Volunteer

Volunteer

Volunteers form an integral part of Community Living North Grenville. They help us provide very individualized support in times where financial resources may be limited.

Volunteers help us with:

  • Fundraising
  • Leisure activities
  • building friendships
  • Recreation, dances, bowling, soccer, swimming, horseback riding, and other sports activities utilizing generic resources in the community
  • Literacy
  • Bolstering membership in our Association
  • Connecting our individuals in the community
  • Being involved in local, regional, and provincial committees
  • Advocacy
  • Fulfilling Board of Director requirements

It is important to recognize and define the role of a volunteer, and to understand that the volunteer has as many expectations of us, as we do of them. An overview of From a Volunteer’s Viewpoint which follows articulates some of those expectations.

We’ve considered the needs of the volunteer:

  • I need a sense of belonging, a feeling that I am honestly needed for my l self, not just for my hands, nor because I take orders well.
  • I need to have a sense of sharing in planning our objectives. My need will be satisfied only when I feel that my ideas have had a fair hearing.
  • I need to feel that the goals and objectives arrived at are within reach and that they make sense to me.
  • I need to feel that what I’m doing has a real purpose or contributes to human welfare - that its value extends even beyond my personal gain, or yours.
  • I need to share in making the rules by which, together, we share, live and work towards our goals.
  • I need to know in some clear detail just what is expected of me - not only my detailed task but where I have the opportunity to make personal and final decisions.
  • I need to have some responsibilities that challenge, that are within the range of my abilities and interest, and that contribute toward reaching my assigned goal, and that cover all goals.
  • I need to see that progress is being made toward the goals we have set.
  • I need to be kept informed. What I’m not up on, I may be down on. (Keeping me informed is one way to give me status as an individual.)
  • I need to have confidence in those who guide my efforts - confidence based upon an assurance of consistent fair treatment, or recognition when it is due, and trust that loyalty will bring increased security.