswr.org, for more information.

• The Volunteer Action Centre is recruiting post-secondary students and young professionals to support our upcoming EPYC2018: Building Community events for teens (April 21 and May 5; and April 22 and May 6). Volunteers work with a group of four to five teens over the course of two events to bring passion to activities, knowledge to discussions and life to the overall event.

We hope to have a volunteer base that reflects the diversity of our teen participants. You can make an impact.

Contact Lily at lily@volunteerkw.ca.