Nominations are now open!

Dr. William Winegard Exemplary Volunteer Involvement Awards

Do you know an outstanding volunteer from the University of Guelph? Nominations are open for the 2012 Dr. William Winegard Exemplary Volunteer Involvement Awards, which recognize members of the university community who volunteer in Guelph and Wellington County.  

The Nomination Package, including the Rules and Regulations is available for download or you can submit a nomination online.  

For more information, click here.

The Wellington County Volunteer Appreciation Awards

The County of Wellington Volunteer Appreciation Awards recognizes and honours dedicated volunteers who give freely of their time to contribute to the growth of local community benefit organizations in Wellington County. The recipients of these awards demonstrate generosity of time and inspire others to make a difference in our community, making Wellington County a more enjoyable place to live, work and play. 

The Nomination Package, including the Rules and Regulations is available for download or you can submit a nomination online. 

For more information, click here. 

The Volunteer Centres of Guelph-Wellington, Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge-North Dumfries are pleased to present a regional training service designed for staff and volunteers at local community benefit organizations.  

The Waterloo-Wellington Learning Alliance is a partnership of the Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington, the Volunteer Action Centre of Kitchener-Waterloo & Area, and United Way of Cambridge and North Dumfries - Volunteer Cambridge.  It is an Education and Training service for community benefit organizations in the Region of Waterloo and Wellington County.  This service brings game-changing training and consultation to community benefit organizations in board governance, senior leadership and management of volunteers.

We are very excited about our role in serving you - the passionate and skilled people who work and volunteer in our sector!  Click here for the official partnership announcement.

Questions? Click here for our FAQs.

Interested in our learning more about our training opportunities?  Click here to view our Winter-Spring 2012 Training Calendar (includes registration information.)

Please note that registration for the Winter-Spring line-up will commence on January 2, 2012.

Launch of YouthEngaged.ca website

We are please to announce that our new website, www.youthengaged.ca, is now live! This website is a new and exciting resource for high school students who are looking to get involved in social initiatives or earn community service hours for the 40 hour requirement for graduation. 

This year we will be running a 5-10-20 campaign, where students will be able to select volunteer opportunities based on how many hours they'd like to put in - 5 hours, 10 hours, or 20 hours. We've also created step-by-step guides for students who are interested in creating their own community service projects based on their interests, skills, and passions. 

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We provide resources and leadership to enable the development of people and organizations.   

• we link volunteers with volunteer opportunities
• we work to establish and maintain relationships with community organizations, groups, individuals and businesses which use volunteers or are interested in volunteerism
• we develop and provide programs, resources, learning and training opportunities for volunteers and organizations to increase their capacity to manage their volunteer activities 
• we work to increase awareness and recognize the importance of volunteers and volunteerism and partner with community organizations to promote volunteerism throughout our service area