Volunteer with URSA
Be a Care Bear .....Volunteer with URSA....Whether it is in a "minor" or "major" part. The URSA Care Bears need you!
Easy Street is the only one of its kind
in Canada ...
Why volunteer for URSA:
- We have 19 different programs, something to suit everyone's skill
- We have both special events and weekly appointments
- We have highly trained staff to support and train our volunteers
- We have a wholistic approach, good for all and everyone
- Visible results for your efforts
- With an hour of your time you can change a client's whole week
- We have respect for our clients as people and our volunteers for their time
What do our volunteers do?
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Take our clients to the movies
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Visit in their homes for coffee
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Sing with our clients in choirs
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Help out in our groups, baking, gardening and crafts
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Go on day trips with the clients and staff to festivals and sports events
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Anything that helps our clients have fulfilled lives
Who can volunteer for us?
- Anyone over the age of 18
- Groups of people together, music groups, businesses, churches
- Students, parents and grandparents
- People who want to make a difference
What do you need to do?
- Contact us either by phone at 272-7722 or email at tanya.gaskell@ursa-rehab.com
- Come and meet us
- Let us know what your skills are and how you would like to volunteer
- Meet the clients
- Start volunteering
Yes it is as easy as that, the only thing we require is a current police information check for both the safety of our clients and all people who work or volunteer with us. We can process this through URSA for you.
Meet some of our care bears:
- Virginia has been working at one of our group homes for over a year, every week she goes out with some of our clients, usually to a movie and it's a great chance to visit.
Virginia has also helped with our Motorcycle Awareness Ride by raising pledges for us. A real moment of achievement for Virginia was getting a response from a client she has worked with for a year.
- Tim is a relatively new volunteer to join the Care Bears, he has great musical ability and a great want to help others, and he is currently visiting with one our clients, building a relationship before he accompanies him to sign in a choir, one of our client's personal goals.
See some of our volunteers at work
Telephone or email us to volunteer
Telephone : (403) 272-7722
Email: Tanya Gaskell
URSA thanks the Alberta Brain Injury Network for their financial support for this web page.