Volunteering Among Seniors[1]
• Volunteers provide important services to Canadians. They organize
activities, serve as members of committees and boards, coach others, distribute
food and other goods, and provide care and support.
• Volunteers provide communities with arts and cultural events, educate
the public about protecting our natural environment, promote literacy and
learning, and advocate on behalf of the marginalized.
• Volunteers also play an essential role in promoting active citizenship
and building bridges between communities and cultures.
Some
Questions:
There are some indications that seniors
may not be able to continue volunteering in the same way or at the same rate as
they have in the past. What is
needed to support seniors to continue to volunteer? Given aging and changing health status, how do we
continue to engage seniors as volunteers?
1.
What potential is there to leverage the voluntary capacity of seniors to help
other seniors in need of assistance and support?
2.
How can we engage baby boomers and other age groups, to take on volunteer roles
previously held by seniors?
3.
What can be done to further entrench volunteering as a key element of civic
participation among seniors and future generations of seniors?
4.
How can we better understand, promote and enable volunteerism among individual
Canadians and through not-for-profit community-based organizations?
[1] This information
comes from a workshop I created five years ago. I do my volunteering with Canadian Cancer Society
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