VOLUNTEER ROUNDUP

The end of summer is quickly approaching. What better way to finish it off than to volunteer within your community? As always, Volunteer Ottawa features a variety of organizations that are in need or volunteers, some urgent, some ongoing, but all for various age groups! Visit volunteerottawa.ca or call 613-736-5270 to see many more listings. Become part of a great team: The Well is a spiritual and justice-based gathering place for women and women with children and they are looking for a volunteer computer room assistant. You will help women become familiar with the Internet, email and various software applications for about two hours per week. Police check is required. Contact Rosy at rosy@the-well.ca or 613-594-8861 ext. 77.

Outgoing volunteers needed: The YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region is looking for a strong candidate to help with a campaign to bring the Y to the Carlingwood Mall. This person will help at the information booth, answer questions and register memberships. This position also involves working with our computer system to ensure new members’ information has been entered correctly. Do you have a background in sales and want to build on this experience? Are you an outgoing, positive individual who isn’t afraid to get the attention of mall walkers? Training will be provided. Booth is open during mall hours (Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Commitment of 25 hours a week is needed. Contact Amanda Romozzi at 613-237-1320 ext. 2999 or amanda.pooli@ymcaywca.ca

Strong volunteers needed: Ottawa Neighbourhood Services is looking for volunteers for a fundraising auction on Aug. 24. We received an important donation of great furniture and are looking to sell it in an auction to raise funds to buy a new truck. We are looking for two to three strong people (to move furniture) to set up and help out during and after the event and load furniture onto a truck. Contact us at 613-728-3737 or ottawaneighbourhoodservices@hotmail.com Supporting our troops at The Army Run: Be at the coolest water station during the Army Run! Bell Media and the Ontario Lung Association invite you to be part of the I Love Lungs water-station crew Sept. 22. Volunteers can enjoy great music while handing out water and Gatorade, and cheering on thousands of people doing the 5K or 21K runs. Contact melanie@on.lung.ca Urgent need for a board secretary: Helping with Furniture board of directors seeks an interim secretary from September 2013 to January 2014. HWF is a nonprofit charity serving the Ottawa area whose primary purpose is to furnish the homes of individuals and families in need. Duties include calling and organizing board meetings, in collaboration with the HWF president, preparing and distributing agendas for monthly board meetings, facilitating board meetings, taking/distributing meeting minutes, creating, updating, and distributing documents as necessary, serving as the central contact for board business and helping to organize HWF’s annual general meeting. This position requires approximately 5-10 hours of work per month. Are you 18 or older, available in the evenings, fluent in English, have excellent communication skills, excellent organizational, administrative and multi-tasking skills? Do you have experience taking, editing and distributing meeting minutes, leading meetings and helping to plan events? To apply, please send a concise cover letter and resume to nmaione@hwfottawa.org by Aug. 23 or call 613-612-6228.

VOscar time again: Volunteer Ottawa will host its third annual VOscar fundraising gala on Sept. 26 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. A strong team of “supporting cast” (volunteers) is needed to make this event a success, including videographer, paparazzi, entertainers, event helpers, people to help manage the talent, social media promoter during the event, as well as VOscar helper, movie star look-alikes, someone to hand out parking vouchers, door greeters, registrars, ushers, setup and takedown crews. Interested in joining the star-studded cast? Contact Vasilinka Tsar at 613736-5266 ext. 114 or vasilinka@volunteerottawa.ca