Volunteer Experience
Volunteering for Yee Hong is a fulfilling and rewarding experience. There are various volunteer
opportunities in different departments and work units of the Yee Hong Centre and the Yee Hong
Community Wellness Foundation.
Whether to serve our seniors directly, engage in our exciting fundraising events, contribute your expertise
and creativity in communications, or help in office administration, you will find an opportunity that best
matches your interests and skills.
Service Volunteers at Yee Hong
Our volunteers embrace the seven values of Yee Hong: Respect, Compassion, Commitment, Excellence,
Teamwork, Integrity and Accountability. Whether they are running programs for the seniors, paying them a visit,
delivering meals, offering them a ride or doing office work, their service helps our seniors enjoy a more fulfilling
life and helps make Yee Hong a world leader in the provision of quality services for seniors from the healthy to
the very frail. In recent years, Yee Hong has benefited from the contribution of over 1,200 service volunteers each year.
Between 1995 and 2006, they contributed 660,000 hours of service in various departments of the Yee Hong Centre.
Training and Volunteer Development
Yee Hong strives to maintain a pool of well-trained, dependable and motivated volunteers. All new service volunteers
are given full orientation where they get to know the history and structure of the organization, its programs and services,
physical and emotional challenges facing seniors, skills in communicating and working with seniors, etc. Volunteers
will continue to receive support through on-going training, feedback and supervision from the departments they are
assigned to.
Training such as goal setting, social skills, time management and emotional management is also offered to help
volunteers in their personal growth. Every now and then, social gathering, outings and other activities are organized
to enhance team spirit and to promote staff-volunteer relationship.
Getting Started
To register as a Yee Hong volunteer, you must submit a completed Volunteer Application Form, Confidentiality Form,
and where applicable, the TB Test Form. Some assignments also require criminal check. A commitment of at least
three months is required for all volunteers except students volunteering in the summer. Some assignments such
as friendly visiting would require longer commitment. We will arrange a placement for you based on your expressed
interests, learning objectives and time availability. The need for and supply of volunteers fluctuates seasonally and
it might take some time before a suitable placement can be found for you.
The department to which you are assigned will give you a job-specific orientation and prepare you for your duties.
This is on top of the general orientation mentioned above. No need to worry that you do not have all the knowledge
and skills needed to perform certain duties. We have assessed you and believe that you have the potential and
motivation to learn. People differ in the length of time they take to break into a job. Your supervisor, as well as other
staff and fellow volunteers, will give you support to carry out the duty and enhance the skills over time.
Volunteer Recognition
Every effort is made to ensure that volunteer achievements and contributions are recognized and rewarded.
Volunteer Recognition Week is held annually to express the organization’s appreciation to all volunteers.
In addition, various departments organize their own appreciation activities for their volunteers.
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