Join our Team Volunteer Program and make a difference in your community! This is an opportunity for your team to gain a deeper understanding of poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity in Toronto and, most importantly, to be a part of the vital community work that helps people rebuild their lives.
We offer interactive, enriching, and unique team-building and employee engagement opportunities for small and large groups.
Looking for individual volunteer opportunities? Click here and look for any position with Volunteer in the title.
For all team volunteer opportunities view our volunteer booklet. We highlight below key opportunities for both on-site and off-site team volunteer opportunities.
On-Site Team Volunteer Opportunities:
Weekend Food Security – Prepare and assemble 100+ bagged lunches. These food kits ensure that the residents in transitional and affordable housing have access to healthy food on the weekends. Learn about Fred Victor’s housing programs and how we are tackling food insecurity. This event is available on Thursdays or Fridays for groups of 6 to 20 people.
Community Care Kits – The day-to-day can be difficult for people living on fixed and low incomes. Your team can help by preparing 50+ hygiene kits for Fred Victor clients that our front-line staff will hand out. The kit contents will vary depending on the time of year that your volunteer event occurs in.
Community Garden Growers – Depending on the time of year, you will help prepare garden beds with soil and compost, measure plots, plant seeds, weed, water, harvest or clean-up garden areas – at our community gardens in Regent Park. This event is available at the start of the growing season: from mid-April to end of June, or end of the growing season: from September to mid-October (Tuesdays or Thursdays preferred) for 6 to 20 people.
Interested? Get in touch! Fill out this form to give us more information about what you are looking for.
Off-Site Team Volunteer Opportunities:
Off-Site Team Volunteer Opportunities:
Gathering much-needed items for one of our locations is a great way to show our clients that others in the community care about them. To raise awareness we encourage you to start your drive off with a short virtual presentation about Fred Victor and learn more about how contributions from drives support our work.
Underwear and Sock Drive – Fred Victor has many different sites that support individuals who are homeless and experiencing deep poverty. We regularly receive donations of used clothing but we always need new underwear, incontinence items, and new socks. By holding a drive for these items you provide our shelter and drop-in staff with items they can always hand out.
Hygiene Items Drive – For clients who are struggling to survive they can’t always afford to purchase a toothbrush or shampoo. Having a steady supply of hygiene items gives our front-line staff items they can pass on. Use the list as a guide for which items are most often requested by clients.
Household Cleaning Kits – Many of our clients struggle to cover their basic expenses, without funds to purchase cleaning supplies to maintain their home. Being able to keep one’s home clean is important for one’s mental health and demonstrates that you are a responsible renter. Help us support clients in keeping their spaces by providing these items!
Home Starter Kits – Many of our housing support programs have clients moving into permanent housing every month. It costs a lot to move and set up a new home so we try to supply clients with some of the basics to help. Find a creative way to split up the suggested list of items amongst your group to complete the kit.
Interested? Get in touch! Fill out this form to give us more information about what you are looking for.
Testimonials
“Kearney was excited to foster another partnership with Fred Victor because of the significant impact they have on the surrounding Toronto community in multiple ways such as food, housing, and other support. Fred Victor has been a great partner and always ensures that volunteers understand the impact that volunteering with them will have for others.” Kearney Team Volunteer Event putting together Weekend Food Security Kits
“The staff at Fred Victor helped us put together a plan to revitalize the community backyard at one of their sites. The yard was overgrown with weeds and the lawn chairs had worn out at the seats. By the end of the day, we shared our progress with the tenants by inviting them to have a picnic with burgers made on a brand new barbecue.” InFlow Inventory Team Building Day at the Dawes Rd. Family Housing
Check out what team building day at Fred Victor is like: