Overview & Impact: The Georgian Triangle Humane Society (GTHS) seeks passionate, driven volunteers to play a vital role in supporting our ambitious capital campaign. Volunteers will specialize in one of four fundraising areas: Family Foundations, Corporate Giving, Major Donors, or Community Gifts. These roles involve identifying, qualifying, and engaging potential supporters to help GTHS achieve its fundraising goals for the Regional Centre for Pets and People, which will significantly impact animal welfare in our community and region.
Position Summary: Reporting to the Associate Director, the Legacy Leader: Capital Campaign Fundraising Volunteer is a high-impact role that requires commitment, resourcefulness, and resilience. The Associate Director will provide comprehensive training, ongoing support, and resources to empower volunteers in this rewarding journey to raise funds for our new facility. Volunteers will work remotely and/or local to the Georgian Triangle area.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Core Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Associate Director to develop a strategic approach to your designated fundraising area
- Research and build a prospect list of individuals, organizations, or entities aligned with your focus area
- Qualify prospects through initial outreach and engagement, determining their interest and capacity to give
- Assist in crafting personalized approaches to solicit contributions, including emails, letters and in-person meetings
- Maintain accurate records of outreach efforts, progress and outcomes.
- Participate in training sessions, strategy discussions and regular check-ins to refine approaches and stay motivated
- Serve as an ambassador for GTHS, passionately articulating the impact of the capital campaign
Specific Role Descriptions (based on selected area of focus)
1. Family Foundations Volunteer
Focus on engaging family foundations with a history of supporting animal welfare, community development, or local causes
- Research and identify family foundations with a philanthropic focus that aligns with GTHS’s mission
- Build connections with foundation representatives and prepare compelling proposals highlighting the campaign’s impact
- Assist in coordinating meetings or presentations to secure commitments
2. Corporate Giving Volunteer
Engage corporate partners to secure sponsorships and significant contributions
- Identify businesses and corporations within the Georgian Triangle and beyond that may have an interest in supporting GTHS
- Develop creative strategies to align corporate giving goals with campaign objectives, including sponsorship opportunities and naming rights
- Build relationships with decision-makers, HR leads and corporate social responsibility (CSR) representatives
3. Major Donors Volunteer
Focus on cultivating relationships with high-net-worth individuals passionate about animal welfare and/or community development
- Research potential major donors with a history of philanthropy in the region or related causes
- Work with GTHS leadership to personalize outreach, highlighting donor recognition opportunities
- Assist in coordinating one-on-one meetings or events to inspire significant gifts
4. Community Gifts Volunteer
Encourage grassroots contributions from the community, fostering broad-based support
- Develop strategies to engage local groups, clubs, schools and individual community members
- Create and support community-driven initiatives, like peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns or local events
- Help manage outreach efforts through social media, community newsletters and public engagement opportunities
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 18 years of age minimum
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to research, organize and track donor prospects effectively
- Enthusiasm for relationship-building and storytelling
- Resilience and optimism to navigate challenges and celebrate wins
- Embodies the organization’s values and has a genuine interest in the welfare of animals
- Own transportation, laptop and cell phone
Working Conditions:
- Thorough training and orientation to prepare you for success
- Personalized support from the Associate Director
- Access to templates, tools, and resources for outreach and solicitation
- Opportunities to contribute directly to a meaningful and impactful campaign
Ready to Take on the Challenge?
Join us in transforming the future of animal welfare in the region. While this role demands dedication and hard work, it offers the chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of animals and the community.
Apply today to start your journey as a Capital Campaign Fundraising Volunteer!
Brad’s Place Addiction Treatment of Southern Georgian Bay is seeking to fill the volunteer positions within the Board of Direcotrs. These positions include:
- Secretary
- Marketing and Communications Director
- Quality Assurance and Privacy Officer
- Fundraising Director
- Volunteer Coordinator
Brad’s Place Addiction Treatment of Southern Georgian Bay is a not for profit, charitable organization that strives to support youth and young adults struggling with substance abuse and addiction that want to obtain a positive lifestyle by decreasing their need for drugs and increasing positive coping strategies through personalized counselling services.
Vision:
Brad’s Place provides a client centered approach to addiction counselling for teenagers and young adults struggling to live sober, healthy lifestyles under the guidance and support of their family members and positive supports.
Mission Statement:
Brad's Place offers a therapeutic approach to a sober, healthy lifestyle for teenagers and young adults through offering empathetic personal and group counselling from honest, reliable, skilled counsellors within Simcoe County.
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce is seeking community-minded individuals wishing to volunteer their time as Board of Directors Members or to assist at our promotional or fundraising events as Volunteer Members.
Kids Help Phone’s texting service is the only free, 24/7 bilingual text line for people in Canada. The service is delivered by trained, volunteer crisis responders who work remotely.
We are recruiting overnight and or bilingual crisis responders who will answer texts from young people looking for support in both English AND French.
The volunteer position will be remote, meaning that you can participate from anywhere in Canada as long you have a strong, reliable internet connection!
Our volunteers need to be enthusiastic about helping people!
You can be a professional, student, teacher, retiree, or anybody else with a willingness to learn how to support people over text.
The role of a crisis responder is to bring texters from a “hot” moment to a cool calm one, and to help them come up with a plan to stay healthy and safe.
Crisis responders are trained to do this using active listening and collaborative problem-solving.
- Provide weekly companionship to client of Breaking Down Barriers.
- Assist with activities like arts & crafts, cooking, scrapbooking, weaving and Friendship Café
- Meet for conversation, maybe go for an outing and just be a friendly face to someone who may otherwise be isolated.
