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Tell Your Story

Whether you are a non profit organization, a corporation or an individual who has made a difference, we’d love to hear your story about how volunteering has impacted you! Tell us what ‘SPARKED’ you about the experience and made you feel good. It will help others to see how great volunteering can be too! You can submit a written story, a photo or a video!

Please note:

  • To submit a story you must join SPARK Ontario
  • The story must be tied to an organization already on the system. If the organization you want to tell a story about is not there, please let them know about SPARK!
  • Organizations will be notified that you have submitted a story about them
Helping others can lead to personal growth

Helping others can lead to personal growth

Supporting women in their healing journey

- Taylor
Spirit of compassion motivates this couple to give back

Spirit of compassion motivates this couple to give back

Turning a volunteering passion into a career

Turning a volunteering passion into a career

Volunteering has helped me cope with what I was going through in my life, and now it’s evolved into what I want to do as a career.

- Mandy F.
Transforming Lives with Good Food

Transforming Lives with Good Food

From Teacher to Beloved Trusted Friend of Students

From Teacher to Beloved Trusted Friend of Students

exponential improvement of their studies.

- Anonymous, Toronto
Messages of Hope on a Grey Day

Messages of Hope on a Grey Day

Reflections of a student volunteer: I think that I will always remember Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Driving to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre I doubted how drawing messages on the...

- Mrs. J George, Breslau
Being HIV Positive Should Never Stop You

Being HIV Positive Should Never Stop You

Homeless shelter

The impact it had on my experience is that I felt happy and inspired by helping people in need. I did a very good deed it's good to help people. I made those people happy and grate...

- Viktoria Roby, Toronto
For me, Chantiers jeunesse is :

For me, Chantiers jeunesse is :

Head scarecrow passes the reins to new event chair

Head scarecrow passes the reins to new event chair

Better Together

Better Together

On the fridge door

On the fridge door