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Looking for Volunteers?

About Volunteers

Volunteers are individuals who are willing to work with others to perform a necessary task. They are human beings with human needs, goals, attitudes, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Since volunteers will be the basic resource that you will be using in supporting your special event, it will be to your advantage to get to know each of them.

Generally, volunteers will do precisely what they want to do: no more, no less. It is up to you to convince them that the assignment you have selected for them is both needed and appropriate. Volunteers don't like to be underutilized, and tend to disappear when kept sitting on the sidelines for a significant length of time. They will work for long hours under the worst conditions as long as they can see the need for it. Most will do anything you ask as long as they're treated properly.

Your volunteers will stay members of your organization if you make a dedicated effort to ensure that:

• Your training process is tailored specifically to the needs of your organization and the individuals who comprise it. Your volunteers have skills that they are bringing to your special event, but increasing those skills and educating your volunteers in new skills will probably keep them interested.
• You provide timely information to your volunteers. Keep them informed of activities as a group.
• You should be someone your members can turn to for assistance on group-related matters.
• You may wish to implement your own system of showing appreciation, recognition and rewarding of members for their services. Awarding certificates or having special occasions such as dinners are an excellent way to reward your volunteers for a job well done.

Why Use This Service

Youth volunteers have a variety of reasons to volunteer; to utilize their skills, explore career options, to participate in social awareness initiatives, and to complete high school curriculum requirements. Adult volunteers know that experience matters and volunteering provides opportunities to use valuable skills, to give back to their communities, and to assist others.

Who To Contact

Heather Corrizzato - Administrative Assistant
E-mail: chamber@iaw.on.ca Phone: (905)732-7515
Fax: (905)732-7175

When To Contact

When the organization running the special event has the ability to pinpoint approximately how many volunteers they will be needing, and what type of skills the volunteers will need to possess, The Welland Pelham Chamber of Commerce will post volunteer openings on the website. Applicants who apply will be selected according to their specific skill set.

Volunteer applications can be found on the Welland Pelham Chamber of Commerce website, as well as, at the Chamber of Commerce office; Located at 32 East Main Street in Welland, ON.