Volunteer Opportunities
Investing in Children relies on volunteers to make the work we do in our community possible. We have volunteer opportunities throughout London and the surrounding area that include weekly programs, special events and administrative tasks.
Volunteering with Investing in Children can help you develop job skills, make contacts in the community and gain valuable experience. Reference letters are available upon request. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.
For more information, please complete the Volunteer Application Form below or contact tpenner@investinginchildren.on.ca
Volunteers are needed to help run fun hands-on activity stations at our Family Literacy and Math Events for JK-Grade 3 children and their families! It is a 2.5-hour commitment. You can pick just one event to volunteer at or join us for multiple events. Please let Terri know what works best for you!
We will require 12 – 14 volunteers to attend each of these events to assist with setup, facilitate an activity station and assist with cleanup.
Community Partners are welcome to facilitate one of our activity stations, provide signage and hand out information about your organization or you can request a table (limited capacity)
Visit the Family Literacy and Math Events page for more information and photos of past events.
Contact tpenner@investinginchildren.on.ca or phone 519-433-8996 ext 2 for more information, to register to become a volunteer or to contribute as a Community Partner.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
Student Placements / Internships
Investing in Children supports education through our Student Field Placement Programs. Our organization has an excellent relationship with many programs through Western, Kings University College and Fanshawe College. Approximately 2000 hours of mentorship opportunity have been provided to students in the Faculties of Education, Schools of Social Work, Nutrition, Family and Media Studies, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Leadership, Public Relations and Corporate Communications programs and Recreation and Leisure studies. We value the level of collaboration that these students bring to our organization. For more information on a placement at Investing in Children, please contact tpenner@investinginchildren.on.ca.
“As a student teacher, working with Investing in Children was a very rich learning experience. I was very thankful to be given the opportunity to create and collaborate on projects that were to be used in the participating schools. Not only was working with Investing in Children a great learning experience; more importantly it was amazing to be a part of an organization that reaches and helps so many students across London. To see the impact that Investing in Children has on students across the city made me very proud to be associated with Investing in Children as a student on placement.”
