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Lethbridge Volunteer Opportunities
United Way is seeking new faces for its Board of Directors!
United Way’s purpose is to raise funds to support essential local programs at United Way Partner Agencies. They provide grants to programs that target poverty reduction, building healthy families and strong communities, and helping children and youth be all they can be.
United Way works with local companies to facilitate payroll deduction donations for employees. Many small donations over time add up to BIG change. United Way also accepts donations from generous individuals and corporations to fuel change through collective impact.
The Board of Directors is proud of United Way’s impact on people, and in communities across South Western Alberta.
If you are passionate, and love to see positive changes where you live, read on!
United Way Board Directors are dedicated and skilled in their work. The Board assumes both a mandatory role, based on legal requirements of boards of directors, and a chosen role, based on the board model it has elected for itself.
United Way is specifically looking for individuals with finance and legal background to join the board. Other individuals are welcome to apply as vacant positions are available.
Primo Music Association is the parent not-for-profit organization associated with Centric MusicFest. Centric MusicFest is an art and classical music festival that has taken place in Lethbridge each July for the past 10 years.
We are calling for any members of the community who might be interested in serving on our board to reach out to us. We are particularly seeking a volunteer with accounting or finance experience. You do not need a background in music! We do want you to be enthusiastic about helping us feature wonderful concerts in Southern Alberta in the summer. We are eager to engage with volunteers with a diversity of backgrounds and experiences.
Welcome to Leftovers! Our Rescue Food volunteers transport unsellable but still edible food from donors directly to service agencies. Rescuing food can be as convenient as stopping off at a local business on your way home. Or challenge yourself to learn more about the city you live in with a route that’s out of your normal area! Either way, you’re getting good food to the people who need it most.
Sign up in the Food Rescue app and select your city to see what opportunities are currently available. Then choose the opportunity with the time, date, and location(s) that work best for you, and you’re ready to prevent good food from being wasted!
The outreach volunteer is in charge of promoting Tetra around the community.
Technical volunteers are people that like working with their hands, are creative, or have any background knowledge of art, design, carpentry, electrical engineering, welding, or similar. Right now, we are looking specifically for a volunteer with welding abilities to complete adaptations to a stroller.
Special Events Assistants provide support during busy festivals and offsite events in an effort to raise awareness about the Nature Centre’s programs and services.
Supporting the mission and vision, the Special Event Assistant represents the Nature Centre in the community by helping acting as an ambassador at events like Canada Day at Henderson Lake, Lethbridge Children’s Expo, Spring Nature Fest, Discovery Days, Nature Play Fest, among many others.
Location: Special Events take place at the Nature Centre and at various locations throughout the City of Lethbridge.
Trail Rovers act as the eyes and ears of the Nature Centre – reporting their observations, sightings, and photos from the trail system. Supporting the mission and vision, the Trail Rover represents the Nature Centre in the community by helping trail users understand and appreciate what they are experiencing. Rovers often share their love and knowledge of what can be discovered in Lethbridge’s river valley.
Location: Trail Rovers work in various locations throughout the City of Lethbridge at any park or natural area accessible by the city’s trail system.
Exhibit Rovers interact with our visitors, providing an interpretive experience that connects them to nature through our exhibit program. Supporting the mission and vision, the Exhibit Rover represents the Nature Centre to visitors during normal operating hours (between 10am and 6pm).
Location: Exhibit Rovers work in the exhibit rooms – primarily the front lobby, main gallery, and exhibit gallery at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre, located north of the High Level Bridge via Indian Battle Road and 3rd Avenue South.
Program Assistants work closely with Nature Centre staff to deliver compelling, interactive, and memorable programs. Supporting the mission and vision, the Program Assistant represents the Nature Centre in the community by helping Program Leaders in such programs as: Big Bird Little Bird, Junior Naturalists/Trail Blazers, Extreme by Nature, and Day Camps.
Are you passionate about environmental education and the importance of nature? Are you an active community leader who wants to support nature interpretation in Lethbridge? We want you!
We are recruiting board members with diverse backgrounds, and have a specific need for experience in the following areas:
- Finance
- Fundraising
- Legal and risk management
- Environmental issues
- Environmental education programming
Quick info about the program:
- Provides a free daily lunch for high school students.
- In partnership with local businesses and food banks, youth receive scheduled hot meals, or grab and go lunches to take back to school.
What a typical lunch program looks like:
- Volunteers arrive at the scheduled prep time (this can vary depending on the day as some meals are provided by local restaurants, and some meals are cooked in house.)
- Team has a quick meeting to discuss the day, and gets the meal and space ready for youth.
- Youth arrive at 11:30am, where they are checked in or registered at our front desk.
- Meals are served as youth arrive.
- Youth either take a meal to go, or stay if time and regulations permit.
- Once all youth have left, the team has a quick debrief meeting, then clean up for the next program to start.
MyCityCare Lethbridge is a non-profit organization that relies on the support of dedicated volunteers to achieve its mission of serving the community. As a volunteer with MyCityCare, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of those in need by helping to meet the basic needs of clothing, food, and community.
MyCityCare has a variety of programs and initiatives throughout the year, including Cinderella Project & Tux Shop, Stuff the Bus, Mobile Street Stores, and Shop of Wonders.
As a volunteer with MyCityCare Lethbridge, you will receive training and ongoing support from staff members to ensure you feel confident and prepared in your role. Your time and effort will be greatly appreciated and will make a positive impact on the community we serve.
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