Volunteering is easy…and YouthConnect is making it even easier. Follow our three easy steps and you’ll be changing the world in no time.
If you’re already volunteering, help inspire other teens with your stories. Have a great time volunteering? Learn something? Have some tips on finding the best place to volunteer? Maybe you’ve volunteered with a student nutrition program at a local school?
We want to hear your stories. E-mail us your story or a video about volunteering and we’ll post as many as we can. Everybody who sends us a story, picture or video will get a snazzy YouthConnect t-shirt for free!
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James has written eight books and has won several awards like the Canadian Living Me to We Award 2007 and the June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Melanie was nominated for the Canadian Living Me to We Award 2008 and was among the three finalists in the Youth category across Canada.
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Phil has won the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District Board’s Secondary School Student Volunteer of the Year Award in 2007 and also received an award as the runner up for the Maurice Rollins Youth Leadership Award in 2008.
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Emma became involved with community development and volunteer work when she was 10 years old.
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Sophia won the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s (OCNA) 2007 Ontario Junior Citizen Award.
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We caught up with these stars at the Me to We Day in Toronto on October 17 – watch the highlights and then check out Me to We and Free the Children for more info on how you can get involved in the world.
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Degrassi’s Sarah Barrable-Tishauer talks about teen volunteering.
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Raymond Black and Dalmar Abuzeid from TV’s Degrassi talk about why it’s important for teenagers to volunteer.
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Free the Children’s Craig Kielburger on how you can find a way to make a difference in your community and in the world.
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Jessi Cruikshank from MTV talks about how easy it is for teens to get involved.
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Charlotte Arnold of TV’s Degrassi talks about travelling to Ecuador this year to help build a community kitchen with Free the Children
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Step One – Why Should I Volunteer?
People volunteer their time for lots of different reasons. You can pick your own reasons, but here’s our top ten.
Step Two – What Could I Do?
Guess what? There are tons of opportunities to volunteer for stuff you probably already do just for fun.
What are you into?
Step 3 – How Do I Get Started?
Be brave! Sometimes organizations will ask for volunteers on their website or in ads but sometimes you just have to call them up and offer to help.
Here are a few tips to help you out.
Check out these too:
Volunteer centres
Other links
I want to volunteer across Canada and abroad
