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Day 7 – We Need More Volunteers

Note: We have moved our website to www.TorontoWorksForHaiti.com

Looking ahead to this week, the situation in Haiti seems to have gone from rescue effort to salvage effort. Food, water, shelter and illness are things that the Haitians have to contend with now. This story in the New York Times describes the situation of the survivors, who are trying to return their lives to order, but find that they cannot do so when they have so little left to return to.

Needless to say, there’s lots that needs to be done in Haiti.

We’ve been busy, too – we’ve posted the Volunteer Form for potential volunteers to complete. While we have a great group of volunteers who are offering a broad range of services, we still need more people to get involved! We’re hoping to match up more volunteers with more clients who want to donate. So when you’re talking to your coworkers around the water cooler on Monday, remember to tell them about Toronto Works For Haiti and ask them to check out this blog.

Have a good week, everyone, and let’s keep it up.

Day 0 – Toronto wants to help – Toronto Works for Haiti

“Toronto Works for Haiti” – We are a group of concerned Torontonians offering professional services in exchange for donations to support disaster relief efforts in Haiti.

  • Are you looking for more ways to help the disaster relief operations in Haiti?
  • Small businesses: Are you looking for professional services?
  • Volunteers: Do you have any professional skill sets to volunteer?

Millions of Haitians are in urgent need of help.  Do you have projects that require a quick turnaround time (less than a week)? We are a co-operative network looking for more ways to help the people in Haiti.  We want to volunteer our services and time in exchange for your donation to support the disaster relief efforts in Haiti.  We are also looking for more people providing a variety of services through friends, LinkedIn contacts, and university alumni in exchange for their donation.

We will not charge administrative cost.

Target geography:

  • Targeting local businesses in the Greater Toronto Area.

Currently we are offering services in the following areas:

  • Print design
  • Web design
  • Editing services
  • Party planning
  • Catering services
  • Family meal planning
  • Tutoring
  • Personal shopping
  • Valentine’s day planning
  • Baby sitting
  • Can offer more as we have more volunteers.

How it works:

A call also goes out for volunteers in any services or help you would like to offer. We are looking for diverse skill sets and are not limited to the aforementioned list.

Why you should join us?
  1. It’s an opportunity to help
  2. It’s an opportunity to create a larger donation from Canada
  3. It’s an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals

Contact us today!

torontoworksforhaiti [at] gmail [dot] com

http://www.torontoworksforhaiti.com/

Administration Details:

For clients:

1) Please contact us with a specific help that you are looking for.

2) Our volunteer will contact you to confirm availability, scope of work, and the estimated hours of services.  A copy of service agreement will be provided upon approval.

3) Once we receive the signed service agreement, we will provide you the contact information of the volunteer and he/she will contact you.

4) Upon work completion, we ask that you make a donation within 24 hours and send us a copy of the receipt.

5) If receipt not submitted, a reminder will be sent every 2 days.  Clients will be blacklisted after 7 days and published on the website.

For volunteers:

1) Please complete a volunteer form with your name, contact info, your skills set, and your availability.  We ask all our volunteers must be able to commit at least 7 hours per week.

2) We ask our volunteers to submit a time sheet after completion of each project.

A call also goes out for volunteers in any services or help you would like to offer. We are looking for diverse skill sets and are not limited to the aforementioned list.