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Board of Directors
| Position |
Description |
| Board Member |
Keep VIRCS on track. Directors ensure that VIRCS fulfills its mission
and realizes its opportunities and obligations for its services and
programs. |
Settlement
Support newcomers' involvement in our community! VIRCS' Aaron Gordon
settlement programs are designed to assist individuals and families in
meeting the many new challenges they face when adapting to our culture.
There are countless ways to support the services provided by the Aaron
Gordon Settlement Program. Become a youth activity leader, homework tutor
or a translator
| Position |
Description |
| Translator |
Translators are needed in many different languages on an on-call
basis. Share your knowledge of Shona, Italian, Punjabi, Pushto,
Persian, Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Urdu, Sihnalesi, Hindi, Tamil, Sihnalesi,
Amharic, Eritrean, Tigriyma, Ethiopia, Spanish, Farsi, Turkish,
Persian, Turkish, Swahili...and more. |
| Homework Tutor |
Assist ESL secondary students with subjects such as social studies,
math, english,
science. Tutors help students with their homework. |
| Youth Program Assistant |
Design, plan, create and implement innovative ideas and outings
for a youth program
for ages 12-18 for one evening a week. |
| Settlement Assistant |
Assist the staff in everyday tasks that help our clients to understand
many of our canadian culture daily activities. Much enjoy meeting
people from around the world and to be available for a one year
commitment of time. |
| Settlement Supporter |
Provide support and companionship to families, by accompanying
them to appointments, and providing healthy strategies for them
to integration into Canadian culture. |
| Receptionist |
Greeting people with a smile. Good listening skills. |
ESL Department
Gain ESL teaching experience! ESL classes are offered in a relaxed, friendly
atmosphere. The curriculum encompasses conversation, life skills in Canada, basic
law and health issues, field trips and social gatherings. There are a variety
of ESL volunteer positions: Home Tutor, ESL Class Assistant, and ESL Teacher.
Volunteers are placed according to their previous experience and their interest.
Beginner and intermediate ESL classes are taught at the Centre, Monday through
Thursday, during the day. ESL Volunteer Home Tutors are matched with students
unable to attend regular ESL classes or who have special learning needs.
| Position |
Description |
| ESL
Home Tutor |
Tutor ESL at immigrants' home or elsewhere as agreed. Give personalized
support to a newcomer by offering encouragement through one-on-one
tutoring. Instruction
is tailored to individual student requirements. |
| One-on-One
ESL Tutor |
Tutor ESL students in classroom setting. Bring a smile and become
a friendly
face. |
| ESL Teacher Assistant |
Full time teaches, admin, assistant - daily office tasks |
| ESL Class Assistant |
elp assist the teacher with a multicultural, multi level classroom
of students. Work one-on-one or with small group - Monday-Thursday
mornings and afternoons
two to ten hours a week. |
VIRCS day-by-day
Help make people feel good about their life in Canada! Various on going
projects. Participate one-on-one or in groups activities.Volunteering is
a great opportunity to gain work knowledge or sharpen your skills. Accepting
volunteer professionals
| Position |
Description |
| Receptionist |
Greet all in-coming clients and direct them to the appropriate
area. Informing staff when walk-in clients/appointments have arrived.
Taking messages, answering a multi-line phone system and redirecting
calls.. Some general office duties. |
| Life Skills Facilitator |
Facilitate Life Skills workshops (e.g. Stress Management, Time
Management, etc.) |
| Administrative Assistant |
Gain experience! Learn the volunteer programs. Organize and plan
activities around special events. Modify and copy instructional materials,
prepare invitations for events, training materials, input data from
forms and
make telephone calls. |
| Office Assistant |
Improve your skills with office tasks, including word processing,
photocopying; materials, internet research, filing projects and emails. |
| Publications |
Get creative. Use your design skills to create brochures, newsletters
or other publications. |
| Grant Researcher |
Explore, research and write up grant proposals.. Must have knowledge
in this area and excellent writing skills. |
| Fundraising Assistant |
Design a campaign component with a plan to reach our objectives
and goals. |
| Communications Assistant |
Help spread the word to groups and businesses informing them of
VIRCS programs. |
| Poster Distributor |
Distribute posters in the community to promote VIRCS events. |
| Visual Display |
Create colourful and informative displays for information fairs
and special events.
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Assistant Volunteer Coordinator Encourage newcomers to become involved in volunteering.
Training assist as a volunteer coordinator by providing extra support for festival
volunteers activities. Five hours a week for 12 weeks. |
| Workshop
Assistant |
Attend the workshop with the room preparation , handing out information,
signing up guests, and general tasks. |
| Special Project Assistant |
Join the fun! This is an opportunity to understand how to run a
special event. Assist the Coordinator of Volunteers with one of VIRCS
ongoing events or projects. |
| Committee Member |
Task-orientated people can be involved in one of VIRCS ongoing
committees for our events. |
| Photographer |
Creative ideas for pictures to represent VIRCS volunteers, festival
and special
events newsletters, emails, and the website. |
| Tax Preparation |
Prepare tax returns - trained for VIRCS' clients. Seasonly. |
| Guest Presenter/Instructor Workshop |
Share your special skills and talents with our volunteers, clients
or staff. Teach a craft, present educational information, or facilitate
a discussion on topics of interest to immigrant communities. Open
to creative ways and new topics. |
| Web Designer |
Help with the weekly update of information |
| Computer Assistant |
Teach beginners in using a computer and its programs. Assist our
technician with the daily activities and tasks troubleshooting computer
clinches. |
| Appreciation Organizer |
Show appreciation to our volunteers by tasks that recognize birthdays,
organize socials, ensure volunteers are informed about our events,
assist with an Annual Appreciation Event, hand out cards and gifts
of thanks. |
| Cultural Bridging Host |
Be a host/buddy and be matched up with a newcomer based on things you have in common. Meet with them once a week and support them as they adjust to their new life by being their friend. We are always looking for new hosts for the Be-Friends Program (19-30 yrs old) and parents for the Family Friendship Program. |
Unique Ways to Contribute
- Donate
- Gifts in Kind (for example: refreshments, door prizes, gift certificates,
T-Shirts)
- Children's Winter around the World Celebration - Looking
for businesses to contribute to helping new immigrant families
at Christmas with
food and a Santa.
- Sponsor a Special Event (for example: provide a day's worth
of food for the Latin Caribbean Festival volunteers)
- Become a
Member of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society:
- Individual
Annual Membership: $10
- Organization/Business Annual Membership:
$250
Membership includes:
Newsletter, Reduced Admission to Events, Invitations to openings,
and Socials Events
- Employer- supported Volunteerism
Employer-supported Volunteerism is a great way to contribute
to VIRCS' Special Events. Involving employees in
our community volunteer program
sends a message
that businesses value the community we live in. Employers
can donate the time and talents of their employees
to help this
worthy cause and
promote their organizations
/ businesses at the same time (for example: by wearing
company T-Shirts).
- Professional Volunteers: Share
your professional skills and knowledge.Doctors, Dentist, Tax
Preparers, Translators
are
all accept to consider offering
your services to our clients.
- HBC Rewards Community Card - Every time you spend
a dollar at 'Zellers' or' The Bay' you can support
VIRCS by donating
your 'reward points'
to the Victoria
Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society. Apply for
your HBC Rewards card at VIRCS.
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