Volunteers Needed for Porch View Dances

This was on the Seaton Village Facebook page:
"pop up Porch View Dances - it's around the corner Seaton Village! We're looking for volunteers to help us out - it's a super simple job handing out programs, collecting the pay-what-you-can donations and helping lead the audience around! 
dates & times: July 17, 18, 19, 20 from 6 PM - 8:30 PM - volunteer for as few or as many as you like! 
meet in: Vermont Square Park
contact: Jaclyn (me!) at urban@kaeja.org or at 416 516 6030 to volunteer!
what in it for you: a nod in our program, helping out a local arts organization, and helping to foster an annual event in your community! We can't do it without you!"
Cheers,
Vanessa

Kaeja d'Dance Volunteers Needed

This was posted on a neighbourhood Facebook site and I thought that it might interest some of you.
"Remember Porch View Dances? Wanna catch Kaeja d'Dance's show in May 7-11 for FREE? We're looking for volunteers to help us poster and postcard the downtown Toronto. An afternoon of your time in exchange for two free tickets to X-ODUS and Crave.
Contact Jaclyn Rodrigues at urban@kaeja.org if interested!"
Cheers,
Vanessa

Story Planet Needs Volunteer Baristas

Here's the scoop from our neighbour, Kate:

"Hi – as some of you may know, I have been working at an amazing literacy organization, called Story Planet, for the past while. We have moved into a new space at Bloor and Dufferin, from where we will be running free writing workshops for kids and teens, starting in September. To support our programming, we have also opened a social enterprise – the Intergalactic Travel Authority (ITA) – a coffee/gift shop.

As a social enterprise, we need to staff the coffee shop with volunteers (we have a paid store manager) and are looking for enthusiastic people who might want to hone their barista skills and come work with us!

Here is the position description:
Title:
ITA Space Cadet

Hours:
10am – 4pm (minimum one shift per week – Monday to Saturday)

Responsibilities:

• Attend a training session (2 hrs)
• Make coffee for customers (learn how to use the espresso machine)
• Serve food to customers (we’re take-out only so this just means putting a muffin in a bag to go)
• Cash out customers (we also sell toys and gifts and t-shirts so we’ll teach you how to use our fancy ipad-based POS)
• General tidying and cleaning (at the end of your shift you’ll have to clean up a bit)
• Have fun and be friendly (we do – and it’s kind of infectious, so this definitely won’t be a problem!)

What you’ll get out of it:

• Some awesome retail/barista skills and experience
• The possibility of a great reference (just how great is up to you!)
• That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you know you are doing something to help others
• A fun volunteer experience at one of the coolest places on Earth...

If you, or anyone you know (perhaps an unemployed student in your household?), are interested – give us a call – we would love to hear from you. And, feel free to pass this on, and on, and on...

You can... call us at Story Planet: 416-645-1049
You can also drop by the ITA and talk with Kaleigh, our store manager. We’re on the south side of Bloor, just West of Dufferin (1165 Bloor Street West)

Hope to hear from you,
Kate"

Community Garden Volunteers Wanted

If you have a passion for gardening, you may want to answer this call for community garden voluteers.

Cheers,

Vanessa

Annex Residents' Association Call For Volunteers

This rolled into my inbox from the ARA. It might interest you if you have a few spare hours during the next few weeks.
"Call For Volunteers
The Annex is one of the most desirable places to live in Toronto. The trees in the Annex form part of the City's urban forest and undeniably contribute to the charm of the neighbourhood. A recent report by the City of Toronto confirms our belief that trees add significant economic and ecological values to a community. However, it is clear the biodiversity and canopy of trees in the Annex are being depleted over time.

This year, a group called TreesPlease chaired by Michael Low, a member of the ARA has been formed to build and expand on the great pioneering work by Amanda McConnell and the "Grassroots Albany" group in 1994. TreesPlease have started a multi-year review of trees in the whole Annex community with the objective of developing a strategic plan to preserve existing trees and identify potential sites for planting of new trees. The actual identification and documentation of trees is being conducted by knowledgeable students from Urban Forestry, University of Toronto. Many community volunteers are currently helping us on this project; however, we urgently need more volunteers to help us over the last 3 weeks of this project. No experience is necessary; volunteers are trained on the job.

We need volunteers for the following shifts:

Weekdays:

9 am to 12 noon and/or 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm and/or 6:00pm to 8pm

July 12^th, 14^th, 15^th, 18^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd

Weekends:

9 am to 12 noon and/or 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm

July 16^th, 17th, 23^rd, 24^th

Please let us know if you would be willing to help by sending an email with your contact information to ARATreesPlease@gmail.com . Thank you for your interest."