Volunteering Opportunities

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1 Hello #MUNVolunteers! Here is the weekly Listserv from the SVB with tons of volunteer/pd opportunities! If you would like anything added to next week's listserv, please The ThinkTank Schedule is out! Check out the listings below for more! For those participating in the VIP, all requirements need to be completed by December 1st! Want something added to the listserv? with information about the volunteer position(s), the organization, time commitment, where to sign up, who to contact for questions along with any other information that would be pertinent to the posting here in the SVBWeekly Newsletter! Volunteering Opportunities Results Canada Youth Ambassadors Ongoing Students Older Than Average Resource Centre See below Call for volunteers: Startup Weekend See below CNIB Vision Mate Program See below Canadian Red Cross See below/attached Volunteer and get involved with CHMR-FM See below Call for Volunteers: 10,000 Villages See below The Lantern See below/attached Scouts Canada See below

2 Neighbourhood Centre - Call for volunteers! See below Buckmaster s Circle Community Centre Volunteer Tutors See below St. John s International Women s Film Festival See below St. John s Youth Social Justice Society See below Call for volunteers: Night of Delight See below St. John s Native Friendship Centre s Family Resource Program Volunteers See below Professional Development 1ON1 The Commons Library Research Assistance Study Skills Clinic See below Biochemistry Career Talk See below Free mental health first aid training for students, faculty and staff See below Interview Skills Workshop See below Other News/Events CCRW Partners program See below Throw it Forward for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland See below Share a ride use Rideshare on my.mun.ca See below Go Abroad Fair See below Feeding 9 Billion (F9B) Challenge See below MUNSU Scholarships See below Think Tank Schedule See below HALA, an Iranian Martial Art See below

3 Volunteering Opportunities! 1. Students Older than Average The MUN Students Union currently operates seven resource centres. A resource centre is a safe meeting space, an information and knowledge source, and a peer support network within the university community. We are providing a safe meeting space, an information and knowledge source, and a peer support network within the university community for older students. The Students Older than Average resource centre is looking for volunteers! sotaatmun@gmail.com or visit UC 6013 for more info! 2. Call for volunteers: Startup Weekend Startup Weekend is a 54-hour weekend event, during which groups of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more pitch ideas for new startup companies, form teams around those ideas, and work to develop a working prototype, demo, or presentation by Sunday evening. We are seeking motivated volunteers to help with registration, promotion, organizing & supporting the teams, distributing food and generally being helpful for any part of the weekend. We will have food for volunteers as well as transportation to and from the event site in the beautiful community of Holyrood from convenient pickup locations in St. John's! Please let me know if this is an opportunity the SVB would be interested in! I look forward to hearing from you soon. The event runs November out in Holyrood. Transportation to & from would be included. A better breakdown of the schedule & details on the event can be found on the home page: d/10109 Students interested would be out there for the whole day (or evening if just Friday), as we provide transport only first thing & then in the evening when the events have finished. We d be happy to have volunteers interested in multiple days or just one if that s what they can fit into their schedule.

4 If you have any questions contact Nicole Evans at 3. CNIB Vision Mate Program CNIB is recruiting volunteers for the Vision Mate program in Newfoundland! As a Vision Mate, you ll be matched with someone with vision loss in your area for just a couple hours a week to help them with everyday activities; like social visits, assistance with organizing, running errands, reading, going for walks, and keeping active in the community! For more information or to become a vision mate, contact Paige English at ext or paige.english@cnib.ca

5 4. Canadian Red Cross Interested in being part of the largest humanitarian organization in the world? Apply to become a Red Cross volunteer today! The Canadian Red Cross is currently recruiting for its Disaster Management and Community Health programs in the St. John s and surrounding area. If you are: looking for opportunities to give back to your community, meet new people and have new experiences

