Use $500 to create your own volunteer opportunity
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| Organization Name: | Youth Empowering Parents |
| Address: | 82 Richmond Street Toronto ON M5C 1P1 |
| Website: | http://www.yepeducation.com/ |
| Organizational Description: | Our organization is a United Nations award-winning charity and our mission is to turn young people from 'educated' to 'educator.' We take the talents of young people and turn them into one-on-one tutors for other adults and seniors in their communities. For example, imagine a 15 year old teaching a 50 year old how to use Zoom to communicate with their family in another country, or a 16 year old teaching an adult who is new to Canada some basic English skills. |
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| Volunteer Opportunity Details | |
| Volunteer Opportunity ID: | 5942 |
| Description of Duties: | This program is an opportunity for you to gain leadership skills, run a project of your choosing, receive valuable experience for post-secondary applications, or get volunteer hours. This is open for youths ages 15-29 years old. Here's what you will do: Identify a need/issue in your community and organize a project that will address that need/issue. You will also receive a grant of up to $500 (or more, depending on your project details) to fund your project. You can run a basketball tournament to bring youth together and promote physical exercise, you can start a community library box to encourage reading, or you can do just about anything else you can think of. Check out this website to see more awesome community projects that you can do! (www.youthfund.ca/ideas) Learn from different skills training workshops for 1 week to help equip you with the necessary skills (e.g., project planning, budgeting, etc.) to organize and launch your idea. Then, attend a 1-on-1 coaching call with staff to give you support planning your project. After staff approval, receive micro-funding of up to $500 to fund and launch your project idea into reality. Program schedule: We currently have 2 ONLINE cohorts this summer. Please choose when you're available, and we'll get back to you. Please note that there may be a long waitlist, but we are actively getting back to everyone. Cohort 4: July 28-Aug 1, 12 PM - 3 PM EDT Cohort 5: Aug 11-15, 12 PM - 3 PM EDT |
| Skills Required: | No prior experience needed. We only ask for your commitment, organization, and passion. |
| Skills Gained/Related Careers: | Here's how you will benefit: - Develop project management skills - Gain volunteer hours - Get a certificate of recognition and reference letter - Learn and/or improve your skillset (like identifying community issues, budgeting, marketing, public speaking, evaluation) - A chance to make a positive difference in your community! |
| Age: | 16-17, 18-30 |
| Time Commitment: | Daytime |
| Location of volunteer opportunity: | Winnipeg - Assiniboine South - Downtown - Elmwood - Fort Garry - Inkster - Point Douglas - River East - River Heights - Seven Oaks - St. Boniface - St. James-Assiniboia - St. Vital - Transcona |
| Does opportunity require a criminal record check? | No |
| Does opportunity require a child abuse registry check? | No |
| Opportunity is available to candidates that: | Fulfilling volunteer hours for school credit |
| Organization will provide: | A letter of reference Certificate of recognition Training/Orientation |
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| Closing Date: | Aug 10, 2025 |
