• Volunteer involvement strengthens our community and is a process of growth, education, and democracy.
• Volunteer involvement is a key factor in the provision of a strong foundation for a better future for our community.
• Volunteer involvement in Thunder Bay highlights our uniqueness in relation to geography and demography. 
• Volunteer involvement is representative and respectful of the diverse nature of our community.
• Volunteer involvement is based on relationships and mutually benefits both the volunteer and the Thunder Bay community.

•  We recognize that volunteers provide important and valuable services and will strive to provide the appropriate infrastructure, a mechanism for communication, and appropriate recognition to support volunteers.
• Volunteers serving our organizations make a commitment and are dedicated, reliable, honest and accountable.

• We acknowledge and support the vital role of volunteers in achieving a balance of services that improves our quality of life and supports our economy in a cost-effective manner, and the missions of the numerous community organizations for which they serve.
• Volunteers are welcomed and treated as valued and integral members of our broader team.
• Policies and procedures are adopted by our organization to provide a framework that defines and supports the involvement of volunteers 
• A qualified person is designated to be responsible for Volunteer Services.
• A clearly communicated screening process is consistently applied.
• Volunteer assignments address the guiding principles and involve volunteers in meaningful ways – reflecting their various skills, abilities, talents needs and backgrounds.
• Volunteer recruitment and selection reaches out to diverse sources of volunteers.
• Volunteers receive an orientation to the organization, its policies and procedures, and receive training for their volunteer assignment.
• Volunteers receive appropriate levels of supervision according to their task and are given regular opportunities to give and receive feedback.
• Volunteers are appropriately appreciated either formally or informally and there are opportunities for public volunteer recognition.

With funding from OCVI, Volunteer Thunder Bay researched other municipality``es in Canada that had adopted the Canadian Code.  In fall 2005 the City and Volunteer Thunder Bay facilitated 3 community workshops to get input on what volunteers and the organizations they serve would like to see in a Thunder Bay Code.  With information from these workshops. a Thunder Bay Code for Volunteer Involvement was drafted.  This code was adopted by city Council in November 2005.  The Thunder Bay Code for Volunteer Involvement was officially launched on December 5, 2005 in celebration of the International Day of the Volunteer.

Volunteer Thunder Bay, City of Thunder Bay and TBAVA will take the lead in the community to promote the adoption of the Code by local organizations that are supported by volunteers.

Thunder Bay Code for Volunteer Involvement- Review on the official Thunder Bay Website

For further information about the Code, contact Sheelagh Hendrick, Supervisor of Recreation & Culture Division – shendrick@thunderbay.ca
 

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