Volunteering is great for:

•     Meeting new people

•     Developing and adding to your resume

•     Scholarship applications

•     Post-secondary applications

•     Building upon your experience and abilities

•     Learning new skills

•     A chance to give to your community

Steps to volunteering:

Define your interests – what do you like to do?

•     Read?

•     Play sports?

•     Play with kids?

•     Work with computers?

•     Hangout with friends?

What are your skills?

•     I am creative…

•     I can initiate and plan events…

•     I work well on a team…

•     I am great at problem solving…

•     I am a born leader…

What is your availability? What kind of commitment do you want to make? 40 hours may seem like a long time, but that is less than 2 full days a year over the course of 4 years of secondary school. You can decide to make a 1 hour a week commitment, 2 hours a month, 10 hours here and there, or a lifetime of commitment to something you enjoy that goes beyond 40 hours.