Community: There's plenty of options to volunteer at Cooinda.
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National Volunteer Week (May 20 – 26) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering.
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This year the focus is on the many and various ways people can volunteer.
Cooinda recognises there is always more work to be done, and anyone can contribute.
Volunteers across all sectors make supporting individuals and local communities.
The week-long event recognises the millions of volunteers across Australia giving their time and energy to make change in our communities while encouraging others to consider putting their hand up.
The importance of Volunteering
Volunteer involvement is a critical part of our community. It contributes to society and active participation in building strong, inclusive, and resilient communities.
Furthermore, it underlies innovation and social change, responds to community needs and challenges. It brings together individual strengths and assets in order to support our community.
The benefits of volunteering are not only to the Cooinda Community, but also to the individual volunteer.
Rewarding: Volunteering in aged care offers as much to volunteers as residents.
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Some benefits include:
Sharing or learning new skills
Making the community in which they live a better place
Contributing to a cause that has affected a friend or family member
Meeting new people and social interaction
Gaining satisfaction through touching lives and making a difference.
Volunteers can provide the time, skills, expertise, and points of view that enable us to pursue meaningful programs and activities that benefit the residents of our organisation. Meaningful activity in turn promotes a sense of belonging and general wellbeing. Volunteering can also be a way to develop skills, potential pathways to employment or a way to contribute existing skills for the common good.
Cooinda volunteer co-ordinator would like to invite all interested individuals to become involved or simply help increase awareness of the vital role volunteers play in our lives this National Volunteer Week. Cooinda has many opportunities on offer.
Make this the year you volunteer and brighten the life of an older person.
For more information, contact Jeanette Harris on 57613214 or email volunteer@cooinda.org.au
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