• the development of our vertical files
• research topics for upcoming exhibits
• assist visiting researchers with their searches
The research volunteer will be provided training on the existing resources and how to use databases and on-line resources. We seek a weekly commitment of a minimum of 2-3 hours any day of the week or Wednesday evening.
The collections volunteer will assist with all or some of these tasks
• creating on a computer finding aids for subjects
• photographing or scanning artifacts
• working on special programmes related to research/geneology/history
• researching artifacts
The collections volunteer will be provided training on the existing resources and how to use databases and on-line resources. We seek a bi-weekly or weekly commitment of a minimum of 2-3 hours Wednesday afternoon/evening.
The board will continuously monitor the organization’s programs and activities to be sure they are aligned with the mission to achieve short-term goals and long-term purpose. They will exercise fiduciary responsibility to obtain and appropriately use resources required to carry out the organization’s mission.
We do ask volunteers to try and commit to a period of time on a regular basis (e.g. a particular morning/evening every week or every other week) as it makes it easier for scheduling and also keeps the volunteer familiar to the animals they are caring for. With the dogs, this makes a big difference. We have some dogs that are with us for a while before finding a forever home so we try to have them handled by people they know as much as possible.
Occasional research into related issues.
Volunteer Tax Preparers will help people in Grey Bruce to file their taxes.
Grey Bruce Community Volunteer Income Tax Program provides volunteers in locations all across Grey and Bruce County. Volunteers will be need to be matched (and affiliated) with a local CVITP community organization.
Please find the locations for local Grey Bruce CVITP community organizations here: https://brucegrey.cioc.ca/record/GRE0364?Number=0
Volunteers may have different roles as Tax Preparers depending on their level of skill and/or interest. Volunteer tax preparer may volunteer at in-person or virtual clinics; or file individually online. In some cases, individuals can work from their homes with a Coordinator who drops off and pickups paperwork for filing.
For a detailed description of the job description go here: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/campaigns/cvitp-taxes-volunteers.html
Or you can speak directly with a local Grey Bruce CVITP community organization to learn more about the work. Each
The Events and Fundraising Director will initiate and manage the Club's events.
Essential Elements:
- Plan, organize and run events inlcuding AGM & Christmas Potlock, End 2 End weekend, trivia nights, Travel adventures, Christmas tree sales, galas, garage sales and online auctions etc
- Liase with the Volunteer Coordinator to build your team and organize volunteer appreciation events
- Liase with the Communications Team to publicize events
- Work with Club Treasurer to report results to the Board
- Connect with the BTC fundraising team and it's peers at sister clubs to exchange ideas/learn best practices
Other:
- Review the Volunteer Orientation Handbook including the Volunteer Pledge, sign BTC Confidentiality Agreement
- Take advantage of the Fundraising Toolkit, avaialble on BTC website
It is helpful to have:
- Some experience in event planning and/or fundraising
- People, organizational, computer and communication skills
Across the country, the Gutsy Walk is made possible due to the time and talents shared by thousands of volunteers in their communities. With a collective goal to deliver our mission of finding a cure for Crohn's and colitis, we are greatly appreciative and thankful for our volunteers who have continuously led the Gutsy Walk to success each year.
As a Gutsy Walk Planning Committee Member, you’ll be working closely with a team of other volunteers to plan and promote your local Gutsy Walk. Your efforts in connecting and engaging your community—whatever your volunteer role with Gutsy Walk—will make a big impact in raising awareness about IBD and finding cures.
In particular, we’re looking for volunteers to support their local Gutsy Walk in the following ways:
- Community Outreach –inspire people to sign up and participate in the local Gutsy Walk
- Media Relations –connect with local media outlets to promote the Gutsy Walk
- Social Media –raise awareness about IBD and the Gutsy Walk through social media
- Fundraising –organize exciting fundraisers in your community
- Corporate Sponsorship –engage with local businesses to promote donations of sponsorship and gifts in kind
- Stewardship –build relationships with Gutsy Walk participants and encourage engagement
https://ontariospca.ca/animalsmart/
As a Humane Education Volunteer Team Member, you would deliver presentations (60-75 minutes in length) primarily to local schools. The content for presentations will cover the Ontario SPCA mission and reflect humane education`s goal to inspire compassion, empathy, and respect for all animals, inspiring a connection with animals.
AnimalSmart™ presentations take a student-centred approach, aiming to foster meaningful conversations about animals through discussions, videos, and activities with curriculum connections.
Previous teaching, presenting or experience working in a school setting would be an asset.
-Have good working knowledge of PowerPoint, Google Classroom, and other presentation software.
-Ability to clearly communicate instructions to students.
-Must provide a clear Criminal and Judicial Matters Check.
-A vehicle in good working order will be required for this role.
-Must reside within our Animal Centre communities (York, Durham, Barrie, Lennox & Addington, Leeds & Grenville, Midland, Muskoka, Orangeville, Orillia, Renfrew County, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, & Sudbury.
-Must be able to provide daytime availability (during school hours).
-Must be available to deliver 4 presentations a month.
-Access to a personal tech device on a secure Wi-Fi network.
- Assist the president to prepare, ciculate and implement the agenda, manage meetings
- Document and store electronically the minutes of Board meetings in Google Drive
- Arrange locations ad ensure proper booking of facilities for Club meetings and events
- Communicate to BTC meeting minutes, Board member contact information, and respond to requests for information from Board members and membership
- Other duties as assigned
- Assist the president to prepare, ciculate and implement the agenda, manage meetings
- Document and store electronically the minutes of Board meetings in Google Drive
- Arrange locations ad ensure proper booking of facilities for Club meetings and events
- Communicate to BTC meeting minutes, Board member contact information, and respond to requests for information from Board members and membership
- other duties as assigned