Volunteer Opportunities
Community Links Volunteer Program provides opportunities for children, youth, adults, seniors and families to become engaged in the community through a variety of volunteer opportunities. Volunteers are an integral component to the success of Community Links’ service delivery. Registered volunteers are interviewed and screened. A criminal records check, a child intervention check, a driver’s abstract and character references may be required depending on the volunteer opportunity.
Currently, Community Links has the following Volunteer Opportunities available; if you’re interested in any of our volunteer opportunities, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at 403-945-3924 or michelle@nrvcl.ab.ca
Board of Directors Recruitment
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Friendly Visiting
Purpose: Volunteers are matched, based on similar interests, with a senior to provide companionship through social and supportive visits at the senior’s home or in the community.
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Friendly Visitor Volunteer Position Description 2020
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
Purpose: The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) is for community members who meet criteria set out by the CRA (income threshold, simplicity of taxes, etc.). There is no cost to the community member to utilize this program.
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IncomCommunity Tax Volunteer Position Description
Office Support Position Description
Purpose: Volunteers help with various projects around the office such as preparing crafts for events, making phone calls on behalf of the agency, recycling, minor repairs, assembly of furniture, etc.
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Office Support Position Description
Senior Transportation – Calgary and Airdrie
Purpose: The program provides seniors with round trip, door to door transportation to medical appointments in Airdrie and Calgary. There is no cost to the senior for the ride. Volunteers use their own vehicle. These seniors are unable to access alternate sources of transportation.
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Volunteer Senior Transportation Driver Position Description 2020
Special Events
Purpose: Volunteers provide a wide variety of tasks at community events. Jobs may include greeting, parking direction, ticket taking, garbage/recycling removal, assistance with activities, etc.
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Special Events Volunteer Position Description
Lawn Angel Position
Purpose: The Lawn Angel program is a lawn mowing program for community members who reside in Airdrie and area that are not able to mow their own grass by themselves. There is no cost to the community member to utilize the program. This program provides mowing only and not gardening.
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Volunteer Lawn Angel Position Description
Snow Angel
Purpose: The Snow Angel program is a snow removal program for community members who reside in Airdrie and area that are not able to remove snow on their property by themselves. There is no cost to the community member to utilize the program.
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Volunteer Snow Angel Position Description
Toy Library
Purpose: Volunteers wash toys for Community Links in the Toy & Resource Library. They also assist with greeting community members, signing toys in and out and updating the list of resources.
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Toy Library Assistant Volunteer Position Description