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As a Friendly Visitor, you'll have the opportunity to connect with seniors in downtown Montreal and provide them with emotional support and companionship. By meetings with your senior match, you'll help reduce mutual feelings of isolation and loneliness while establishing a meaningful connection. A visit will take up to 2.5h a week.

Volunteer Responsibilities:
Coordinate weekly meetings with a senior member for companionship and support
Provide them with emotional support through active listening techniques
Monitor seniors well-being
Keep the coordinator informed of important updates related to volunteering
Complete monthly form to track progress and impact
Join YD workshops for skill-building and community-building.

Seniors who are not able to leave home for various reason (reduced mobility, injury, sickness, or extreme weather such as heat waves or icy sidewalks) but are in need of items from the grocery store or pharmacy, may request help. The Program Coordinator will arrange for an on-call volunteer to meet the senior member at their door to pick up the list of items needed and cash to pay for them.

When finished shopping volunteers will return to the home of the member to deliver the groceries/medication, receipts, and any change. Volunteers are encouraged to assist with unloading groceries and large items, and often are invited by seniors to stay and chat for a little while before leaving.

The goal of this service is to: (i) alleviate feelings of dread, stress, and/or anxiety that seniors living with reduced mobility may have related to travel outside the home; and (ii) allow seniors to remain in their home by helping to meet basic needs.

Our wellness groups are open to everyone of all ages and the French Literature group is a space for reading/sharing/discussing short stories and poems.

The French Literature Group meets every Thursday at 1:30-2:30pm. Each session, the group discusses a different French text each week, which is chosen and prepared by the volunteer. The volunteer is under the supervision of the Wellness Group coordinator.

The volunteer tasks would include:
Setup and cleanup
Prepare tea and snacks for participants
Lead discussions about different french texts
Select texts and prepare discussion questions for each session
Complete attendance form at the end of each session

As a grass-roots community organization that works with vulnerable populations, drawings / illustrations are an important tool in helping to tell our story.

All types of illustrators are welcome! Some guidelines will be provided in our BrandBook (colours, fonts, etc), but this is a chance for your creativity to shine. (All artists will be given credit when their work is used in print / social media).