Klinic Community Health looking for volunteers to welcome visitors
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Wanted: thoughtful and friendly people with open minds.
Klinic Community Health on Sherbrook Street, which provides a range of services from medical care to counselling and education, is searching for volunteers to welcome visitors.
Volunteer co-ordinator Curt Sparkes says he looks for kind, warm, non-judgmental people who are open to learning and comfortable asking for help when they need it.
“You don’t need any formal education or past experience,” he says. “You just need to be flexible and curious and grounded.”
Rooted in social justice values, Klinic promotes health and quality of life for people of every age, background, ethnicity, gender identity and socio-economic circumstance.
Klinic stands for pro-choice, anti-oppressive, feminist and trauma-informed values, and so do the organization’s volunteers.
“We need them to project those values of openness and acceptance and celebrating diversity,” Sparkes says.
Volunteer opportunities
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg is looking for volunteer mentors for their Big Brother and Ototema Programs. With training and professional support, mentors form strong positive developmental relationships with their mentees, while also learning new things, increase their community and city connection, all while getting to be a kid again. For more information, please visit: www.bigwinnipeg.com. Deadline Dec 31, 2023.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg is looking for volunteer mentors for their Big Brother and Ototema Programs. With training and professional support, mentors form strong positive developmental relationships with their mentees, while also learning new things, increase their community and city connection, all while getting to be a kid again. For more information, please visit: www.bigwinnipeg.com. Deadline Dec 31, 2023.
• Misericordia Health Centre is seeking enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers for “My Music” program. Volunteers support residents by spending time with them and mediating the set-up to listen to personalized tunes. Shifts commitment is one evening per week, Mon-Sunday 5:30-8pm. To get involved feel free to email volunteer@misericordia.mb.ca or call 204.788.8134. You may also apply directly at: misericordia.mb.ca/volunteer. Deadline Sept. 1, 2023.
• CreativeMornings Winnipeg is seeking a Social Media Maestro, a creative powerhouse with a passion for engaging communities. Your mission: to bring their CreativeMornings brand to life through their social media channels. Please contact CreativeMornings Winnipeg at winnipeg@creativemornings.com to get started! Deadline is July 31, 2023.
• Manitoba Theatre for Young People is seeking Board members for the term commencing November 2023. An MTYP Board Director is a volunteer role and includes a commitment of approximately 5 hours per month. If you would like to join a vibrant and committed Board excited about supporting theatre for young people, fill out the application form online. Applications are being accepted until August 31, 2023.
• Klinic Community Health is looking for new people to join their Welcome Volunteer program! Welcome Volunteers play the important role of welcoming clients and community members into their space at 167 Sherbrook, keeping their front reception area organized and comfortable, and helping to ensure that Klinic staff and their visitors are following proper steps to keep their community healthy and safe. Applicants can find a full job description and fill out an application form on Klinic’s webpage, or by contacting the Volunteer Program Coordinator Curt Sparkes at 204 784 4006. Get in touch by July 31st to join their training group in early August!
• The Manitoba Band Association is looking for a Communications Assistant to help manage their social media accounts, e-newsletter and provide updates to their website. If you can dedicate your skills and time for approximately 2 hours a week in this flexible and remote role, they’d love to hear from you! For more information or to apply, please contact Kasia James at executivedirector@mbband.org. Deadline is July 21, 2023.
• Prairie Strides is seeking enthusiastic volunteers for their fall program at West Wind Stables. They have a place for you if you’re available on Monday nights. No horse experience is needed, and they provide training for all roles. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved from leading and sidewalking to barn help, instructors, therapists, board members, and fundraising committee members. The program runs for just 1.5 hours a week for ten weeks, making it a rewarding and manageable commitment. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older. Don’t miss this chance to be part of something truly special. Apply before July 28th, 2023 at this link or contact them at exedir@prairiestrides.com or 204-925-5905 for more information. Join them today and help create unforgettable moments for these incredible children!
• Heartwood Healing Centre is looking for volunteers to join their Board of Directors! Heartwood provides therapeutic services to adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. They are looking for dynamic, passionate people who want to make a difference in their community. They are seeking diverse perspectives and believe Board membership should reflect the people they are here to serve. If this opportunity sounds like a good fit for you, follow this link. Deadline is July 28, 2023.
• Oyate Tipi Cumini Yape requires volunteers for their board of directors. They utilize a consensus-based decision-making model and upholds the organization’s values and mission. Previous board experience is preferred, as well as a working knowledge of non-profit organizations. Indigenous community members are particularly encouraged to apply. The position requires a monthly commitment of 2 hours in the evening, with an annual AGM attendance. This opportunity provides valuable experience working with a governance board of directors and collaborating with the Executive Director and other board members to ensure the organization’s mission, vision, and values are upheld. To apply, email: volunteer@oyatetipi.com or online. Deadline is September 1, 2023
• The Canadian Red Cross seeks volunteers. Phone 1-844-818-2155, email volunteer@redcross.ca , or visit their website.
Klinic offers a number of services, including a transgender health clinic, drop-in sexually transmitted infection clinic, trauma therapy and counselling for people who have experienced family violence.
With all of these services, Sparkes says, there is the potential for people to show up nervous or anxious; some may feel shame.
“That’s a big opportunity I see for the welcome volunteers,” he says. “The welcome volunteer can look them in the eye, greet them and make them feel recognized and supported and welcomed into our space.”
Bev Duthoit says becoming a welcome volunteer has been a good way to meet people while working alongside a great team of professionals.
“I enjoy learning about the social issues in our city and what’s out there to help people,” Duthoit says. “There’s so much need in our city and Klinic has so much to offer.”
The 62-year-old St. Boniface resident retired in 2017 after a three-decade career with MTS. She signed up to volunteer in April 2022 because she was tired of sitting at home during the pandemic.
“I did a little bit of research on their organization and I really liked that they are involved with helping different community members,” Duthoit says. “It all seemed to me like a positive environment, plus it was something different for me.”
By volunteering at Klinic, Duthoit says she has come to understand she grew up with privilege and has gained insight into some of the challenges faced by some Winnipeggers.
“There’s not a shift that goes by where I don’t learn something new,” says the grandmother of two. “I can’t say enough positive things about how Klinic is organized and the services they provide.”
Since welcome volunteers are the first people visitors meet when they arrive at Klinic, English language skills and communications skills are especially important, Sparkes says.
Extra languages and knowledge of different cultures is an asset, as well as experience living in West Broadway.
Welcome volunteers spend a lot of time on their feet, and should be comfortable approaching and speaking to new people.
Sparkes invites people who are interested in being welcome volunteers to email volunteerintake@klinic.mb.ca, phone 204-784-4006, apply in person at 167 Sherbrook St., or fill out an application at klinic.mb.ca/welcome-volunteers.
If you know a special volunteer, please contact aaron.epp@gmail.com.
Aaron Epp reports on business for the Free Press. After freelancing for the paper for a decade, he joined the staff full-time in 2024. He was previously the associate editor at Canadian Mennonite. Read more about Aaron.
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