Meet Your Match at the Volunteer Fair at the YMCA On May 8
/In celebration of National Volunteer Month, the inaugural Meet Your Match Volunteer Fair is being hosted at the YMCA of Central East Ontario on May 8.
The event is hosted by Volunteer Peterborough which creates a matchmaking service for organizations to find prospective volunteers that suit each other’s needs, interests and more.
The fair runs from noon to 4 p.m.
The organization and VolunteerPeterborough.ca were established in early September last year. Since then, 985 volunteers and 118 organizations have signed up.
Some organizations that are attending the event are:
YMCA
Peterborough ElderDog
Camp Kawartha
Victorian Order of Nurses Peterborough Victoria Haliburton (VON PVH)
Community Care Peterborough
Peterborough AIDS Resource Network (PARN)
Circles of Support and Accountability
YWCA Peterborough Haliburton
Peterborough Folk Festival
Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region
Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre
United Way Peterborough and District
New Canadians Centre
Telecare Distress Centre of Peterborough
Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
Canopy Support Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough
Mapleridge Recreation Centre
Lang Pioneer Village
YourTV
YES Shelter for Youth and Families
Peterborough Humane Society
PARD Therapeutic Riding
Peterborough Child & Family Centres
Fleming College Simulation Centre
Kawartha World Issues Centre
Ontario Public Interest Research Group Peterborough
Peterborough Musicfest
4th Line Theatre
Fowler’s Corners and Lakefield Lions Clubs
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)
Home Care Workers Co-op and Cooperative Care Alliance
For Our Grandchildren
PATH - Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes
Serenity Lane Animal Sanctuary
Trent Valley Literacy Association (TVLA)