ChangeTheWorld: Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge is a three-week campaign between April 15th and May 6th, 2012 with one goal: get high school teens to volunteer in their community.
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This year, the goal is to engage 25,000 youth from all across Ontario in local events and activities for a minimum of 3 hours of volunteering. We’ve got a lot ahead of us, but Ontario youth don’t shy away from a challenge.
Halton volunteers recognized at breakfast
Change the World offers photo contest for youth
1.) Student Volunteer Opportunities: Search by Age & Location. Apply Online
2.) Check out the ChangeTheWorld volunteer listing
3.) Participate in the COMMUNITY THROUGH MY EYES photo contest; Here are the rules
Other ways to get involved:
Burlington Youth Week List of Events
- Visit and search online local volunteer opportunities on our website at www.volunteerhalton.ca
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our group on Facebook: Change the World-Youth Volunteers in Halton
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us on Facebook: Volunteer Halton
- Explore volunteer events on not-for-profit agency websites
- For general volunteer opportunities, contact local service clubs, cultural groups, your place of worship, programs such as Meals on Wheels, or youth organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Scouts and Guides
- Create your own volunteer event (food drive, clothes drive, park or street neighbourhood environmental cleaning, seniors visiting, etc)
Simon, a grade 11 student in 2010 at Blakelock High School in Oakville, loves volunteering! He has parlayed his unusual talent for juggling into a dynamic show called STOP (Simon's Tour of Positivity). Simon has performed more than seventy STOP shows at a variety of non-profit organizations. As co-president of Teens Organizing Local Entertainment for Seniors (TOLES), Simon is dedicated to bridging the generation gap. To date, TOLES has performed sixty variety shows at local seniors’ residences.
Simon combines philanthropy and environmentalism through his Life Cycle initiative, fixing used bikes and donating them to needy people, both locally and in developing countries. He is Chair of the Mayor's Oakville Youth Advisory Committee and president of Blakelock High School's Interact Club. Last August, Simon volunteered as a member of the 2010 Rogers Cup Ball Crew earning the "Rookie of the Year" award.
ChangeTheWorld - Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge is an initiative of:
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
www.ontario.ca/changetheworld in partnership with Ontario Volunteer Centre Network www.ovcn.ca
