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COSCO BC Council of Senior Citizens
Volunteers
These are the heart and wealth of the centre

Volunteers Pins

To  recognize contributions to the PWC, lapel pins will be awarded to those who have volunteered 100 Hours for any activity Presentations will be made at the annual PWC Volunteer Appreciation Day.

In January, we started a record-keeping system to collect each volunteer's contributing hours at the PWC. Please use the form to record the number of Volunteer hours by the activities headings.

At the end of each month, a collection box will be placed on the dishwasher in the kitchen. Insert your completed form and pick up the next month's form

After you collected 100 hours, you qualify for a 100 Hour pin - and for each 100 Hours after that!

The data that is collected will the BOD to provide information for grant proposals, and duly acknowledge the time contributed by our valuable Volunteers.

Volunteer Hours is defined as the amount of UNPAID  time devoted to:

  • Coordinating programs, e.g., Falls Prevention, Monday Morning Coffee Club, Wellness Circle, Computer Literacy, Painting with Pete, Tai Chi.
  • Designing:  ads, brochures, flyers, posters, signs, etc.
  • Errands for staff
  • Events - fund raising, Volunteer Appreciation Day, etc.
  • Maintenance - decorating, painting, repairing PWC facilty, etc
  • Meetings - BOD: executive and general. including preparing agendas/minutes, Friday Gabfests. etc.
  • Misc. - washing dishes, making tea/coffee during the week, etc.
  • Projects - basement renovations, Bulletin Board updates, grant applications, Legacies Now, Mail Slots, program evaluations, etc.
  • Sunday Breakfasts - getting supplies, preparation, cooking/cleaning, serving, etc.
  • Transporting people via car or van to appointments or to PWC activities
 

If you would like to support our work please think about volunteering.

Call us, and come and meet with us so that we can discuss your interests and availability.
Help Needed
Drivers Needed - If you have time please contact us for details

Breakfast Program:

Cooks
Servers
Clean-up
Shoppers



This program runs every Sunday from 8.00 am to 11.00 am. It is well attended and we need help.

If you have time once a month we would like to hear from you!

Teen Volunteers -13 to 18 years old

Young people can join up with the Youth Leadership Program. Here they can work with seniors and children in the community.

Through this work students can earn credits for graduation.