Volunteering creates a lasting legacy that transforms the lives of the people who volunteer and the people that benefit. To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Canada, we invite all Canadians to give 150 hours of your time during 2017 and give back to your community and your country by making a difference in people’s lives.
Last night, Dipesh Parmar was awarded the PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO Communities Award, a national award, for his community contributions including his volunteer work at Pillar Nonprofit Network.
We are excited to welcome two new volunteers to the Pillar team! Sara and Ruiqi will be supporting VERGE and Innovation Works.
Meet Sara Dhurjon:
Pillar Nonprofit Network championed the Ontario-wide ChangeTheWorld Youth Volunteer Challenge for the 2016 campaign, which ran from April 10th-May23rd. The local goals for the campaign were 2200 youth completing 6600 hours.
As people enter into retirement or transition in their lifecycle, many seek new options to engage in their communities and to maintain, grow or develop new skills. Volunteering is increasingly espoused as a retirement planning option, for it provides people with opportunities to stay active, learn, share and leave a legacy for future generations.
Create 100% FREE online volunteer signup sheets. No ads, no spam. By volunteers, for volunteers. Can be used for tracking volunteer hours as well.
In January we will welcome two new interns from the Media, Information and Technoculture (MIT) program. Welcome to the team Burke and Kelly!
Meet Burke Dorman:
Read David Billson's musings about his experience on Pillar's Board of Directors. "I’m a better community member, better human being, better company manager and stronger strategic thinker precisely because of the time I spent in that volunteer chair."
Pillar's call for Directors closes December 18th.
We are grateful to welcome these extraordinary volunteers to the Pillar Nonprofit Network team. Greg and Usha are both helping us to stay on top of our data entry and research, Bianca and Sarah are promoting our members on social media, Abdulla is involved in the VERGE program, Arash will be assisting with London's first Community Bond and Karen is signing up tenants for Innovation Works.
