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If you are pro-choice, non-judgmental and open
minded, we would love for you to volunteer with our agency. We have
volunteer opportunities in all of our programs.
We are also on the lookout for people who are
willing to share their creativity, trade and/or skill set with us.
We would love to hear from you if you are interested in occasionally
donating your time as a computer technician, journalist, artist,
handy person, etc.
Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 743-9360
or volunteer@ppwr.on.ca
for more information.
Volunteering at Planned Parenthood Waterloo
Region is a great way to...
- Make a real difference in your community
- Get experience in useable job skills
- Make contacts with others with similar interests
- Get the facts on sexuality for yourself and your family/friends
- Sample a career in counselling, education, presentation, theatre
and/or development/fundraising
- Give back to the community
Counselling Volunteer
Our team of Counselling Program volunteers provide sexual health
information and referrals to individuals with one-on-one counselling
sessions, and by telephone on our Counselling Line. Counselling
Program volunteers provide counselling around pregnancy options
(parenting, abortion, and adoption), birth control options, sexually
transmitted infections and diseases, and fertility issues, in addition
to administering pregnancy tests, and maintaining Counselling Program
resources. Most of all, Counselling Program volunteers pride themselves
on offering: pro-choice, supportive, non-judgmental, and confidential
counselling. The Counselling Program offers volunteers hands-on
experience, in a supportive atmosphere.
This opportunity would be a good fit for someone...
- With excellent active listening skills
- Interested in sexual health issues
- Who can commit to a regular or bi-weekly shift
- Considering a career in social work, counselling, health care
- 18 years or older
Our counselling volunteers receive:
- Extensive training in the areas of Values Clarification, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender
Issues, Anatomy and Physiology, Contraception, Prenatal Development,
Parenting, Counselling Skills, Education Skills, Abuse Issues
in Counselling, Abortion, Infertility Awareness, Celebrating Sexuality
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Regular formal and informal feedback
- Recognition for efforts and accomplishments
Education Volunteer
Our Education Team reaches out to small and large groups with information
regarding sexual health concerns at kiosks and speaking engagements
at local school, agencies and conferences. The Education Program
offers workshops on Healthy Relationships, Basic Anatomy and Physiology,
Sexually Transmitted Infections, Parents for Healthy Sexuality,
Birth Control, and Pregnancy Options. As volunteers become more
practiced and comfortable they will have the option of moving into
an active leadership role within the Education team.
This opportunity would be a good fit for someone...
- Who is available irregularly or during normal school hours
- Interested in expanding their existing presentation skills
- Considering a career in youth and/or adult education, or public
speaking
- Interested in sexual health
- 16 years or older
Our education volunteers receive:
- The choice of training sessions:
- Extensive training in the areas of Values Clarification,
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues, Anatomy and Physiology,
Contraception, Prenatal Development, Parenting, Counselling
Skills, Education Skills, Abuse Issues in Counselling, Abortion,
Infertility Awareness, Celebrating Sexuality
- An abbreviated training session on the topics of Education/Presentation
Skills, Pregnancy Options, Healthy Relationships and Sexually
Transmitted Infections.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Regular formal and informal feedback
- Recognition for efforts and accomplishments
Development/Fundraising
Volunteer
Members of the Fund Raising Team, including Board and Staff representatives,
assist and support the Fundraising Coordinator in carrying-out and
monitoring the annual Fundraising Plan. This team meets once a month
from September through May for two hours. Members provide input
and feedback to the Fundraising Coordinator, and volunteer to complete
selective tasks.
This opportunity would be a good fit for someone...
- Who is available only a few hours each month
- Interested in expanding their working knowledge of fundraising/development
initiatives
- Considering a career in youth and/or adult education, or public
speaking
- Interested in supporting sexual health in our community
- 16 years or older
Our fundraising volunteers receive:
- Ongoing development opportunities
- Recognition for efforts and accomplishments
Special Events Volunteer
Throughout the year we have many short-term projects that volunteers
are invited to participate in. For example…
- Fall: Assembling mail packages for our annual donors
- Winter: Participating in our annual Skate-a-thon
- Winter/Spring: Sitting on the Youth Sexuality Conference Planning
Committee
- Spring: Selling raffle tickets
These opportunities would be a good fit for someone...
- Who is available only a short time
- Wanting to volunteer with a group
- Interested in expanding their knowledge of fundraising/development
initiatives and special event organization
- Considering a career in youth and/or adult education, or public
speaking
- Interested in supporting sexual health in our community
- 16 years or older
Our special event volunteers receive:
- Specialized training and orientation
- Recognition for efforts and accomplishments
Board of Directors Volunteer
Throughout the year we have many short-term projects that volunteers
are invited to participate in. For example…
Membership on the Planned Parenthood Waterloo Region Board of Directors,
is a voluntary position to be filled by community members interested
in making a personal and professional contribution to the work of
PPWR.
The role of the Board is to:
- To establish agency policy, and plan strategically for the
future
- To advocate the cause of Planned Parenthood and freedom of
choice
- To raise the funds necessary for the viability of PPWR.
- To oversee the fiscal administration of the agency
- To supervise the Executive Director of the agency
Directors are chosen from among members at the
annual general meeting which is held each spring. Board members
are asked to serve a 3-year term. Board members should be prepared
to contribute approximately 4-5 hours of their time on a monthly
basis to PPWR activities.
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