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The Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) program is currently seeing an increase in demand for volunteer opportunities. This is great news! This means that youth across Calgary are volunteering more now than ever.
If you're trying to volunteer and find that many of the projects are full or do not fit your schedule, you can set up your own volunteer project at home. Listed below are great ideas for volunteer projects that you can run at home by yourself, with your friends, or even with your family.
All of the details and information are listed below. If you take the lead in one of the projects below make sure you keep track of your hours. Email your hours to Brett and he'll make sure that they are tracked in your YVC profile.
If you have any questions please call Brett at 403-266-5448.
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| Baking for Inn from the Cold |
Inn from the Cold is a family homeless shelter that needs desserts (cookies, brownies, muffins, etc) baked for children staying at the shelter. Bake any kind of nut free desserts you like and deliver them to the Inn from the Cold shelter. All the treats will be put into kids' lunch bags, or given out at dinner.
For more information please contact Lindsay at volunteer@innfromthecold.org
Drop offs can be made at 110-11at Ave SE.
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| Community Clean Up |
Do you notice that your surrounding community could use a clean up? Get garbage bags, gloves, and turn it into a fun activity with your friends and family. You could even turn it into a competition amongst your classmates.
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| Spread the Love |
Make sandwiches (meat, cheese, tuna, or egg salad) for the homeless/hungry and deliver them to any homeless shelter or place that might need food.
Website
How-To Video
For more information please contact Brett.
Drop-offs:
- Mustard Seed: 102 11th Ave SE
- Drop In Centre: 423 4th Ave SE
- Alex Community Health Centre #101 1318 Centre Street North
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| Clothing Drive |
Collect gently used or new clothes and deliver to them people in need.
Drop-offs:
- Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter: 403-539-5130
- Mustard Seed: 102 11th Ave SE
- Drop In Centre: 423 4th Ave SE
- Alex Community Health Centre #101 1318 Centre Street North
- Inn from the Cold: 110 11th Ave SE or call 403-253-2059
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| Food Drive/Donate Food |
You can either donate non-perishable food items to the Calgary Food Bank or you can hold a Food Drive in your school or community.
More Information
Drop Off:
- 5000 11st SE Door #3
- Any Co-Op, Safeway, Sobeys, or Superstore
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| Baking Treats for Animals |
Help out our furry friends by baking dog biscuits or cat treats and deliver them to animal shelters.
For more details please contact Sylvia.
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| Toy Drive |
Collect new toys and deliver to children in need.
Drop Off:
- Childrens Cottage: 845 McDougall Road NE
or call Emma at 403-283-4200 ext. 221
- Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter: 403-539-5130
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