Do you want more volunteering experiences?

Helping Hands is running the new volunteer program running into March 2027. In this program, you can be matched to a long-term volunteer opportunity where you can gain valuable experience, skills, and long-term connections that can help you with your career. This program comes with *financial support for volunteer-related costs, as well as tailored mentorship specific to your needs and interests. For your participation in this program, you can receive recognition and a certificate of completion.

FAQ

• Email Helping Hands at Helping Hands Outreach about your interest in the program
• Soon after you will be reached out to from one of the outreach members about the program to get you started
• Once you are contacted you can attend information sessions for better understanding of the workshop

• Reside in Ontario, Canada.
• Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or has been granted refugee status in Canada as part of this program's eligibility requirement.
• Aged 15-29 years old at the time of signing up for this program.

• That is totally fine if you do not feel that you will be able to stay committed to the program please let the outreach coordinator know before you drop out

• In person event to receive your certificate about your accomplishment (being able to travel to Toronto is required)
• Receive support to cover some costs of volunteering if applicable (ex., Vulnerable sector screenings, public transit, 2-Step Tuberculin tests, uniform, etc.)
• Any 1-on-1 meetings with Helping Hands after being onboarded
• Support in developing career skills (ex. Resume feedback and workshops)
• Volunteer progress tracking and feedback
• Gain valuable experience and build your network through volunteering
• Celebrate your achievements with other youth in the program

• Yes, of course! During our 1-on-1 session, we will ask what your school's requirements are for volunteer activities that count towards community involvement hours.
• • Different schools and school boards have their own different set of requirements as to what count towards community involvement hours
  • • For example, some schools are okay to count your volunteering without pay at a for-profit organization, while some schools only strictly count volunteering with registered charity and not-for-profit organizations.
  • If you do not know what your school requires as community involvement hours, that is okay. We will match you with a not-for-profit organization or charitable cause. You can find your school's community involvement hour requirements by visiting your school or school board's website, contacting your school, contacting your school's guidance counselor, or they might have already give you a form outlining the community involvement hours requirements.

• Depending on what is available at the time, volunteer opportunities may look very different. They can range from:
• • Helping to tutor online with an international non-profit organization
  • Volunteering at your local library, hospital, community center
  • Mentoring a youth, volunteering as a coach or referee, volunteer reading buddy, helping older adults with technology, teen advisory group, etc.
• There may be multiple placements needed for you to fulfill enough hours
• You can be volunteering in the front or from behind the scenes!

We request that you let us know if you are interested in collaborating on the project. Below, you will find two potential ways to partner.

1. Service Placements Regional Host Organizations, who provide volunteer opportunities at their organization to youth in Helping Hands' volunteering program.
2. Service Placements Regional Referral Partners, who encourage youth in their network to register for Helping Hands' volunteering program (referrals could be through word of mouth or social media sharing)