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Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteer Spotlight: Paul Huyer

October 3, 2022

Paul Huyer is a familiar face among the Shelter Movers Greater Toronto (SMGT) community. Since joining SMGT in November 2020, Paul has volunteered for over 400 hours – and counting,

Volunteer Spotlight: Michelle

January 10, 2022

Meet Michelle! As the Volunteer Services Manager for Shelter Movers Waterloo Region (SMWR), Michelle works collaboratively with the executive team to ensure the volunteer onboarding process runs smoothly and efficiently, while obtaining objectives and

Volunteer Spotlight: Lorna Buchanan

December 21, 2021

When Lorna Buchanan was looking for a way to give back during the pandemic, she decided to do some research. After visiting the city of Toronto’s website, she came away

Volunteer Spotlight: Jules

November 27, 2021

Spotlight on Jules It’s a Monday evening between her working hours and a swimming session that Jules had spared her time to talk about her volunteering at Shelter Movers. She joined

Volunteer Spotlight: Jean-Philippe

October 4, 2021

Congratulations to Jean-Philippe for being our chosen volunteer for this month’s volunteer spotlight. Last December, when Jean-Philippe had some spare time next to his day job, he noticed the volunteer posts

Volunteer Spotlight: Daniel

June 28, 2021

This month, we wanted to talk to you about Daniel. Daniel is currently finishing a Master’s in Public and International Affairs at the University of Montreal.Once the pandemic started, he

Volunteer Spotlight: Marykate

May 27, 2021

Say Hello to Marykate! Marykate is April's volunteer of the month. Marykate has been with Shelter Movers Montreal since the start of our operations in September last year. She has seen

Celebrating Our Volunteers

April 22, 2021

It's time to celebrate, we've reached our 600th move! This month we celebrate National Volunteer Week! The theme for 2021 is The Value of One, The Power of Many. Gratitude and hope

Volunteer Spotlight: Shaneel Kumar

February 11, 2021

Since June of 2020, Shaneel has been volunteering with Shelter Movers as a mover, signing up for shifts to help out whenever he has free time. When asked why he