4th Annual National Volunteer City Celebration Apriil 18 to 24, 2010

Windsor Rocks! The City of Windsor Values Its Volunteers...

National Volunteer Week, April 18 to April 24, pays tribute to the millions of Canadian volunteers across the country who give of themselves to better their communities and the organizations that rely on lives of others. National Volunteer Week is a time for all of us to pause and celebrate the energy and commitment of volunteers.

Volunteering is the lifeblood of Canadian communities. It provides us with a sense of connectedness and well-being. It allows us to participate in nurturing our environments, bringing people together – in hospital corridors, in schools, on playing fields and in board rooms – for good reasons and common purposes. It develops within us an understanding of people who are different – people with disabilities, people in financial distress, children or the elderly. It allows us to give of ourselves, share our wealth, and express our human values of community and caring while finding solutions to shared challenges. Volunteering helps us build better, stronger, healthier communities.

Volunteers read, cook, coach, mentor and train. They donate, give, chair, befriend and lend a helping hand. They plant, feed, soothe, visit, sew, plan, coordinate, paint, clean, sort and prepare. They are the young and the old and the in between. And they are everywhere cross this nation.

According to the 2008 National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, more than half of Canadian non-profit organizations rely solely on volunteers to fulfill their mission. Canadians volunteer more than two billion hours a year, equivalent to more than one million full-time jobs. They have an enormous impact on civil society.

The City of Windsor is a vibrant community in part by the support of necessary programs and services provided to the citizens with a variety of organizations and service groups. On Thursday, April 22nd in recognition of National Volunteer Week and Earth Day Canada, Mayor Eddie Francis invites the community to join in the celebration.

This National Volunteer Week, be sure to reach out and thank someone you know who volunteers. Join Mayor Francis and his team April 22nd, 6:30 pm – 8:30pm at Caboto Club for the 4th annual National Volunteer City Celebration – Windsor Rocks! We value volunteers...

Keynote speaker will be Lydia Dorman, Vice President of Human Resources for Coca Cola Ltd Canada. The event theme will embrace local and national success stories.

For more details contact Nora Bertram Romero, 1-519-255-6100 x6309

or email: nromero@city.windsor.on.ca

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