National Volunteer Week,

 

April 14 – 20, 2024

 

Every Moment Matters!

 

Let’s celebrate our individual and collective actions in creating a strong, interconnected, and vibrant community! Volunteering brings us together, strengthening the fabric of our community by sharing our time, talent and energy to support one another.

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The National Volunteer Week theme for 2024 is “Every Moment Matters” – highlighting the important contributions of volunteers in Canada; recognizing and celebrating the 24 million volunteers in Canada during National Volunteer Week from April 14-20, 2024. This recognition week is a great time to reflect on the exceptional impacts volunteers have on communities and the nonprofit sector as a whole. This reveals the importance of volunteering to the strength and vibrancy of our communities through the interconnected actions we take to support one another.  Those diverse forms of sharing our time, talent and energy strengthen the fabric of our community.

 

Through volunteering we experience our interconnectedness, making our lives more meaningful. Getting involved in various ways, we find friendship, develop trust, and link our relationships.  Threading these connections, we come to belong as we contribute towards the same goals.

 

Like each individual thread makes weaving stronger, every volunteer’s experience, perspective, and abilities add to our collective resilience.  Woven together from coast to coast to coast, volunteering reinforces our ability to grow, thrive, and create change within our community, province, and country.

 

Knowing our volunteer contributions are valued and meaningful creates a greater sense of purpose and dedication.  From helping build a home, cleaning up a park, or coaching a sports team to cooking for an ill friend, checking in on a neighbour, or helping a stranger cross the street, each action we take impacts our community’s overall wellness, now and for future generations.

 

During National Volunteer Week 2024, we celebrate our collective impact through our kindness, generosity and commitment to volunteering; Every Moment Matters!

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If you would like to become a volunteer with RISE, please fill out this application form and email it to our office.