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| 02/02/2010 | VOLUNTEERING ACROSS THE GENERATIONS - THEME FOR VOLUNTEERING AWARENESS WEEK | |
Volunteering NZ has announced that the theme of the forthcoming Volunteer Awareness Week 2010 (Sunday 20 - Saturday 26 June) will be ‘Volunteering across the generations'. |
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The theme will highlight the opportunities for volunteering across all generations, how different forms of volunteering appeal to particular generational groups, and different forms of intergenerational volunteering, such as family volunteering. Family volunteering is when all the members of a family (through all their different ages) are able to go together and serve their community. Other forms of intergenerational volunteering that may be highlighted during the week are programmes such as the SuperGrans project, where experienced and knowledgeable older adults provide practical tuition in household management to younger people and families. Likewise, young people volunteering to help those who are older might also be featured, such as high school students becoming involved in aged care services or teaching senior citizens to text. A key objective of the Awareness Week is to encourage more people to volunteer - "raising people, not money". As the co-ordinating agency for the Week, Volunteering NZ will provide information and some resources to assist participation in the week. Volunteer Centres will play leading roles within their communities - arranging a variety of events and helping to publicise the activities of local agencies in their district. VNZ encourages all organisations that have volunteers involved in their programmes to start planning activities for the Week now. Groups should identify opportunities to acknowledge the contribution of volunteers, demonstrate their work, and encourage people from all generations to join their services. » Visit www.volunteeringnz.org.nz for updates on planning for VAW |
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