As a Welcome Group Program volunteer, Idalia and her fellow members threw a surprise party for their matched newcomer! As a former newcomer herself, she found that volunteering was a special way to give back.

“As a team, we’ve learned and grown together, and our match has taught us invaluable lessons about life, resilience, and hope.”

Read Idalia’s interview here!

Meet Welcome Group Program volunteer and United Way Greater Toronto employee Fatemeh! After she arrived in Toronto as a newcomer, Fatemeh began volunteering with our Welcome Group Program– an experience that helped lead to her current position with United Way Greater Toronto.

“I was in a networking session and I saw someone from United Way. I reached out and said that I’m really interested in working at United Way and I’m also volunteering with Together Project…”

Read more here!

Thinking of applying to be a Welcome Group Program volunteer in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Moncton, Mississauga, or Toronto?

Check out this video for tips on filling out our application form!

Apply here: www.bttr.im/a772o

Learn more about Together Project here: www.togetherproject.ca/volunteer

After coming to Canada as an immigrant, Ishika was driven to help other newcomers feel at home in Ottawa. After finding out about the Welcome Group Program, she was excited to sign up:

“I was looking for a volunteer opportunity with the potential to have a genuine positive impact on newcomers’ experience and the Welcome Group seemed ideal.”

Read our interview with Ishika here!

Together Project’s Welcome Group Program offers businesses and organizations a terrific opportunity to engage their employees to make a real difference in their communities. Click here to learn more!

Are you interested in building more welcoming communities? Please consider Together Project as the beneficiary of your office or personal fundraising initiative.