{"id":67,"date":"2023-10-28T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:35:30","slug":"our-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/our-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"section-intro-block_4b457877661bc92931fd78ef1f7a4597\" class=\"section-intro alignfull light\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-intro-image \">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-intro-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-2000x1335.jpg\" class=\"attachment-banner-image size-banner-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-2000x1335.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.costi.org\/annual-report-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-487814060_sm-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"section-intro-details\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"medium-7 column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-intro-details-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Our Volunteers<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>COSTI volunteers are critical to the success of our programs, helping our clients in areas such as settlement support, job searching, learning about Canadian society and culture, improving language and communication skills, expanding social networks, and enhancing their ability to access community resources and services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"extra-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022\/23, more than 300 volunteers contributed over 16,000 volunteer hours. Volunteer drivers delivered Welcome Packages and donations to newcomer families\u2019 homes and COSTI\u2019s shelters, volunteers read to newcomer children through the Storytelling Program, both online and in person, and provided event support for holiday parties and donation distributions for newcomer families at COSTI\u2019s temporary housing locations.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"stats-block-block_6042d2bf3a82276a14476cb84180ae2b\" class=\"stats-block \">\n\t\t<div class=\"numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-number\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"animCounter\" data-count=\"16269\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>volunteer hours contributed<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-number\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"animCounter\" data-count=\"318\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>volunteers<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-number\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"animCounter\" data-count=\"252\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>welcome packages delivered<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-number\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"animCounter\" data-count=\"32\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>driver volunteers<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"number\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-number\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"animCounter\" data-count=\"24\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">storytelling reading sessions for newcomer children<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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