We are looking for volunteers to deliver food parcels to our ‘Food 4 Thought’ program participants across Durham Region. Food 4 Thought delivers food to young pregnant mothers throughout Durham region. The time commitment is 1-2 hours every Tuesday, with pickup of parcels at our Ajax office at 12:00 pm. Deliveries are anywhere between Pickering and Bowmanville, but we will divide up routes to make it as short and efficient as possible. Teams will need to use a cell phone to call/text the recipient when they are on their way and when they arrive. Volunteers do not go into the recipients’ homes – they just deliver and allow the recipient to pick up their food parcel outside their door.

 Girls Inc. of Durham is the administrator of CPNP(Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program) for Durham Region known as 'Food 4 Thought'

·       Interacting with the public while providing great customer service. Merchandising and staging of furniture donations.

·       eCommerce: product research for price and key selling points, measure dimensions, photography, and minor touch up of items to support our new online platform.

·       Tasks may include customer service, product display, pricing, assembly, and repair

• Due to the physical nature of some of the tasks required, ReStore volunteers may be asked to lift heavy objects (bathroom fixtures, windows, doors, etc.)
• Assembling furniture and some restoration of various donations.
• Able to lift 10-20 pounds and be on your feet for several hours at a time.
• Volunteers are required to wear CSA approved green label safety shoes, some at store to borrow for volunteer shift

·       Come with a willingness to learn from experienced volunteers and staff and to work as part of a team. A positive attitude, enthusiasm, flexibility, and a sense of humour is always key! Tasks are not always glamorous, so be prepared to do a variety of things.

• Assisting in preparation of new garden beds
• Planting seeds & seedlings
• Assisting or facilitating community teaching events & student workshops
• Helping with crafts and interactive activities
• Occasional maintenance such as watering or tidying
• Some moving of soil (Volunteers will be notified in advance, and participation will be optional)

Assist with planning and executing upcoming fundraisers and other events.

Duties include:

Provide support to Event Coordinator by assisting with the planning of the event

Communicating with vendors and businesses through phone calls and/or emails

Use contact list to send out invitations

Track expenses and update budget accordingly

• Experience in reception, switchboard, or administrative support is an asset
• Background in customer service or working with the public
• Comfortable managing a high volume of phone calls in a professional and friendly manner
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Reliable, organized, and able to work well both independently and as part of a team

Girls Inc. of Durham is currently looking for Bingo volunteers!   Volunteers are needed for a 2-hour shift once a week at Delta Bingo and Gaming in Pickering. In exchange for volunteering, Delta generously supports Girls Inc. programs.   A single volunteer shift can raise enough funds to sponsor a girl to attend a life-changing Girls Inc. camp for FREE!   We are looking for individuals who are: -19+ -available during the day 

• Provide support to Outreach Coordinator and Fundraising Coordinator for event planning and outreach activities
• Working with the coordinators to help schedule volunteers for events and working with the foster coordinator to line up adoptable pets for events
• Work closely with Social Media Coordinator to advertise and promote events, along with summary of events after events are complete (including funds raised)
• Accountable for ensuring funds raised from events are submitted to TAGS administration in a timely manner
• Updating outreach documents on SharePoint on a regular basis 

This role will be responsible for the administration duties and operations for dog owner surrenders, which will require the candidate to be available both remote and in person at the TAGS base in Blackstock.  The time commitment for this position would be roughly 1-5 hours per week.  This is all dependent on the number of dogs being surrendered.  The successful candidate will be very good with people, highly organized with excellent time management skills and have a background in animal behavior or be highly driven to learn animal behavior.  Availability on Saturdays is a must, to complete Intake Assessments (with a trainer). 

The Social Media Volunteer is crucial to our program as it showcases all the animals we have for adoption as well as any fundraising or outreach events we have coming up.  The role is to create new, documented, Social Media guidelines for the Animal Guardian Society (TAGS) in an effort to maximize our audience reach and the effectiveness (views) of TAGS social media with the goal of increasing adoption applications.