Why Volunteer?
Volunteering offers many benefits to people of all ages and walks of life.

For seniors, volunteering offers an opportunity to share their lifetime knowledge and abilities, to meet people, to take on new challenges, to put free time to good use, and to keep their minds and bodies active.

For youth, volunteering helps them to gain work experience, to learn new skills, to build self-esteem, and to develop a sense of how they can make a positive impact on their community.

For many others, volunteering gives them the satisfaction of interacting with and helping other people in their community, and enriches their own lives in the process.

And did you know that volunteering can keep you healthy? In a study commissioned by Volunteer Canada, Manulife Financial and Health Canada, Dr Neena Chappel, Director of the Centre on Aging discovered that people who engage in volunteer activities, especially by helping others, are happier and healthier in later life.

In Canada, over 175,000 non-profit organizations depend on volunteers to help in youth clubs, arts programs, to visit the elderly, to help newcomers settle into their community, to provide assistance and comfort in hospitals, to serve on volunteer boards, to raise funds, and to assist with administrative tasks among many other duties.

Ask yourself what you have to give. Become a volunteer today. There are many volunteer opportunities available on this web site and within the community services in the Caledon region.

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Canadian Centre for Philanthropy,
Volunteer Canada}

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