Engage Edmonton Welcome Mixer

Friday, September 15, 2023, 5:30 - 6:30 pm

ECHA 1-420

• Explore ways to get involved with service learning on campus and in the local community! 

• Meet like-minded people!

• Have fun!

*Refreshments will be provided.

No sign-up is required!

Prairie Urban Farm - Group Farming Session

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Prairie Urban Farm, 118 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6H 2V8 (meet on campus; travel via transit as a group)

• Join us for an evening of harvesting vegetables and working with compost!

Meet at 3:00 p.m. in ECHA 1-436 to sign waiver forms.

After that, we'll take transit there together as a group! Please remember to bring your Arc Card and your ONEcard with you.

Sign up HERE by Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 12 noon!

(NOTE: This placement is 18+ only.)

Meals on Wheels - Group Volunteer Session

Friday, October 13, 2023 

Meet in ECHA 1-451 (i.e. in classroom #1-451 on the first floor of the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy on campus)

Meeting Time: 11:30 a.m. (We will travel together via public transportation.)

Volunteer Session: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Task: Kitchen Helpers

We will work alongside professional staff members – no culinary experience is required! Kitchen volunteers help to prepare raw vegetables and meats, individually portion and package soups, desserts, sandwiches, and other items, and assemble daily meals.

Note: 

Volunteers need to be able to stand for most of the 4 hours without the use of a mobility aid, with one 15-minute break. Masking is optional and supported. 

ONLY 10 SPOTS are available for this session! So sign up early! 

sign up here or email slintern@ualberta.ca with your questions.

Dress code 

We adhere to the following Alberta Health kitchen dress code:

• Closed-toe/closed-heeled shoes and socks. (No part of the foot should be visible.)

• No exposed legs or underarms (no tank tops, shorts, skirts, or capris)

• Volunteers must maintain excellent hand washing and wear latex gloves

• Watches, Fitbits, bracelets etc. removed

• Dangling accessories (necklaces), etc. removed

• Head scarves must be tucked in the neckline and all hair must be covered

• All hair is tucked fully in hair nets (including bangs)

• beard guards are worn by those with facial hair

• An apron is always to be worn

• Volunteers must wear clean clothes when arriving for their shift

• We ask that all volunteers arrive to their shift with no overwhelming scents of any kind including perfume and body odor

*Gloves, aprons, hairnets, and beard guards are provided by us!

The theme for December 2023 for Engage Edmonton is Community Engagement & Youth Empowerment.

On Friday, December 1, 2023, we'll be volunteering at the iHuman Youth Society. 

iHuman Youth Society is a non-profit organization that engages Edmonton's marginalized youth to foster positive personal development, well-being, and social change. 

Volunteers will support the Family Room staff with regular maintenance of the program area and have the space ready for programming the winter season. Support with this project will impact the successful delivery of the Family Room programs, such as the Woven Journey, a group for young Indigenous mothers and their children who meet twice a week.

Tasks may include:

Play area: Help to organize toys in the children's areas.

Kitchen area: Help with maintenance and clean up of kitchen area, cabinets, sort food, etc.

Miscellaneous Tasks: Assist with wrapping gifts and decorating rooms.  

Limited spots available, so sign up early! 

Details about the event:

Date: Friday, November 1, 2023

Time: Meet at 12:45 in ECHA 1-451 .

sign up here

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