Parkwood Mennonite Home looking for a volunteer exercise assistant

The following are volunteer opportunities in Waterloo Region. For more info, call the Volunteer Action Centre at 519-742-8610 or check the website at www.volunteerkw.ca.

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

The Grand River Film Festival is looking for a volunteer coordinator to assist with volunteer recruitment, work with their online volunteer portal, help lead the volunteer orientation before the festival, and act as an on-site volunteer co-ordinator during the festival from May 8 to 11 (and some CineSeries events from February to May). Some of this work can be done from home with a flexible schedule, and the remainder is required on-site before and during the events. Contact Jaylene Houde at volunteer@grff.ca.

• March of Dimes Canada is looking for stroke survivors and caregivers for their After Stroke programs and services. Linking Survivors with Survivors is a hospital visitation program where peer mentors visit stroke survivor patients to provide knowledge, hope and community resources. This volunteer position fits with your rehabilitation and family schedule. If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity, why not continue your rehabilitation while visiting and helping other survivors? Contact 519-579-5530, ext. 263, or linkingsurvivors@marchofdimes.ca.