Volunteer Code (Motion #39-06)

Moved by Dennis, Harrison. Approved on June 22, 2006, by the Sudbury & District Board of Health.

Motion

WHEREAS volunteering has been identified as the most fundamental act of citizenship and philanthropy in our society; and

WHEREAS the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2004 identifies that 11.8 million Canadians volunteered their time to charities and other nonprofit organizations; and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Health Unit’s volunteer resources program, which has been supporting and enhancing public health programs and services in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Districts since 1999, has a formal philosophy statement that reads:  “The Sudbury & District Health Unit believes that volunteers make an important contribution to health unit programs and is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for volunteers to learn about public health while serving the community.” and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Health Unit’s 2006-2008 Strategic Plan identifies community volunteers as a means of addressing two of its priorities – intensifying partnerships and increasing connections with neighbourhoods and communities; and

WHEREAS the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement, 2001, is a document that serves as a framework to guide how volunteers are engaged and supported; and

WHEREAS Volunteer Canada urges all organizations that incorporate volunteers to adopt the Code for Volunteer Involvement;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health endorse the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement; and

FURTHER THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health to encourage all public health units in the province engaged with community volunteers to adopt the Canadian Code of Volunteer Involvement; and

FURTHERMORE THAT copies of this letter be forwarded to Volunteer Canada, the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources Ontario (PAVR-O), the Ontario Public Health Association, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, and all Ontario Boards of Health.

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