LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Bill Young: Volunteer Match with Chris Jones
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Community Match Award – Bill Young & Chris Jones Good evening, everyone! My name is Rebecca Coxon, I am filling in for the wonderful Alex Darling to support our volunteer team while she is off on parental leave.… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Bill Young: Volunteer Match with Chris Jones
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Volunteer Leadership Award – Sarah-Jane Harriz
April 17, 2026
This award was presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, the LiveWorkPlay 31st Anniversary Celebration at Bayview Yards. The presenter is Rebecca Coxon, Team Lead and interim Volunteer Coordinator. I have the absolute pleasure of recognizing someone who truly embodies what it means to help the community to welcome and include people with intellectual… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Volunteer Leadership Award – Sarah-Jane Harriz
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Daniel Spagnolo: United Way East Ontario Community Builder Award
April 17, 2026
This award was presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, the LiveWorkPlay 31st Anniversary Celebration at Bayview Yards. It was a suprise! The text below is not an official transcript, it was produced from speech-to-text of the live video recording. I do, in fact, have some breaking news that will be sure to surprise… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Daniel Spagnolo: United Way East Ontario Community Builder Award
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2023, April 16-22 “Volunteering Weaves Us Together”
April 18, 2023
Hello and welcome to National Volunteer Week. I’m Batoul Auf, and it’s been my absolute pleasure to serve as People Connector and Volunteer Coordinator here at LiveWorkPlay over the past year while Alex Darling is on leave with her baby girl Adeline. The volunteer week theme for 2023 is Volunteering Weaves Us Together, and that… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2023, April 16-22 “Volunteering Weaves Us Together”
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2019
April 8, 2019
National Volunteer Week starts April 7, and celebrates Canada’s 13 million volunteers! At LiveWorkPlay we could not do what we do without our volunteer team, now 150 people strong! This year’s Volunteer Week them is “The Volunteer Factor – Lifting Communities.” We can think of no better example of this than the impact our volunteer… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2019
Thank You for An Amazing 2018
December 12, 2018
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (+) It might be a one day commemoration (December 3) but International Day of Persons with Disabilities launched a full five days of advocacy and celebration for LiveWorkPlay members, staff, volunteers, and partners. The extra activity included the National Conference on Disability and Employment (December 4-5), International Volunteer Day (December 6), a Developmental Services… Continue reading Thank You for An Amazing 2018
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates International Volunteer Day
December 6, 2018
LiveWorkPlay traditionally celebrates our amazing volunteers during National Volunteer Week (April 7-1 in 2019) and at our Make A Buzz Ottawa celebration (May 9 this year) but we did not want to let this United Nations commemoration of volunteerism pass by without sending out a huge THANK YOU to the more than 150 individuals who… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates International Volunteer Day
LiveWorkPlay Joins United Way Ottawa Wall of Inspiration Celebration!
September 17, 2018
On September 14, United Way Ottawa presented the This is Ottawa Project: 2018—the reveal of the new Wall of Inspiration, honouring the amazing people, organizations, agencies and community partners across this city who share a commitment to driving lasting change. Last September, more than 500 people joined United Way Ottawa in bringing the first 150 pieces… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Joins United Way Ottawa Wall of Inspiration Celebration!
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2018!
April 16, 2018
. At LiveWorkPlay we celebrate our volunteers at the annual Make A Buzz Ottawa event, but we also get in on the fun of National Volunteer Week. We benefit from the support of more than 150 volunteers (contact Alex Darling to join the team!) and how they contribute continues to develop. Here are some examples: board… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2018!
LiveWorkPlay: Summertime News!
June 9, 2017
SUMMER IS OUR BUSY SEASON! While it might be a regular pattern for some government, private, and non-profit organizations to slow down during the summer season, it’s arguably the busiest time of year at LiveWorkPlay! Here’s some of what is happening: we’ve hired four summer students who are completing training and will be helping with employment,… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay: Summertime News!