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Manitoba Darlingford, MB
Service Opportunities: Pembina Valley Camp is a Christian youth ranch camp on 240 acres in the beautiful Pembina Valley, located in southern Manitoba approximately 35 minutes from Winkler (two hours from Winnipeg). Numerous Mennonite churches are in close proximity. Volunteers can help with the construction of a cabin, maintenance, food services, office work and gardening, and be a part of the spiritual ministry of the camp through devotions and involvement in chapels. Gretna, MB Service Opportunities: MCI is an Anabaptist Christian high school and includes a full residence to approximately 150 - 200 students. MCI offers many opportunities in music, drama, leadership, development, Christian service, sports and personal enrichment trips and experiences. Many meaningful short-term or extended service opportunities are available. These include, but are not limited to the following: helping students with their homework, helping international students learn English, listening and loving young people as a surrogate grandparent, taking students to medical appointments, assisting with food service, doing maintenance and repair work, working on computers, writing articles, doing historical research and working in the office or library. Winnipeg, MB Service Opportunities: Agape Table Inc. is a nonprofit organization sponsored by individuals, religious communities and other organizations in Winnipeg and surrounding areas. Agape Table offers hot, free meals to poor and hungry people once daily at three different locations in downtown Winnipeg. Hospitality, acceptance and building community so people may feel they have a place to belong are greatly encouraged. The goal of Agape Table is to blur the lines between server and those served, between poor and non-poor, in order to create one circle of people. Volunteers would be involved in cooking, serving meals, and providing hospitality and friendship. Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Service Opportunities: Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a Christian university located in Winnipeg on a beautiful campus beside the 1,000 acre Assiniboine Park and Forest. CMU is a growing undergraduate university with approximately 950 full time equivalent students across its programs. Many opportunities are available for service year round. CMU encourages assignments that are several weeks long and which allow participants to feel part of the vibrant community life. Type of service opportunities available are: administrative, maintenance, special events, student life, library. All opportunities are based on skills and interest. Camps with Meaning Service Opportunities: Camps with Meaning, a ministry of Mennonite Church Manitoba, operates three year-round camps in Manitoba. Summer volunteers help with the following areas: camp nurse, maintenance, kitchen work, horsemanship and camp pastor (chaplain to the staff). Terms are for anywhere from one to nine weeks. There are opportunities to interact with children, youth and mentally handicapped adults during the summer program. Winter volunteers help with the following areas: maintenance, building projects, kitchen work, hosting, horsemanship. Special opportunities also could involve research and development, graphic arts and program design. The camps are located near Winnipeg, Boissevain and Sprague. Family Community Centre Service Opportunities: YPCC, located in the core area of Winnipeg, serves expectant mothers, parents and young children 3
months to 6 years old. The childcare part of YPCC can accommodate 20 children. Where necessary, the
children receive individualized attention to help meet their social, emotional and intellectual needs. The
Centre also provides a drop-in for young moms to chat and discuss issues that affect them. SOOP
volunteers would assist the regular staff in these services. Union Gospel Mission Service Opportunities: Union Gospel Mission was founded in 1933 as a ministry to the homeless and hurting of skid row. Its primary focus is to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to the unsaved. Physical needs are also met by food and clothing distribution and by hot meals being served three times a day. Area children are taken by bus to a Christian school, adult education is provided and there is a treatment program for men with addictions. Women and children are ministered to at the Family Life Center where an aboriginal church disciples families and individuals. Volunteers have the opportunity to sort and hand out clothing, prepare and serve soup, meet and greet people, minister to children, work on computers, help with chapel services, do receptionist work, carpentry, maintenance and bus driving. Habitat for Humanity Service Opportunitiess: Habitat’s mission is to assist people in obtaining decent, affordable housing. Volunteers serve extensively on various committees and in the office. Habitat Re-Store is another area for volunteer involvement. Re-Store diverts used construction materials and offers them for sale to the public at costs that are considerably lower than retail. All proceeds from sales go toward assisting in the primary mission of Habitat. Construction activities are generally scheduled during the summer. However, there are also occasional slow builds, which may take place any time of the year. Winnipeg Harvest Service Opportunitiess: Winnipeg Harvest is an organization committed to distributing surplus food and eliminating hunger in our
city. Harvest requires volunteers year-round in a variety of positions, from general warehouse work and
truck driving to administrative duties. |
