Volunteering
The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) considers volunteers to be an essential part of the Centre.
There is a diverse range of volunteer opportunities, such as delivering meals to seniors and physically disabled adults, providing companionship to isolated seniors, assisting seniors in our Adult Day Program, helping young people with homework, participating in preschool drop-ins or supporting abused women in WOCRC’s Violence Against Women program.
These are just some of the many ways the support and enthusiasm of our volunteers allows the WOCRC to offer a wider variety of programs and services.
We have some urgent needs for volunteers (please see the sidebar at right), and encourage you to join our volunteer team today – volunteering can be an extremely rewarding personal experience that has a positive impact on your community!
We would like to thank the more than 200 volunteers who generously gave over 20,000 hours of their time this year to better our community. Your compassion, commitment and energy are sincerely appreciated. Thank you also to winners of the coveted Eva James Award over the years.
Attention All WOCRC Volunteers!
In compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) and the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, Ontario Regulation 429/07, the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) is mandated to ensure that all staff and services are responding to the needs of clients with disabilities.
The Accessibility Standard for Customer Service applies to all people or organizations in Ontario that provide goods or services and have one or more employees. It affects private, non-profit and public sectors.
In order to ensure WOCRC’s compliance with this legislation, all volunteers and staff are required to complete training on accessible customer service.
Please be advised that we will be asking all current and new volunteers to complete online or in-person training over the course of the summer and fall of 2012,. All training is to be completed before the end of 2012.
Should you have any questions, please contact Laine Johnson, Volunteer Resources Coordinator, at 613-591-3686 x 280, or johnson@wocrc.ca
WOCRC Accessibility Standard for Customer Service
Our ongoing Volunteer Opportunities include:
Services for Seniors & Adults with Physical Disabilities:
Ontario Early Years Centre – Carleton:
Children and Youth Programs:
Violence Against Women Services:
Other Opportunties:
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