Student Life Volunteer Program (VOLT)
VOLT is a volunteer program that provides Langara students with the opportunity to make new connections, learn new skills, and gain experience while giving back to the community
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VOLT Mission
The VOLT Volunteer Program empowers students to connect with rewarding volunteer opportunities on campus and in the community. The program promotes community engagement, social awareness, and student development through volunteerism, helping you make new connections, learn new skills, and gain experience while giving back to the community. We encourage you to convert your energy to a good cause.
Benefits of joining VOLT
- VOLT is flexible - you can apply for volunteer roles that match your interests, available time, and desired impact.
- You earn VOLT hours by volunteering in an on-campus role or off-campus role, as long as it is with a not-for-profit, charitable organization or public service organization.
- You can gain experience, build skills, make lasting friendships, and create memories.
- After logging 50, 100, and 200 hours, VOLT volunteers can apply for recognition through the VOLT Recognition Program
VOLT also assists campus partners, non-profits, and charitable organizations to recruit volunteers through referral, promoting opportunities on the C3 Job Board, and hosting Volunteer Fairs.
VOLT by the numbers
Steps to join VOLT
Review 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.
Fill in an application to create a MyImpact Account
Your Myimpact account will get exclusive early access to on-campus volunteer opportunities by joining the VOLT email list.
Start searching for volunteer opportunities
There are many places to look for opportunities on and off campus. A few places to start include, but are not limited to:
You wont be assigned voluteer roles—explore and apply for exciting volunteer opportunities directly with the department or community organization that inspires you most.
Begin logging your hours
Volunteer hours need to meet the following criteria
Completed while you were/are a Langara student (e.g. you must have been/be enrolled as a student at Langara College while you completed the entire duration of the volunteer experience)
Completed with a not-for-profit or public service organization (e.g. unpaid work for a for-profit company is not eligible for VOLT hours recognition)
Next Steps
Log your volunteer hours.
Log in to your MyImpact account
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.
There are 4 main volunteer activity categories for logging volunteer hours:
- Off-Campus Volunteering (for all external organizations)
- On Campus Volunteering (for all on-campus volunteering)
- 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.
- Club Executive Member (Club Executives)
- Club Member (for club members volunteering with specific clubs)
Notes:
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.
You have one academic semester to have your hours verified before they will be removed from your MyImpact Account
Complete and submit a Volunteer Hours Verification Form.
After you complete the "Verify My Hours" form, it will be automatically sent to your volunteer supervisor for approval. When your supervisor confirms your hours with the VOLT staff, they will be approved in MyImpact and appear in your account as "approved".
Note: If you do not complete both steps in the process (Log Hours + Hours Verification Form), the VOLT team will not be able to approve your volunteer hours. Learn more about volunteering.
