Each year on National Volunteer Week, ECVO celebrates those unsung heroes who are the heart and soul of our communities.
Volunteers are all around us: at the mall, in our parks, in our schools, our workplaces, our neighbourhoods. Often unnoticed, rarely recognized, volunteers do what they do because they love the people and places around them.
Thankfully, National Volunteer Week comes around once each year to remind us all to stop and think about those who give up their time and energy to make the world a better place. Just take a look at the #yegvolunteers Twitter hashtag over the last week to see where volunteers have struck a chord throughout our city.
Earlier this week, we took to Twitter this week with a simple question: why do you volunteer?
And we received some really wonderful responses.
Because this wagon only rolls along if we all take turns pulling for each other. #NVW2018 #yegvolunteers https://t.co/YX0WnPJ23F
— Hannah Barrington (@HanBarrington) April 18, 2018
We are responsible to one another – that means time, energy and caring, I can’t find a better way to share these things than volunteering! #yegvolunteers #nvw2018 https://t.co/kK59rV7VIe
— Grant Fedoruk (@LeadingEdgePT) April 18, 2018
Thank you to everybody who let us know what lights their volunteer fire! Rest assured, even though National Volunteer Week is over, we won’t stop celebrating volunteers any time soon.
Equally exciting during National Volunteer Week is the opportunity to inspire new volunteers to embark on a volunteer adventure. We kicked off NVW last Saturday (a day early) with our 8th Annual Volunteer Fair. It was a great opportunity for volunteer-based organizations to get together, mingle with each other and make connections with curious Edmontonians looking to help out in their communities.
Whether you made it to the Volunteer Fair or not, there are still plenty of opportunities for you to find your dream volunteer gig. We hope that over the last week, you’ve chanced upon a story, profile, or idea that serves as the spark for your volunteer flame.
Keep up the great work, #yegvolunteers!