Alexandre Trudeau, chair of CWY, and Matthew Pearce, president and CEO, invite the whole CWY family to become actively involved in a project launched by founding president Jacques Hébert.

The Youth Volunteer Coalition, which includes CWY, Katimavik, Oxfam-Québec, Club 2/3, Development and Peace, Mer et Monde, and Clowns without Borders, aims to sensitize public opinion and the government to the importance of granting the necessary resources to NGOs sending young volunteers to serve communities in Canada and abroad.

Did you know that, because of a lack of resources, NGOs must turn away the vast majority of applicants wishing to participate in youth volunteer programs?  To spotlight this little-known fact, the Coalition has decided to present MPs and Senators with the largest possible number of signed petitions during Parliament’s next session.  The entire CWY family – participants, former participants, field staff, office staff, partners in Canada – host families and communities, friends, and donors – is invited to put their shoulder to the wheel by endorsing and circulating petitions in their community.

These petitions, which will be tabled in the Senate and the House of Commons this fall, will highlight the fact that the government must meet the needs of young people wishing to devote several months of their life to doing unpaid volunteer work by granting the necessary resources to make this happen.  The time has come to act!

For more information or to support this campaign, visit the Web site of the Youth Volunteer Coalition at www.cvj-yvc.org.

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