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 the team soon after arriving in Montreal and since has completed over 18 moves. Each one is unique and requires, as she said, the […]
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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 for Shelter Movers Montreal and was inspired by our mission and services provided for people fleeing domestic abuse. Jean-Philippe is currently a Lead Mover
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Shelter Movers is a non-profit Canadian organization that combats gender-based violence by providing free moving and storage services to women leaving abusive homes. What started as a small team of volunteers has expanded into a multi-chapter organization with volunteers from the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia to the west coast in Vancouver. Shelter
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Since June of 2020, Carly has been volunteering with Shelter Movers Waterloo Region and was a part of the initial applicant group that helped establish the chapter. Carly currently works for a non-profit charity, which is how she developed her passion for supporting different causes. When she heard about Shelter Movers, she immediately knew it
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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 wanted to become involved in some of the areas that were especially hit hard. With the numerous femicides that kept rising, he knew that
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Thank you to Chai and Jade, a couple that volunteers their time to support survivors of domestic violence in Nova Scotia! Chai and Jade were introduced to each other while in university and they learned that they had a lot of common interests – volunteer work being one of them. They volunteered for multiple organizations
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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 the Montreal chapter grow steadily over those months. Marykate started as a move coordinator and has since evolved into a supervising role, but she
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Meet Myriam! Myriam has been chosen as our volunteer of the month. She wears many hats in the organization. She takes care of moves as a Lead Mover, she does some recruiting and she gives orientation training. She started volunteering for Shelter Movers Montreal at the end of November 2020 and since that time she’s
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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 drive each volunteer to contribute to building a safer environment for everyone. Every day, dozens of volunteers leave their homes to help women
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The benefits of volunteering are well known and varied. You may have experienced some of them first hand while volunteering for Shelter Movers! Benefits of volunteering range from increased physical activity, creating a sense of community, feeling needed and appreciated, to making a difference in the lives of others. Volunteering is a wonderful opportunity to
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