What are my abilities?
What makes me happy?
Why do I want to give my time?

These questions can guide your choice of volunteer work. However, the most important one is: What do I enjoy? The Centre d’action bénévole L’Actuel found that the answer to this question is at the heart of volunteer commitment.

Volunteering is a matter of heart, interests and tastes.

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I enjoy meeting people:

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    Look after a booth during an event
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    Greet people
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    Serve customers
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    Cook in a group
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    Serve meals
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    Be a guide in a museum
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    Talk about my volunteering
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    Facilitate activities or workshops
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    Teach language classes
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    Offer tutoring
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    Sort clothes and objects
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    Be a mentor
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    Organize workshops

I like to be active:

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    Coach a sports team
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    Organize or participate in sports events
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    Do gardening
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    Transport people or items by car
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    Deliver meals to homes
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    Move furniture
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    Distribute promotional material
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    Go door-to-door
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    Distribute leaflets
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    Do odd jobs
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    Build, repair or renovate
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    Do housework
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    Sort clothes and objects

I like to put my knowledge to use:

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    Translate documents
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    Manage social networks
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    Offer my talents in graphic design
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    Do accounting
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    Sit on a board of directors
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    Develop strategies
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    Organize events
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    Cook meals
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    Sew or knit
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    Be a professional tutor or coach
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    Give conferences
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    Teach language classes
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    Perform various administrative tasks
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    Do manual work (plumbing, carpentry, electricity…)

I enjoy taking care of children:

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    Help with homework
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    Babysit children
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    Rock babies
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    Offer respite to parents
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    Tell stories
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    Facilitate a craft workshop
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    Help at a day care centre
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    Lead children’s activities
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    Coach a sports team
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    Organize school activities
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    Be a mentor
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    Monitor children during an event

I enjoy office work:

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    Sort folders
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    Answer the phone and make calls
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    Prepare orders
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    Participate in a tax clinic
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    Do research
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    Write letters
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    Prepare mailings
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    Enter data
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    Do accounting
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    Fill out forms
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    Take notes during meetings

I enjoy taking care of people:

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    Facilitate group workshops
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    Give care to sick people
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    Visit people at home, in a residence, in a CHSLD or at the hospital
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    Make courtesy calls
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    Offer end-of-life assistance
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    Organize workshops for people living with intellectual disabilities
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    Offer support over the phone or in person
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    Facilitate activities in residences
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    Be a mentor
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    Accompany a senior to an appointment

Source: helpguide.org and Fédération des centres d’action bénévole du Québec

I enjoy driving a car:

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    Accompany seniors to appointments
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    Deliver meals to homes
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    Run errands
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    Pick up participants
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    Distribute promotional material
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    Take seniors to run errands (grocery, pharmacy, bank…)
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    Move furniture
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    Pick up donations
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    Drive groups on outings

I enjoy improving my community:

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    Join a committee
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    Sit on a board of directors
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    Participate in a municipal committee
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    Get involved in a cause
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    Collaborate on a fundraiser
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    Be a mentor
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    Organize events
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    Participate in a cleanup
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    Offer professional coaching

I enjoy harnessing my creativity:

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    Facilitate an evening or an activity
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    Decorate rooms
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    Give a creative workshop
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    Offer dance classes
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    Create a work of art
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    Put on a show
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    Take photos
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    Make videos
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    Offer my talents in graphic design
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    Write texts

I enjoy contributing to one-off events, I can participate in:

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    Festival
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    Cultural celebration
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    Show
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    Christmas festival
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    Fundraising cocktail reception
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    Spaghetti supper
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    Sale
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    Auction
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    School outing
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    Tax clinic
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    Election campaign
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    Operation Red Nose
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    Blood drive
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    Food drive
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    Cleanup
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    Vaccination clinic

I want to become a volunteer