Making Waves for National Volunteer Week
Last week was National Volunteer Week and there were lots of waves! Here are some of our highlights.
Calgary Volunteer Fair and Caribbean Youth Summit were both awesome well attended events that left the Calgary community feeling inspired. The Calgary Volunteer Fair saw over 700 attendees and offered the chance for organizations to connect with humans who care about their causes. The Caribbean Youth Summit was a brilliant way to empower youth to bring their skills and talents into community.
Our friends at ECVO produced this awesome podcast with the Edmonton Community Foundation, you should give that a listen today! This awesome and vibrant conversation demonstrates that volunteer motivation can vary but the benefits are numerous. The awesome humans at Volunteer Toronto shared some cool data insights about the communities in their areas and what they are interested in. Plus, they turned the CN Tower Blue and Orange.
Finally, we got to see so many organizations celebrating all the humans who make their work possible, who fulfill their mission, who provide community and belonging. Which was such a good reminder of why we do the work that we do and why we care so much about the VolunteerConnector.