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April 13, 1982

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A Douglas College Newslette

 

 

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2 "9 Volunteer Week In Canada
April 18 to 24

you care = you share”’

 

 

Volunteer Week in Canada, April 18 to
24, provides a stimulus for updating the
image of Canadian volunteers. The vol-
unteer of the 80's is an active, creat-
ive, talented catalyst for change
needed to respond to the pressures of
our camplex society. Words like "vol-
untary action", "advocacy", and "change
agent" are commonly linked with today's
rapidly growing volunteer movement.

Is there a typical volimteer? Yes and
No. Some trends show that more younger
people are volunteering than ever be-
fore. About 60% of B.C.'s volunteers
are under 30. Also, the fastest grow-
ing segment of volunteers is full-time
working people and more men are in-
volved - about 40% of our volimteers
are male. More professional people as
well as blue-collar workers are turn
ing to volunteer activities in the
leisure hours. At the same time, vol-
unteering encompasses every age group,
occupation and ethnic background.

- Mental bodies.

 

Some of the social issues being ad-
dressed by this dynamic labour force
include the housing crisis, the split-
ting of nuclear families, the drastic
increase of single parent households,
the spiral of adolescent suicides, the
integration of a large population of
new Canadians, the forth-coming bulge
of an elderly citizenry, consumer and
ecological crises, and the age of the
home computer.

Each of these issues has unthought-of
ramifications far beyond the capacity
or even the responsibility of govern-
Organized volunteer
groups are a vehicle for citizen parti-
cipation in determining the future that
will be ours. If you would Like to
learn more about voluntary action in
your community, contact your local
volunteer centre.

In Coquitlam, 931-6233.

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