VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer West Island matches you with volunteer opportunities that suit your interests in the West Island. Visit www.cabvwi.org or call 514457-5445, ext. 227.
West Island Community Shares raises funds to help non-profit organizations in the West Island. Volunteers are needed to help at a yard sale taking place Sept. 21 in Pierrefonds. Pizza will be served to volunteers. Students welcome.
Volunteer West Island needs a volunteer to conduct a beginner’s Spanish class for a group of seniors.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation is in great need of volunteers to help at their Walk for Heart fundraiser which will take place Sept. 29 at the Arboretum in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. Volunteers are needed on Sept. 28 also.
Éco-Quartier needs volunteers to help with cleanup of the shoreline at the corner of Gouin and L’Anse-à-l’Orme in Pierrefonds. Dress appropriately for expected weather and for walking in the forest. Gloves and snacks provided.
The Cedar Cancer Institute needs volunteers to help at the Dragon Boat Race and Festival taking place in Lachine on Sept. 21 from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students welcome.
West Island Citizen Advocacy is a Centraide/WICS community organization that matches volunteer citizens with people suffering from a handicap or with seniors. Call 514-694-5850.
A D.D.O. man in his late 20s who suffered a brain injury as a child would like a volunteer to go watch a hockey game with or go to the movies with every couple of weeks. He uses a wheelchair when he is out of the house. He has a great sense of humour, enjoys hockey, movies, painting and getting to know people.
A young man with an intellectual handicap and cerebral palsy living in Pierrefonds needs a volunteer to come and read to him for an hour every week in French. He has an engaging smile and loves dogs, music and movies.
A young D.D.O. woman in her early 20s with a mild intellectual handicap needs a volunteer to spend time with her. She and her dog do agility competitions, she is a soccer and hockey fan and loves going to the gym.