About: Rocky Mountain Adaptive is a charitable organization who creates and provides accessible adventures for individuals living with physical and/or neuro-divergent challenges. Employment with Rocky Mountain Adaptive offers the chance to immerse yourself in the ever-growing, exciting field of adaptive sports. Here are RMA, we are continually growing our programs, equipment pool and dreams! As part of our charity, you will have a voice in the future of adaptive sport and recreation.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

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About: Rocky Mountain Adaptive is a charitable organization who creates and provides accessible adventures for individuals living with physical and/or neuro-divergent challenges. Employment with Rocky Mountain Adaptive offers the chance to immerse yourself in the ever-growing, exciting field of adaptive sports. Here are RMA, we are continually growing our programs, equipment pool and dreams! As part of our charity, you will have a voice in the future of adaptive sport and recreation.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

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About: Rocky Mountain Adaptive is a charitable organization who creates and provides accessible adventures for individuals living with physical and/or neuro-divergent challenges. Employment with Rocky Mountain Adaptive offers the chance to immerse yourself in the ever-growing, exciting field of adaptive sports. Here are RMA, we are continually growing our programs, equipment pool and dreams! As part of our charity, you will have a voice in the future of adaptive sport and recreation.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

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About: Rocky Mountain Adaptive is a charitable organization who creates and provides accessible adventures for individuals living with physical and/or neuro-divergent challenges. Employment with Rocky Mountain Adaptive offers the chance to immerse yourself in the ever-growing, exciting field of adaptive sports. Here are RMA, we are continually growing our programs, equipment pool and dreams! As part of our charity, you will have a voice in the future of adaptive sport and recreation.

Location: Canmore, Alberta

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About: Vivo for Healthier Generations is a charitable enterprise on a mission to raise healthier generations in Calgary and beyond. As Aquatics Manager, you are responsible for the co-creation, development, resourcing, delivery, evaluation, performance and evolution of the aquatic operations, aquatic leadership and aquatic programming.  You will create and connect with our customers, community and employees in ways that are impactful in driving and advancing our cause.  You will re-imagine, oversee and evolve all aspects and functions of the aquatic team’s play based and curriculum-based experiences to bring Vivo experiences to life.  You’ll lead and foster accountability and capacity in the team to deliver strong results and impact.

Location: Vivo for Healthier Generations, 11950 Country Village Link NE

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Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of aquatic leadership and supervisory experience

• Post-Secondary Diploma and/or University Degree in kinesiology, recreation or customer service management, business, etc.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint

• Current Standard First Aid and CPR-C/AED certifications

• Lifesaving Instructor Trainer, National Lifeguard Instructor, First Aid Instructor considered assets.

• National Lifeguard and/or Lifesaving Instructor or equivalent is required.

About: Volunteers are the foundation to Special Olympics Calgary’s success. With the combination of skill, support and commitment from each volunteer; they are making a difference in the lives of our athletes. Without their continuous support, many of the programs, special events and competitions would not be possible. Volunteer’s are needed for our sport programs, administration and fundraising events.

Location: Calgary, Alberta

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Special Olympics Calgary are looking for more volunteers to help run their weekly sports programs. The time commitment is about 1 to 2 sessions a week for about 1 to 2 hours. Volunteers must be 12 years old and registered through Special Olympics Calgary.

About: Vecova is a leading edge, registered and accredited charitable organization that has been meeting the lifelong and changing needs of persons of all abilities and the community since 1969. We believe in and are always working towards Inclusion, Innovation and Impact. Our goal is good health and wellbeing for Albertans of all abilities.

In Aquatics, Health and Fitness, we deliver programs for Parent & babies, swim lessons for all, fitness for seniors, rehabilitation & social and community programs for people of all ages & abilities.

This volunteer position would specifically be helping with the Children’s and/or Youth Adapted Recreation program. This program is 1hr in the gym focusing on a different sport each week and 1 hr in our warm water pool for free time. Volunteers must be comfortable in the water.

Project Duties/ Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Aquatics, Health and Fitness Adapted Recreation Program Leader and the Practicum Student Leader, the Adapted Recreation Volunteer will:

• Work with a team of volunteers during the Adapted Recreation programs
• Work with the same 1 or 2 children each week
• Participate in the gym & swim portions of the program
• Learn your assigned child’s strength & weakness’ and adapt activities to their needs
• Communicate with parents
• Ensure you assigned child is having FUN!
• Optional: plan a week of activities for the children

Location: 3304 33ST NW. Calgary, AB

Hours: 10-25 hours over a 2 month period. Option to stay on longer.

Specified Schedule:

• Saturdays 12:15-2:45pm; Children’s (6-11yrs) program
• AND/ OR
• Saturdays 2:45-5:15pm; Youth (12-17yrs) Program

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10-20 positions available

Required Student Qualifications:

• Police information check with Vulnerable Sector Search
• Be motivated and a great team player
• Be comfortable in the water
• Current CPR & Standard First Aid is an asset but not required

Please provide a Cover Letter and Resume to Aiden Campbell acampbell@vecova.ca

About: VOLT Hockey is an adapted form of hockey that creates new opportunities for people living with various types of disabilities to participate in sport, learn new skills, and be part of a team! VOLT is played in a specially designed electric hockey sport chair that is operated with a joystick. With a low center of gravity and hockey blade attached directly to the cart, VOLT opens the door for more children and community members to be able to play a sport that they otherwise would not be able to because of physical limitations due to their disability.

Date: Our Calgary programming runs most Tuesday evenings from 5:20-6:50 & Saturdays from 12:15-3:15. Volunteers have the option of attending our Tuesday sessions, Saturday sessions or both.

More Information:

If you are interested in volunteering please email our program coordinator jacye.gamroth@varietyalberta.ca or apply on our website https://varietyalberta.ca/volunteer/ .

 Respite Care for Beatrice 

We are looking for someone to provide respite care a week hours a week for our daughter, Beatrice, who is on the autism spectrum. She is verbal and quite energetic. 

Location: Signal Hill Point SW – Near Battalion Park 

Hours Per Day: 2- 4 depending on the day. 

Days Per Week: 3 weekdays from about 3 pm – 6 pm and the occasional Saturday/Sunday for 2 – 4 hours. 

Pay per Hour: $20 (negotiable) 

Qualificaions and Cerificates: 

• Must be certified in Standard First Aid/CPR & AED Level C. 

• Must also have a valid vulnerable sector check completed or be willing to get one. 

• Driver’s license is an asset by not necessary. 

If you are interested in the position or want more information, please email Patricia at panolan747@gmail.com.