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Be a volunteer, make a difference!

Join our team of volunteers to help make a difference in the lives of seniors in the community!

What does it mean to be a Community Aid volunteer?

You will be joining a team of 190+ passionate, committed, and compassionate volunteers who are essential in helping us offer our services so that seniors can continue to live in their own homes. Our volunteers play an important role in improving local seniors’ quality of life and each one provides valuable service to our organization and our community. We are always happy to welcome new volunteers who wish to join our team!

Volunteers serve in a number of our services, and they can be involved in more than one service. Volunteer according to your interests and availability!

“I am grateful for all that this community has done for me since arriving here, and giving back to the community through Meals on Wheels is my way of showing gratitude. It has also been therapeutic for me during the Covid pandemic to connect to people and feel the warmth of a smiling face when I am feeling sad and discouraged. To say nothing of the pleasure I get from driving in my car and listening to Sirius XM!”

-Meal Delivery volunteer

To become a volunteer, you must

Have an interest in serving the seniors in your community
Go through a screening process, including an application form and interview, a police check, and a reference check
Commit to following the health and safety guidelines that we have put in place
Friendly visits volunteers complete an additional interview to discuss interests and other elements that help to match them with a client

If you would like more information about volunteering with us, please do not hesitate to contact Leigh Hortop, Responsable for Services, at 819-821-4779, ext. 305 or at responsable@communityaid.ca.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities are available in a number of areas (click to learn more):

Meals-On-Wheels Kitchen Helper

In Lennoxville, volunteers can assist in two capacities. Each day, one volunteer helps the cook and assistant cook with meal preparation, serving the meals, and clean up in the kitchen. Another volunteer prepares and disinfects the delivery bags.

Availabilities for Lennoxville (Kitchen Helper): Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Availabilities for Lennoxville (Preparing delivery bags): Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

In Waterville, the kitchen helper helps the cook with meal preparation, serving the meals, and cleaning up the kitchen.

Availabilities for Waterville: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

In North Hatley, the kitchen helper helps the cook with meal preparation, serving the meals, and cleaning up the kitchen.

Availabilities for North Hatley: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Meals-On-Wheels Meal Delivery

Volunteers deliver hot noontime meals to clients’ homes. Volunteering for this service requires a car.

Availabilities for Lennoxville: Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Fridays from approximately 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Availabilities for Waterville: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Availabilities for North Hatley: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from approximately 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Escort-Transport

Volunteers accompany clients to medical, legal, and banking appointments. Volunteering for this service requires a car, and clients pay a small pre-established fee to cover expenses incurred with the use of the volunteer’s car.

Availabilities: Flexible, mostly during weekdays.

Friendly Visits

Volunteers offer social visits to seniors. Volunteers are there to provide a listening ear, to visit with, and/or to organize activities to do with the senior, according to the senior’s interests.

Availabilities: Volunteers must commit to one hour of visiting per week. Scheduling is flexible and set in agreement with the client.

Administrative Tasks

Volunteers are occasionally needed to assist with administrative duties (e.g. large mail outs, answering the phone, etc.).

Availabilities: Flexible, during business hours.

Grocery Shopping

Grocery service can be provided in 2 ways:

Either the clients provide their grocery order and a volunteer delivers it.

or

A volunteer accompanies the client to the grocery store and helps them bring everything back home.

Volunteering for this service requires a car.

Availabilities: Flexible, during weekdays.

Group Activities

Volunteers assist with exercise and social group activities (ex.: walking group, OPALS group, mens group), including helping the facilitator with the activity, socializing with participants, and assisting with room set up and clean up.

Availabilities: Varies, during weekdays.