6 seeking professional development opportunities to build skills and training looking for an internship experience that aligns with your education path then the Red Cross could be the right place for you. Some positions are short in duration while others require a longer commitment. The time, location and skill requirements vary from job to job. A representative from Red Cross will work with you to gain an understanding of your volunteer expectations and determine if there is a volunteer job match for you. When you become a volunteer with the Red Cross, your volunteer engagement experience is important to us. We invest in our volunteers through training to maximize learning and development opportunities, limit risk and stand out as the preferred volunteer agency of choice. Volunteers are the heart of the Canadian Red Cross. More than 20,000 Red Cross volunteers share their time and skills to help others every day. Volunteers represent more than 70% of our Red Cross workforce. They contribute at all levels of the organization and work side by side with staff in support of the Society s mission. Many of our volunteers hold leadership roles within the organization. Red Cross refers to volunteers and staff collectively as our workforce and is committed to supporting this culture through policies and professional practices built on a solid Volunteer Management Cycle foundation. VRS@redcross.ca 5. Volunteer and get involved with CHMR-FM CHMR is Newfoundland and Labrador's only campus/community radio station, operating out of studios on the Memorial University campus in St. John's and broadcasting both on the FM dial as well as online where it can be accessed around the world. CHMR is a community access radio station that operates with a large staff of volunteers producing a broad range of programming. Our volunteers are both students and community members, and range in age from high school students to retired professionals. Programs include everything from music (of various genres) to news/documentary and current affairs issue-based programming.

7 CHMR is constantly looking for new volunteers in the community who are interested in getting involved with the work that we do! No experience is necessary besides a desire to learn radio skills and share those skills with the community. All training is provided. Getting involved with CHMR can be an exciting way to learn new skills, to have fun while exploring your passions and interests, or to explore a possible new career! CHMR is one of the province's only hands-on training environments for radio-broadcasting and radio-journalism and many of our volunteers go on to forge exciting professional careers in these fields. Some of the programming we produce is syndicated nationally and internationally and broadcast on other stations around the world. If you're interested in learning more, or getting involved, please contact CHMR Program Director Hans Rollmann at chmrpd@gmail.com. Membership/involvement with CHMR is free for MUN students, but there is a $20 annual membership fee for non-students.

8 6. Call for Volunteers: 10,000 Villages 10,000 Villages is a volunteer organization (of the Mennonite Central Committee) that buys goods from their creators at fair prices around the world, and then sells them here. A truck is coming from New Brunswick in early November and they need our help! We need volunteers to do the following: Sunday Nov. 5, 1 pm to 3pm (ish) - unload the truck and set up in the Landing. Monday and Tuesday, 10 am to 7 pm - help staff the store in the Landing Tuesday 7 pm to 9 pm (ish) pack up and load up the truck. Volunteers are especially needed for this aspect! For more information ej_mroz@yahoo.ca 7. The Lantern 8. Scouts Canada Hey Student Volunteers!

9 Do you Enjoy the outdoors? Have the desire to learn new skills? Like to make new friends? Want to play a role in developing the next generation of youth? If you said yes to any of the above then you have found the right place! Scouts Canada is looking for some new faces to volunteer with our Groups in the St. John s-area (and beyond)! We are Canada s leading youth organization. Scouts have a lot of fun discovering new things and experiences they wouldn t have elsewhere. Along the way they develop into capable, confident and well-rounded individuals, better prepared for success in the world. Scouting offers a world where you can discover the best in yourself and the best in others. The Scouts Canada program is open to BOTH boys and girls, ages 5-26, with age-specific programming (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, etc.). To ensure the success of these programs, we need the support of dedicated volunteers, just like you! Many of our current groups could benefit from additional volunteers, willing to dedicate approximately hours/month to the program, generally from September-June, and some groups offer occasional summer activities. There are 14 groups in the St. John s area that you could join, including a new French Language Group that is in development. If you re interested in starting your adventure with Scouts Canada, contact William Short at william.short@scouts.ca or call To learn more about Scouts Canada visit 9. Neighbourhood Centre - Call for volunteers!

