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Volunteer PlacementsAt The Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, CAT clients work in the greenhouse cleaning flower pots for reuse. The clients each have their own task, wash, rinse or stack the pots. They work together as a group to accomplish a task.The Salvation Army Thrift Store sells a variety of used goods. The clients do various tasks such as bailing certain colour tagged books and clothing off the shelves. The clients learn to work with others, problem solve and deal with the public. The Glendale Gardens provide a wide range of skill development opportunities for our clients in an all inclusive setting. Trail building, invasive plant removal, soil Ph level testing and habitat restoration are among some of the many opportunities in which our clients participate. At Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion clients independently complete all the set-up for the indoor bowling activity including pin resetting and ball return. This placement allows clients to give back to a population in their community and to foster long term relationships and it provides opportunities for increased independence. At Fernwood N.R.G. clients prepare snacks and assist with all the clean up including dishes and toys for the weekly Parent and Tot program. This provides positive recognition for our clients and gives them the opportunity to apply their skills in a community setting. Glenwarren Lodge provides an opportunity for our clients to develop long term, ongoing friendships with seniors. The clients prepare and serve coffee and tea, share stories and clean up, but the service is secondary to the relationships, which are loving and caring. Mary’s Farm & Sanctuary is a calm environment that allows clients to increase their independence through caring for animals. Clients works alongside other volunteers to lead horses out to pasture, clean stalls, give feed and water to the animals, and groom horses. Laurel House provides clients with the opportunities to develop social and life skills. They prepare and cook lunches, do kitchen cleaning and general housekeeping tasks. This placement is full of friendly faces and allows clients to make connections and build friendships in their community. James Bay Community Project provides a very inclusive environment for our clients. They have various volunteer placements there that include kitchen cleaning, bread donation sorting, baking, and sorting baby clothing. Volunteering there gives our clients a sense of contribution and a chance to build relationships. Clients receive constant recognition and appreciation for their hard work. As volunteer CRD Wardens, clients care for a portion of trail for the CRD. Once a week clients walk their trail, clean up garbage, report damage done to the trail, and answer questions and give directions to people on the trail. Being CRD Wardens provides clients an opportunity to care for the environment and to meet people while doing a valuable service for their community. Clients volunteer to work with animals at the Swan Lake Nature House, a non-profit learning center. The learning center is an important part of the community because it educates the public, young and old, on native animals and the ecosystem. By volunteering, clients are given an opportunity to learn about the animals and their ecosystem and the public sees them doing their part to help preserve these native species of plants and animals. Clients deliver newsletters for Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) all over the city of Victoria to non-profit agencies via a route mapped out by TAPS. This placement gives clients an opportunity to make a connection with other non-profit agencies while doing their part to help out with the poverty situation in Victoria. Clients use BC Transit to get to this placement and so clients learn bus training that helps with building independence. Clients pick up donated items from designated stores and deliver them to the Single Parent Resource Center (SPRC). Clients are seen by the public helping out a non-profit agency that would not be able to pick up these donations otherwise. The donations picked up are given by the SPRC to Moms and Dads who would not be able to buy their children these items i.e.: clothes and toys. The public sees us making a difference in the community for poverty-level single parents and the clients learn a sense of pride from a hard job done. Clients clean toys in the playroom at the Mary Manning Center. The Mary Manning Center is a counseling non-profit agency for abused children. This work is important because it helps to keep germs and sickness from spreading among the community and the public sees clients helping out at a very important placement. |  |
I like Laurel House. It's awesome to give back to people who need services and I love to cook. I'ts really fun and gives me independence. I can cook, maybe I need some assistance but yes I can. Laurie  Scott at Swan Lake |
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