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Volunteering at Mackenzie Health
At Mackenzie Health, all of their placements are developed from the lens of improving the patient experience. Volunteers are placed where they feel they will provide the most support to patients and visitors. Whether volunteers are assisting with wayfinding, registration, recreation or providing bedside visits, their role is to help provide the best possible experience.
High school students are recruited for the summer program which runs between July and August. Applications for this program open early in March. Please see the Volunteer Portal Homepage for more details.
https://mackenzie.vsyslive.com/pages/HOME
Hospice Vaughan
Hospice Vaughan volunteers provide compassionate companionship for adults, seniors and children facing a life-limiting illness and empathetic support to caregivers and their families from diagnosis through to bereavement. They offer a variety of volunteer programs at the organization, ranging from kitchen and nutrition to family and residential care.
Volunteers will participate in all areas of our organization – with clients, programs, events, governance, administration, maintenance and marketing.
Learn more at: https://www.hospicevaughan.com/new-volunteer/
Art Galleries
Two of the biggest galleries in the GTA, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) downtown and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Vaughan, have volunteer programs for high school students.
The Art Gallery of Ontario is looking for high school student volunteers for its Family Sundays. Volunteers help studio art instructors with materials and prep, give directions to AGO visitors and assist children with arts, crafts and games.
“Without the assistance of hard working and devoted youth volunteers who are passionate about art, programs such as this would not be possible,” says the AGO's Jane Lott.
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is looking for volunteers for its Youth Team. On the second Saturday of the month, volunteers help out with activities like art-making workshops, outdoor nature programs and gallery tours.
Visit: https://mcmichael.com/volunteers/
Additional volunteer opportunities can be found in the follow links:
https://www.volunteertoronto.ca/
https://neighbourhoodnetwork.org/volunteer
Xiaojun Huang