Ann Barnard Ball, Executive Director, Children's Aid Foundation with Christine Ho, Executive Director, Well of Change.
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Have you ever wanted to offer a skill or donate a service to
a non-profit but weren’t sure about how to do it? Or are you looking for a new
way to help your favourite charity? Then look no further than Well of Change, a
new and innovative way for you to volunteer your time and raise funds for a
good cause.
The basic concept behind Well of Change is that once you
register at www.WellofChange.org, you list a service that you can
provide and assign it a dollar value. Then, someone who is seeking that
particular service can “hire” you and pay for that service through the Well of
Change site. Here’s the interesting part. During the registration process, you
select a charity that you would like to support from a list of organizations
affiliated with Well of Change. Then when you are “paid” for your services,
Well of Change will send the money to the charity that you have selected. You
end up volunteering your services and simultaneously fundraising for a cause
that you believe in.
One of the best parts about this process is that everyone
has something that they can offer to “sell” for charity. Whether it be fitness
training sessions, graphic and print design skills, math tutoring, dog walking,
language instruction lessons, photography skills, a computer lesson for
seniors, or a personal cooking class, the possibilities are endless. This
unique volunteer opportunity allows you to do something that you really enjoy
at a time that is convenient for you while also providing that sense of
satisfaction that comes from knowing that you are making a difference.
The Children’s Aid Foundation is excited to announce that we
are one of the organizations that you can support through Well of Change. Our
volunteers have always been an integral cog in the machine that is the
Children’s Aid Foundation and we truly could not function without them. Up
until now however, the opportunities that we have been able to provide our
volunteers have been limited to helping at special and community events or
around the office. Our new partnership with Well of Change has given us the
opportunity to work with all different types of volunteers and offer them a
truly unique experience.
To find out about how you can volunteer for the Children’s
Aid Foundation through Well of Change, please visit www.WellofChange.org. And be sure to check back in June for details
about Well of Change’s celebrity launch to find out which of your favourite
celebrities will be donating services on the site.
To watch a video
about the Children's Aid Foundation's partnership with Well of Change, click
here.
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