Volunteering in Sarnia-Lambton
VOLUNTEERING: A Great Way To Grow
Are you available for an hour on Saturday afternoons? Do you enjoy working with Seniors? Join us! We would love to welcome you to the Fairwinds Lodge Volunteer Team! Contact tina.debakker@siennaliving.ca for more information.
Volunteers needed for Juke Box Challenge held each March. We need outgoing, proactive and organized volunteers to join our committee, help plan & work on the night of the event. Don’t want a long term commitment? That’s okay because we need many “night of” volunteers. If this interests you, please give us a call or send us an email. There may also be other times of the year when you could help. Let’s talk and explore possibilities.
The In-School Mentoring program is a fun- based Mentoring Program that matches a caring adult volunteer on a one to one basis with a child at a local elementary school. For one hour a week mentors with their mentees engage in fun activities such as board games, crafts or just hanging out on the playground. All activities take place on school grounds during school hours. The children in the program benefit from the extra attention and friendship that an adult mentor can provide.
The Big Sister Mentoring Program provides girls with a positive female role model and friend to talk to and share the experiences of growing up with. Through regular outings, 3 to 4 hours a week, a relationship is developed between mentor and mentee that is built on trust and common interests and is supported by an experienced Caseworker. The result is a life changing experience for both the mentor and mentee that is built on trust and common interests and is supported by an experienced Caseworker. This program promotes the importance of staying in school and healthy relationships with family and peers while teaching trust, independent thinking and self confidence in order to make healthy decisions, all while having fun.
There are many volunteer placements. You may be interested in helping with one or more of the following:
Portering: Assisting physically impaired residents to and from activities.
Recreation Assistant: Providing assistance with resident recreational programs, such as games, outings, special events.
Walks: Provide the opportunity for a resident to get outdoors by assisting them in a wheelchair for a walk around the block.
Cafe Server: Our Cafe is now open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 pm to 3:30pm and we require a Volunteer to serve a home made dessert with tea and coffee to the Cafe customers, take payment and tidy up after.
Bingo Caller: Provide interested residents with an evening game of Bingo, Mondays and Thursdays at 6:15 pm in our Rest Home, usually lasts until 8:00 pm.
Bingo Helper: Escort interested residents from our Nursing Home to the evening game of Bingo. You would help the residents play and make sure they get back home safe and sound
Reading Program: Read to residents who have requested the service.
Dining Assistant: Help clear and clean tables after lunch in dining rooms; prepare the tables and pour juices for dinner.
Feeding: Aid nursing staff in feeding residents that require assistance at mealtimes.
Maintenance: Help maintain outside grounds by collecting garbage, picking weeds, washing first floor windows, raking leaves.
Laundry Support: Provide help to the laundry staff (i.e. folding towels).
Music Therapy: Provide entertainment to a group of residents either through a musical instrument or voice.
Palliative Care: Provide comfort and support to our residents if no family member can be there during the resident’s time of need.
Pet Therapy: Provide resident interaction with your pet. All pets need to be St. John’s Ambulance certified.
Hobbyist: Whatever it is you like to do, there are residents who would get enjoyment from your passions.
Looking for volunteers to help residents go to bingo from our Nursing Home to our Rest Home. Bingo is on Monday and Thursday evenings, from 6:00 to 8:00.
Looking for Volunteers to help with our activities that we provide for our residents. The volunteer will help bring the resident to the activity and then help the resident back to their room after. All volunteers must be Police Checked with a Vulnerable sector check and TB tested.
Vision is looking for volunteers who speak more languages besides English, to converse with our residents in their native language. All Volunteers must be police checked including a vulnerable sector check and TB tested.
A community Friend is a volunteer who provides support to children and adults. Each child or adult is paired with a volunteer who shares the same interests. Parent/caregiver receive a short break while their son/daughter enjoys a community based activity with the volunteer.
Volunteers are needed as mentors to children in our community. There are a number of children waiting for the special friendship and positive role model that a mentor offers. Volunteers are required to be a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a Big Bunch Mentor a Couple Match or an In-School Mentor.
Big Brother Mentors are men of good character, who share three to four hours a week in a mutually enjoyable activity with a boy aged 5 to 18 years who could benefit from a positive male influence and friendship. Outing times are flexible each week which appeals to many different men whose free time varies each week. Planning Outings is easy because you share your interests with a boy. Great care is taken in matching Big and Little Brothers to ensure that they are compatible and share common interests.