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Organization Position Location Description
Entraide Bénévole Métro

Art Facilitator with Seniors- Art Expression

Entraide Bénévole Métro is a non profit organization that offers physical and emotional support to seniors experiencing temporary or permanent loss of autonomy within the downtown and Westmount area. Our involvement assists clients in maintaining their independence and remaining in their community through the work of our volunteers.

In addition to our primary services of friendly visits, grocery shopping, and medical or banking accompaniments, we offer an Art Expression program. We are actively looking for new facilitators with a background in the arts to do weekly individual sessions. The goal of the Art Expression program is to engage our clients in a mentally and physically stimulating activity. We ask for a minimum commitment of two months and a minimum volunteer time of two hours per week according to your schedule. If this is something that you think you would like to pursue, we would be happy to welcome you among our volunteers. All EBM volunteers receive an orientation, done in person or via video conference call.

To apply, please email ebmmetro@vif.com. We can also be reached at 514-939-9575 between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Website: https://ebmservices.org/

1801 de Maisonneuve ouest #750 Montréal, Qc H3H 1J9

Face à Face

Intervention Center Volunteer

Ville-Marie

Volunteers add the human touch to the health and social service network. Every year, Face à Face relies on over 120 volunteers who give their time, compassion, wisdom and skill to make our community better, healthier and stronger.
By being a part of our volunteer team, you would receive:
• Opportunities to apply academic theory to real situations and gain valuable experience
• Getting to know other volunteers and being part of a collective team effort
• Develop helping relation abilities
• Opportunities to conduct intervention work by reinforcing empowerment
• Ability to attend training sessions on various subjects involving mental health and addiction

Grace Dart Extended Care Centre

Assisting Recreation technician and residents during activities

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Accompanying and encouraging our senior residents to participate in the various planned activities. The Recreation program includes a variety of weekly activities, special events, excursions and holiday celebrations.

Grace Dart Extended Care Centre

Friendly Visitor

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Visiting with our senior residents who are unable to participate in activities, who are isolated or who don’t have family.

Happy Village International (HAVI)

Secretary to the Board of Directors

Main Role:

The secretary plays a critical role in communicating and assisting with the organization's
daily operations. In addition to managing and utilizing important records such as meeting
minutes and the organization’s bylaws.

Responsibilities:

1. Regularly attend board and staff meetings and document meeting minutes.
2. Communicates notice of any meetings and timely distribution of materials such as
meeting agenda and meeting minutes.
3. The secretary should know the organization’s records and related material, help and
resources to the board on governance issues, amendments to provincial and federal
laws, etc.
4. Responsible for maintaining accurate documentation and meeting any legal
requirements such as annual filing deadlines and other government documents.
5. The secretary has the right to vote to elect directors in partnership with the rest of
the Board of Directors. Duties may also change from time to time as the board may
assign them.
6. Play a leading role in the daily operations of all programs and fundraising activities.

Benefits:

- Opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause and positively impact the lives of
neurodivergent individuals and their families.
- Gain insight into charitable management and governance.
- Work closely with dedicated board members, other staff, and volunteers.

Innovation Youth

Tutor

Ville-Marie

One-on-one tutoring youth (aged 16-25) who are at different levels in high school in Mathematics, French, English and History alongside the Education Coordinator.

Innovation Youth

Community Kitchen Volunteer

Ville-Marie

Innovation Assistance is a food security program under our organization, Innovation Youth. Besides our bi-monthly Monday Solidarity Markets, we also host a volunteer-run community kitchen every Tuesday and Wednesday. We have two shifts available on both days, one from 10h-12h, and an afternoon shift from 13-15h.

Basic kitchen safety and training will be given for tasks that may include:

- Food transformation of overstock produce that will be sold at markets or distributed to the community
- Cooking specific recipes for Innovation Assistance's catering events
- Food prep (cleaning, cutting, and preserving produce)

Innovation Youth

Market Helper

Ville-Marie

Innovation Assistance hosts their Solidarity Markets each first and third Monday of the month during the fall and winter months (Oct 2022-April 2023). We welcome volunteers for the whole day starting from 11:00 until 18:00. Volunteers can come at any point during the market day, though we ask for at least two hours of commitment. Our clientele and staff are bilingual, but proficiency is not required for volunteers.

Tasks include:
- Unloading produce and setting up the market at St-Jax Church (11:00).
- Working in the kitchen to sort and clean produce.
- Aiding clients through the market shopping line as "vendors".
- Checking in clients and working the cash register with the aid of the market coordinators.
- Clean-up and take-down at the market's end (5:00).

Maison des Familles de Verdun

Donations Helper

Verdun

Help sort and organize donations

Native Friendship Centre of Montreal

Food Security Volunteer

Ville-Marie

Volunteers would assist with any/all aspects of our Food Security Program.

Native Friendship Centre of Montreal’s (NFCM) Food Security Program (FSP) serves two purposes for community development. Firstly, the program provides Montreal’s unhoused community with nutritious breakfasts and lunches within our Day Centre. Additionally, the program provides food for the Centre’s monthly dinners and weekly cultural nights.

The second objective of the FSP is to ensure access to healthy food baskets and frozen meals to low-income individuals and families who are precariously housed, to ensure that their dietary needs are met. The typical client profile is Indigenous families, Elders and individuals who are currently facing food insecurity in Montreal, however we do serve non-Indigenous persons as well. Additionally, we provide frozen meals to Indigenous students at Lasalle College in Downtown Montreal. NFCM is working closely with the Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK, Moisson Montréal, Santropol Roulant and other partner organizations to offer this service.

NFCM is currently initiating an Urban Agriculture project as part of the expansion of our Food Security programming. The rooftop food garden, located at 2001 Boul. Saint Laurent in Montreal, will serve two purposes. Firstly, the project will provide the program with fresh produce, which will be added to the daily meals in the Day Centre as well as the food baskets for community members. The second purpose of the project is to create culturally relevant educational activities for our community members, including traditional medicine workshops and agronomy classes. The rooftop garden will be built during the Spring of 2023 and will be in use by Summer of 2023. Once building is completed, the garden will be used in perpetuity to support the Food Security Program at Native Friendship Centre of Montreal.

KEY STATISTICS FROM 2022:

- Approximately 1,750 individuals benefit from the support offered by NFCM per year

- Approximately 10,775 breakfasts served per year (Mon-Fri)

- Approximately 21,550 hot meals served per year (Mon-Fri)

- Approximately 1,250 individuals will benefit from traditional foods per year

- Approximately 1,200 individuals will served during our monthly Community Feasts per year

- 1,200 frozen meals served to Indigenous students at Lasalle College per year

- 4,400 Lunch bags for street patrol per year

- Approximately 2,500 Food Baskets distributed per year

- Approximately 500 unique households receiving food baskets per year