Spend a part of your Reading Week giving back and engaging with the community!
Sign up to participate in Schulich’s first ever Alternative Reading Week (ARW). This is an opportunity for i/BBA students (any level) to volunteer for 3 days (February 18, February 19, and February 20) at community agencies in the York University area. Students will volunteer a maximum of 4-hours per day between 9 am to 5 pm (unless otherwise noted in the description below). All community organizations are in the neighbourhoods directly surrounding York University.
This three-day event will allow you to develop leadership skills, learn with the surrounding community, and meet new friends on and off campus.
Note: Participating in ARW will count as ‘Tier 1 – Leadership’ in the Ambassador Program.
The volunteer opportunities are outlined below. Please complete the application by January 20th to be considered – you will need to indicate your top 2 choices. There will be a mandatory training session before February 18th and a mandatory reflection session the last week of February.
Questions or concerns? Get in touch with Cathlin at cathlin@schulich.yorku.ca
Jane Finch Community Ministry
The Jane Finch Community Ministry provides community development and community organizing support, offers pastoral care and is engaged in advocacy through coalitions and networks. The strength of the ministry is providing youth employment training and curbing gun violence. It also has a micro lending program to support local entrepreneurs.
Number of Students: 2-3
Skills needed: Research & Sales
Description of volunteer opportunity: Last year Schulich students created a pitch to increase donated revenue to Jane Finch Community Ministry. They identified the need for outreach to businesses that are interested in expanding their corporate-social responsibility initiatives by partnering with the Jane Finch Community Ministry. During Alternative Reading Week, Students would be expected to research potential companies that may be interested in supporting Jane Finch Community Ministry and outreach out them. This opportunity is ideal for students who are interested in sales, fundraising or corporate-social responsibility as potential job pathways after graduation.
Success Beyond Limits – Tutoring
Success Beyond Limits is a collaborative, youth-led, community-based movement that provides youth with holistic supports to complete their education and experience success in their lives.
Number of Students: 2
Skills needed: Interpersonal skills; comfortable tutoring grade 10 math and/or English
Description of volunteer opportunity: Volunteer from 3:00 – 5:30pm at an after-school program and provide academic supports to students in grade 9-12.
Success Beyond Limits: Website Development
Success Beyond Limits is a collaborative, youth-led, community-based movement that provides youth with holistic supports to complete their education and experience success in their lives.
Number of students: 1
Skills needed: Strong web development experience.
Description of volunteer opportunity: Meet with the Success Beyond Limits team to review their current website and provide ideas and practical help to update their website.
Success Beyond Limits: Strategic Plan
Success Beyond Limits is a collaborative, youth-led, community-based movement that provides youth with holistic supports to complete their education and experience success in their lives.
Number of students: 2
Skills needed: Experience or strong interest in marketing and/or fund development.
Description of volunteer opportunity: Meet with the Success Beyond Limits team to learn about the organization and help create a strategic plan. This plan may include a strategy to increase their social media presence and/or support a fundraising plan as they are a charitable organization looking for potential donations. This opportunity will allow you to help create something tangible for a community organization.
York University – TD Community Engagement Centre
The York University-TD Community Engagement Centre (CEC), located in the York Gate Mall, is a satellite office of York University. The CEC strives for academic innovation through community building and experiential learning, post-secondary attainment for Black Creek Community, and fosters collaborative research and partnerships. Our local approach informs our thinking more broadly about community engagement and the role of the university in strengthening communities and addressing societal issues.
Number of Students: 2
Skills needed: Research skills (quantitative and/or qualitative), knowledge of small business and/or start-ups
Description of volunteer opportunity:
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