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11 10. Buckmaster s Circle Community Centre Volunteer Tutors Buckmaster s Circle Community Centre is looking for 1-2 volunteers that would like to assist with homework! The program runs from 3:30-5:30 Mondays and Wednesdays and those who are fluent in math are particularly needed for this program. For more information contact Sarah Osmond at sarah@bmcc.nf.ca or ext St. John s International Women s Film Festival We need (and adore) you! Our Festival cannot happen without the incredible generosity and help of our rockstar Volunteers - and we do our best to make it worth it for you! While sporting our snazzy annually-designed volunteer apparel, you ll not only have the opportunity of participating in our landmark annual event, you ll also meet filmmakers from world-over, other industry delegates and patrons, & receive a full Festival Pass to sit in on workshops and screenings! Volunteer activities include: taking tickets, directing patrons & delegates, decorating, shuttle driving, supervising workshop registration, assisting in screening set-up, selling Festival merchandise & Film Lover s Lottery tickets, greeting our amazing sponsors & guests, and more! Contact Volunteer Coordinator Erica Kean to get in on the fun! volunteer@womensfilmfestival.com for more information or to sign up! 12. St. John s Youth Social Justice Society With the start of the new semester, the St. John s Youth Social Justice Society is looking forward to another eventful year! If you are passionate about helping fundraise for charitable causes, being part of our annual social justice awareness event "Know The Truth", or general volunteering in the community, we d love to have you! Please feel free to contact us, we are here for everyone and anyone! We d be happy to hear any and all ideas as we are always growing and looking to help. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to us at: stjohnsyouthsocialjustice@gmail.com anytime.thanks so much for your support!!!

12 13. Call for volunteers: Night of Delight The Candlelighters Association of Newfoundland and Labrador exists to provide support, education, encouragement, advocacy and hope to all children and their families affected by childhood cancer. We are looking for volunteers for our upcoming fundraiser 'Night of Delight' at the CLB Armoury on November 4th. The event consists of a dinner, dance, and an auction. We will need volunteers throughout the day (9:00am-midnight - there will be various shifts availble) to help set-up, sell tickets, serve guests, and etc. If you are available and interested in volunteering please contact Lisa Blundell at coordinator@candlelightersnl.ca or call (709) St. John s Native Friendship Centre s Family Resource Program Volunteers The St. John s Native Friendship Centre s Family Resource Program is in desperate need of one or two volunteers. We can use different volunteers for various tasks, but are most in need of child minding volunteers for our Breathe parent program which operates on Monday evenings from 5-7pm. Volunteers would come and interact/supervise children (newborn-age 6) in a separate room from parents for a 2 hour time period. Parents are still available if there are any issues but volunteers are expected to set up any activities they have planned, interact with children in a play-based learning

13 setting, feed them snack and clean up after program. Professional/Personal Development

14 1. Study Skills Clinic An interactive study skills clinic offered each semester for graduate students who are encountering difficulties with academic coursework. These drop-in sessions provide an opportunity for students to discuss their concerns with a psychologist and develop strategies to meet their academic needs. Ongoing each semester Location: Counselling Centre, University Centre, UC 5000 More info: 2. Interview Skills Workshop Thursday, November.2nd 12:00pm-12:50pm Room C-2001 Do you get the interview jitters? Need some advice and information on interview etiquette? Do you know how to answer some of the tough situational / behavioral questions in interviews? Come to the Interview Skills Workshop to learn more about the interviewing process! sciencematters@mun.ca to register! 3. Free mental health first aid training for students, faculty and staff Starting later this month, Student Residences will offer free mental health first aid training to all students, faculty and staff. This two-day course is offered eight times throughout and is available on the following dates: Sept ; Oct ; Oct ; Nov ; Jan ; Jan ; Feb ; Mar Register for the course here. 4. Speaker Event hosted by MUN Computer Science Society MUN Centre for Enterpreneurship, along with MUN Computer Science Society present CS Speaker Series, a platform to bring speakers from prominent organizations to talk on topics in IT. This week we have Jeremie Daigle, a MUN graduate who works in Shopify as a Mobile

