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2010 Olympics' volunteer positions in jeopardy?

By Pina Belperio
| December 13, 2009

During the Depression, people were asked, "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
In the prelude to the 2010 Olympics, Vanoc is asking, "Brother, can you spare an extra room?"

This week, local papers reported that Vanoc is looking for housing for 700 Whistler-area Olympic Games volunteers. With less than 63 days before the Owe-lympics, that's a whole lotta beds to fill, putting many volunteer positions in jeopardy.

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#95 - Who are the people in your neighborhood? Food bank volunteers, tibetan buddhist nuns, and Baka Beyond

November 16, 2009
| In this podcast: food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons, and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.

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Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

In this podcast: Food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.


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(1:40 - 7:47) Sachin Seth went to the Fort York Food Bank to talk about how the recession was affecting the facility, but found food bank recipients volunteering their time to keep the place running. Here are three of their stories.

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Olympic volunteer secondment - VANOC style

By Pina Belperio
| August 13, 2009

On August 10, VANOC announced that, "The B.C. govt is offering partially paid leave to its 30,000 public servants if they volunteer for the 2010 Olympics."

The secondment of B.C's senior civil servants for the next six months is VANOC's creative solution to the $40-million budget shortfall, after the private sector shut the door on Olympic sponsorship and advertising.

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