VOLT

Ready to Join VOLT and be part of the Student Volunteer Community? 

1. Fill in an application to create a MyImpact Account
2. Start searching for volunteer opportunities
3. Begin logging your hours

Fill in an Application to create a MyImpact Account

Once you have created a MyImpact Account, you can start logging your volunteer hours and work towards earning VOLT Recognition.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to join VOLT and earn VOLT volunteer hours, you must meet the following criteria:

• Registered in a minimum of one course at Langara College in each semester of volunteer participation.
  • Note: If you take a semester off from your you are not eligible to earn or log hours during that cap semester.
• Volunteer hours must be earned either in an on-campus role, or off-campus role with a not-for-profit or public service organization.
  • Unpaid work for a for-profit company is not eligible for VOLT hours recognition.

There are many places to look for opportunities on and off campus. A few places to start include, but are not limited to:

• Visit the Langara C3 Job Board
• Volunteer BC
• Volunteer Canada
• GO volunteer
• BC Parks

No. By filling in the VOLT application form you are creating a MyImpact Account. 

Once you create this MyImpact account, you will be able to start logging your volunteer hours and work towards VOLT Recognition. 

For every new volunteer opportunity, you are responsible for applying for those positions directly with the department or community organization.

Another benefit of having a Myimpact account is that you become a member of the VOLT email list, which means that you are one of the first students to hear about on-campus opportunities. 

Once you have completed your volunteer experience with an organization, you need to log your hours in your MyImpact account .

Follow the instructions on the front page of your MyImpact Account under "Hours" to log your hours.

Note: You have one academic semester to have your hours verified before they will be removed from your MyImpact Account. 

Ensure that you complete the Verify My Hours Form as well as logging your hours in you MyImpact account. If you do not complete a Verify My Hours form your supervisor will not receive a notification to approve your hours and they will remain with a 'pending' status in your account.

• Off-Campus Volunteering (for all external organizations)
• On Campus Volunteering (for all on-campus volunteering)
• Club Executive Member (Club Executives)
• Club Member (for club members volunteering with specific clubs)

If you are part of a specific on-campus program such as Mental Health Ambassador Program, iGuide, LEAP, SNAP, RMT you will log your hours directly into your program category.

If you volunteer with the Office for Student Engagement programs (GO Team, Event Volunteer), you do not need to log your hours, they will be done for you.

The VOLT Recognition Program, recognizes VOLT volunteers who have completed 50, 100 or 200 hours with the program.  These hours can accumulate over each semester that you are enrolled as a student at Langara, in a minimum of one course.

To learn more about VOLT Recognition, visit: https://langara.ca/the-hub/volt/recognition.html

First-time VOLT volunteers will receive an orange VOLT t-shirt to wear when volunteering at a sanctioned on-campus event hosted by a Langara department, or an off-campus event hosted by the Office for Student Engagement.

(note: this does not apply to iGuide, GO Team, SNAP, MHA Ambassadors).

After you have logged your hours, you need to complete one additional step, which is to complete a "Verify My Hours" online form.  This is to ensure that the VOLT program has proof of your volunteer experience.

Once you complete the "Verify My Hours" form, it will be automatically sent to your volunteer supervisor for them to approve.   Once your supervisor confirms those hours with the VOLT staff, your hours in MyImpact will be approved, and your hours will show up in your account as "approved".

Reminder: Ensure that you complete the Verify My Hours Form as well as logging your hours in you MyImpact account, otherwise your supervisor will not receive a notification to approve your hours.