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CSGVP: 07GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING IN ONTARIOFigure 2.6: Distribution of type of volunteer activity, volunteers aged 15 and older, Ontarioand other provinces, 2007.Organizing or supervising events! !FundraisingTeaching, educating or mentoringSitting on a committee or boardCounseling or providing adviceCollecting or delivering food or goodsOffice workProviding healthcare or supportCoaching, refereeing or officiatingConservation or environmental protectionDrivingMaintainance or repairCanvassingFirst-aid, fire-fighting or seach & rescueOther activities5%7%32%29%32%33%26%29%26%27%25%23%21%19%21%19%20%18%16%22%16%19%13%14%18%18%45%45%44%43%0% 20% 40% 60%Ontario% volunteersOther provincesFigure 2.7: Distribution of type of volunteer activity, volunteers aged 15 and older, Ontario,2004 and 2007.!Organizing or supervising eventsFundraising47%45%47%44%Teaching, educating or mentoringSitting on a committee or board32%32%33%32%Counseling or providing adviceCollecting or delivering food or goodsOffice workProviding healthcare or supportCoaching, refereeing or officiatingConservation or environmental protectionDrivingMaintainance or repairCanvassing24%26%26%26%24%25%19%21%19%21%17%20%16%16%18%16%15%13%First-aid, fire-fighting or seach & rescue6%5%Other activities10%18%0% 20% 40% 60%% volunteers! !HOW VOLUNTEERS BECOME INVOLVED2004 2007!The CSGVP asked volunteers how they initially became involved with the organization towhich they contributed the most hours. Ontarian volunteers are slightly more likely tobecome involved with an organization because someone asked them to volunteer than theyare to approach an organization on their own initiative. Just over two fifths (44%) ofGIVINGANDVOLUNTEERING.CA25
CSGVP: 07GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING IN ONTARIOOntarian volunteers became involved after being asked by someone to volunteer (see Figure2.8). Thirty-two percent of these volunteers were approached by someone already involvedwith the organization, 11% were asked by a friend or relative who was not already involved,3% were asked by their employer, and 2% E were asked by someone else.Figure 2.8: Method of initial involvement with organization, volunteers aged 15 and older,Ontario and other provinces, 2007.100%3%2% E3%3%75%11%10%32%34%50%25%44%45%0%OntarioOther provincesApproached organization on own initiativeAsked by relative or friend outside organizationAsked by someone elseAsked by someone inside organizationAsked by employerE Use with caution.!MANDATORY COMMUNITY SERVICEThe CSGVP also asked volunteers whether they were required to volunteer for theorganization to which they contributed the most hours. This type of volunteering (where it isrequired by some external authority such as one’s school, employer, or the charitable ornonprofit organization itself) 6 is included in the CSGVP estimates of volunteer activity andis classified as mandatory community service. Less than one in ten (7%) Ontarian volunteerswere required to volunteer for the organization to which they contributed the most hours (seeFigure 2.9). Nearly one third (31%) of Ontarians who engaged in mandatory communityservice were required to do so by the group or organization itself while two fifths (44%)were required to volunteer by their school (see Figure 2.10).6 Examples of this type of requirement would be an organization that required volunteering as a condition ofmembership or an organization that required volunteer labour from parents as a condition of their children’sparticipation.GIVINGANDVOLUNTEERING.CA26
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