15 Developer. Jeremie will talk about his experience working in Computer Science, specifically as a Mobile Developer in Shopify and answer any questions about it. Register for the event here: More info: 5. Determine Your Career with ArtsWorks ArtsWorks is an 8 week career exploration program for Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences students. Participate in weekly sessions to learn about career options for a Bachelor of Arts Degree, gain confidence in your skills and determine your career. Registration for winter 2018 starts on October 30th. For more information go to or contact avkeating@mun.ca Other News/Events 1. CCRW Partners Program New Graduate? MUN Alumni? Student Looking for a part time or summer job? We can probably help! Let's chat! Contact me today to book an appointment or to find out more information!! CCRW Partners Program is a National employment service designed to support job seekers with self-disclosed disabilities; which means we do not require any medical documentation. We support job seekers with visible and invisible disabilities including physical, mental health, learning, developmental/intellectual, motor skills, visual, speaking, hearing and other and employers in advancing inclusive employment. We provide job search services, and return to work programming with the use of wage subsidy, short term training, and accommodation supports.

16 Contact me today at or so that we can help you reach your employment goals! Employment Coordinator: Jordan Chafe Throw it Forward for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland We are excited for our brand new fundraiser and it all begins with an axe. Join us and... Throw it Forward Throw it Forward will take place on Thursday, November 16 th in partnership with Jack Axes. We are encouraging adults in metro St. John s to embrace their inner lumberjack, assemble a team and join us at Jack Axes to battle the bulls-eye and to raise an axe for mentoring. WHO: Adult participants who support good causes and believe in a strong, healthy community for children and youth.

17 WHAT: Teams of four will participate in the friendly competition of axe-throwing fun while enjoying team building, refreshments, contests, prizes and more. WHEN: Thursday, November Jack Axes Sign Up TODAY! 3. Share a ride use Rideshare on my.mun.ca Rideshare, an online service for members of the St. John s campus and Marine Institute communities, is available on my.mun.ca. Students, staff and faculty can sign up to look for or offer a ride. Log in at and go to the general page to find the Rideshare button. Contact sustain@mun.ca for more information. 4. Go Abroad Fair We invite you to the Go Abroad Fair hosted by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures in partnership with student societies. The Go Abroad fair will be taking place in SN-4073 Wednesday November 15 at 1pm-2pm. At this fair we will have students & staff who have completed various exchange and work opportunities within the languages department to share their experiences. Any students who are interested in applying for these programs are welcome to get more information about these opportunities. We will also be having some treats to celebrate the different cultures that are represented by these programs. We welcome you to attend this fair and learn all the benefits of going abroad. Questions may be sent to Su Alteen, MUCEP student for the Study Abroad Programs at saa0384@mun.ca

18 5. Feeding 9 Billion (F9B) Challenge Did you know that 90% of produce in NL is imported? Did you know that 4.99% of people in NL access food banks? Did you know that in 2015 there were only 400 farms in NL, compared to 3500 in 1951? Do you see a problem with these statistics? So do we. The Feeding 9 Billion (F9B) challenge is an opportunity for students at Memorial to learn more about food security issues in Newfoundland and Labrador and to brainstorm innovative solutions. These solutions might include business ideas, research initiatives, educational curriculum, policy changes, and any other idea you might have!

19 Join us on November 17 and 18 to talk about our food systems, connect with other students across all campuses, and compete for over $2000 in prizes to kick-start your ideas! For more information about the event, and the link to register, visit: n/index.php or contact us at 6. Reflection Session Schedule

20 7. HALA, an Iranian Martial Art My name is Meisam Amani. I am a martial art Instructor and I am very interested in introducing an Iranian martial art, named HALA to Memorial University. I have been teaching HALA since 2008 under several high-level instructors, and have an international certificate to teach martial art. I would like to teach HALA and instruct MUN students. No experience is required and the classes are free. You will also get free uniform if you attend regularly Some students have already joined. However, I need to promote the group so we can get a better place and probably some equipment from the university. You can find me with black clothes at the gym, near the heavy bag at the following times: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7 to 8:30 pm. Please contact me if you are interested, or have questions/concerns. ma3780@mun.ca

21 Tel: (709) Facebook: HALA Martial Art_Canada