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Happy National Volunteer Week!
April 18th-24th, 2010
This year's theme -
"Volunteerism: Connecting with Community"
Presidents Greetings for NVW 2010
Volunteer Canada's NVW Video
Annual Photo Contest Winners 2010
1
ST PLACE!
Volunteers At:
National Volunteer Week Chalk Fest
Photo submitted
by:
Adda Vallevand, ValleyLinks
2nd PLACE!
Volunteers At:
Vancouver Island Music Festival
Photo submitted
by:
Doug Cowell
3rd PLACE!
Volunteers At:
Youth Mural Painting
Photo submitted
by:
Sara Kerr, Comox Valley Arts Council
Honourable
Mentions 2010
(click each entry to view
the winning photo)
Oyster River Enhancement Society (Black Creek)
Submitted By: Bruce Pirrie
Seymour Basketball Association (North Vancouver)
Submitted By: Arleta Beckett
City of Surrey
Submitted By: Ann Embra
Cowichan Maritime Centre (Cowichan)
Submitted By: Rachel Penney
National Volunteer Week
April 19-25,2009
NVW
Photo Contest
Why
NVW is Important
President's
Greeting for NVW 2008
National
Volunteer Week Photo Contest
In
celebration, each year Volunteer BC hosts a NVW Photo Contest. This year's
theme is "SMILE for Volunteerism." We
are pleased to share here the winning photos for NVW 2009.
1
ST PLACE!
Volunteer:
Melody the Clown at Black Creek Heritage Fair
Photo submitted
by:
Judy Goldschmidt
2nd PLACE!
Volunteers at:
Camosun Bog, Pacific Spirit Park
Photo submitted
by:
Brian Woodcock
3rd PLACE!
Volunteer
at:
Art Show
Photo submitted
by:
Mary-Lew Marceoux
Honourable
Mentions 2009
(click each entry to view
the winning photo)
Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC/Yukon (Vancouver)
Submitted by: Heather Fleming
Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver (Vancouver)
Submitted by: Tanya Fink
Keep Well Society (North Vancouver)
Submitted by: Pamela Baxter
MS Society of BC/Yukon (Burnaby)
Submitted by: Stacey Bradshaw
2008
Winning Entries
1
ST PLACE!
Photo submitted
by:
Volunteers
at: Rose Vidas
St.
Michael's Care Centre
2nd
PLACE! Photo
submitted by:
Volunteer
at:Lake Of The Trees
Bible Camp Tom
McIntosh
TIED
for 3rd PLACE! Photo Submitted
by:
Volunteers
at: Project Literacy Kelowna Barb
Hagan
TIED
for 3rd PLACE!
Voluneers
at: Vancouver Island Health Authority Volunteer Resources Department
Photo
submitted by: Kathy Eliasen
Honourable
Mentions 2008:
(click each entry to view
the winning photo)
Capilano
Community Services Society (North Vancouver)
Submitted
by: Renée Strong
CHIMO
Crisis Services (Richmond)
Submitted
by: Jean Fisher
KidStart
Mentoring Program (Vancouver)
Submitted
by: Lisa Nixon
Parkgate
Community Services Society (North Vancouver)
Submitted
by: Bronwyn James
Project
Literacy Kelowna, and the Okanagan Regional Library (Kelowna)
Submitted
by: Barb Hagan
The
Sea to Sky Eagles, Sea to Sky Community Services Society (Squamish)
Submitted
by: Nancy Thompson
Vancouver
Aquarium (Vancouver)
Submitted
by: Karen Howe
Photographer: Rachelle Davidson
Volunteer featured: Pat Chapman, Rescue Volunteer
"This
is a great contest and really makes us all realize just how many
wonderful things are happening around our province – thanks to our
dedicated volunteers!"
- Jean Fisher, Coordinator,
Volunteer Development - CHIMO Crisis Services (Richmond, B.C.)
Contest Sponsored
by:
Why
National Volunteer Week is important:
National Volunteer Week
is significant because the work of volunteers impacts virtually
every aspect of society, including health, education, social services,
youth, culture, sports and recreation, the arts, and the environment.
BC – Our Year to
Celebrate! How you can help...
This is your opportunity
to showcase volunteer activities and/or celebrations in your community.
Enjoyed a great personal
volunteer experience? Would you like to thank a volunteer or are
you a Manager of Volunteers who works with a wealth of volunteer
VIPs? SHARE your volunteer stories. Drop us an e-mail at volbc@vcn.bc.ca.
Your story will be read by others to help spread awareness of the
value and impact of that volunteers make in the community.
Want to know how to get more publicity
for your event? Check out our Media
Relations page for useful tools like the media and publicity
tool kit!
Participate in the Bring
a Friend to Volunteer Campaign, organized by Volunteer
Richmond: Volunteering
with a friend, family member, or co-worker is a great way to spend
some quality time together. Contact
Volunteer Richmond for materials and ideas on bringing the campaign
to your community: e-mail Lindsay Baker at: [lbaker@volunteerrichmond.ca].
Future dates for National Volunteer
Week:
Visit Volunteer Canada’s
National Volunteer
Week information pages.
For
National Volunteer Week 2007, Volunteer
BC also hosted a panel and discussion exploring volunteer-based
employment mentorship programmes.
Volunteer
Action and the Fight Against Poverty:
A
Profile of Programs Turning Principles into Practice,
featuring
John Soleanicov,
Streetwise Partners
Chaplain Melita
Champlain, Emerging Hope , and
Deborah Twocock,
Dress for Success
inspired
us through stories of renewed hope and fresh opportunities for low-income
people, from Vancouver 's Downtown Eastside to Washington D.C. 's
struggling neighbourhoods. This panel of distinguished guests shared
the secrets behind their innovative programs which are changing
our communities by empowering one individual at a time.
We will
soon post a summary of the event for your information.
Click
here to learn more about the speakers.
Panelists
answer questions during the discussion period
Vol
BC's 2008 President's Greeting for National Volunteer Week
Read Vol BC President
Justin Ho's enthusiastic call to action and reflections on the meaning
of volunteerism, as our 2008 National Volunteer Week's President's
Greeting.
Previous NVW Greetings:
2008
Click here
to download Volunteer BC President, Michael McCoy's poignant message
on the importance of the enduring volunteer, in celebration of National
Volunteer Week 2007.
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