January 2008 E-bulletin

FEATURE ARTICLE
Volunteer Manitoba - New Faces, New Places
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Recipient of the HSBC Business Awards (2007)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nomination Forms now available for Volunteer Manitoba's 25th Annual Volunteer Awards Dinner
Linda Graff, International Volunteer Management Expert, coming to Wpg
Toolkit: Creating Opportunities for Homeless Youth

FEATURE ARTICLE

Volunteer Manitoba - New Faces, New Places
by: Tracy Douglass, Community Outreach Coordinator, Volunteer Manitoba

Here are highlights of what's new at Volunteer Manitoba for 2008!

New Faces:

Volunteer Manitoba welcomes Anneli Rosteski as the new MYVOP Coordinator. Staff, volunteers, and partners of Volunteer Manitoba and MYVOP wish Lee Anderson all the best as she leaves MYVOP and begins her retirement.

Anneli has worked in community and economic development for over a decade and has a diploma in Rural Development. Some highlights of her past experiences include working with Community Development Corporation, Community Futures Partners of Manitoba, owning her own consulting company through which she coordinated a housing and homelessness project in St. Vital and in collaboration with Argyle Alternative High School, developed a video titled "Pockets of Poverty, Housing and Homelessness in St. Vital". Locally she has worked with a focus on international development issues developing curriculum with the Canadian Food Grains Bank and Sisler High School on Food and Hunger which was recommended for S1 – S4 Social Studies curriculum. She has worked with the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation on a human security project following 9-11 and coordinated a northern youth conference. We are excited and pleased that Anneli will lead MYVOP into its next phase. Congratulations to Lee for working tirelessly to create and develop MYVOP into the high-quality web site and program that it is today. All the best to Anneli and to Lee as they both begin another exciting chapter in their lives.

To learn more about MYVOP visit their web site: www.myvop.ca

Terry Hoover joins our group of facilitators and is ready to facilitate your next strategic planning session. With Terry facilitating your planning sessions, you and your group can concentrate on planning while Terry concentrates on the group dynamics and ensures everyone has input. He brings a wealth of experience in the non-profit sector, government programs, facilitation, and long-term planning.

New Places:

Volunteer Manitoba continues to reach different communities across Manitoba.

Distance Education - We have created our first Distance Education course: Program Planning & Evaluation. This course is available to anyone with access to a mailbox and is completed in the comfort and convenience of your home. You communicate with the instructor either by mail, phone or email with no classroom attendance required. This course can be transferred into Red River College's Volunteer Management Certificate Program. For more information visit our web site...