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• The Life Heroic

  How to Unleash Your Most Amazing Self

  Svoboda, Elizabeth,

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  Examines the qualities shared by everyday heroes, explaining to readers how the people making the greatest impact are not always the ones making headlines.

• Volunteer at HPL

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  See all of the volunteer opportunities at HPL.

• All Alone With You

  Coombs, Amelia Diane,

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  Standoffish Eloise Deane, in need of volunteer hours for her college applications, is paired with an agency that offers social support to lonely seniors and meets a dynamic elderly woman and a cheerful fellow volunteer who unexpectedly make her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Knit for a Cause | HPL

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  Secondary School students knit items, which are donated to people in need, in our community. Knitting instructions and supplies are provided. Beginners welcome.

• Just Help!

  How to Build a Better World

  Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

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  In a story inspired by her own family's desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young readers on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and strangers all help one another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teen Tech Tutors | HPL

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  Volunteers with this program help older adults with computers/tablets in a classroom setting. The program runs over a series of dates at different branches.

• Let's Get Creative

  Art for a Healthy Planet

  Rose, Jessica (Author of Let's get creative),

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  Hamilton author. This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers examines how artists are using their creativity to help the environment and build a more sustainable world. What's the big idea? Orca Think introduces us to the issues making…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teen Gaming Volunteer | HPL

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  HPL offers opportunities for teens to play video games on Nintendo Switch. Teen Gaming Volunteers host sessions and assist with the set-up, take-down and monitoring of gaming equipment as part of the Teen Hub Zone program.

• Community Service and Volunteering

  Andres, Marco,

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  One of the easiest ways to be an active and involved citizen is to volunteer your time and services in your community. Readers will learn about the importance of community service and volunteering. This interesting social studies subject is brought…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teen Review Crew | HPL

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  Teen Review Crew is a virtual volunteer opportunity. It’s all about sharing your opinion and promoting the Hamilton Public Library's collections of books, movies, music, and more. You write reviews for library items, we post them online and you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You've Been Volunteered

  Gelman, Laurie,

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  If you've ever been a room parent or school volunteer, Jen Dixon is your hero. She says what every class mom is really thinking, whether in her notoriously frank emails or standup-worthy interactions with the micromanaging PTA President and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Newcomer Learning Centre English Tutoring | HPL

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  The Newcomer Learning Centre’s English Tutoring Program provides one-to-one English Language Learning to Newcomer adults, in-person, online or both. Meet for English tutoring twice per week, for one to two hours each session.

• Never Too Late

  a Novel

  Steel, Danielle,

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  Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Repair Café - Volunteer Fixers | HPL

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  Repair Cafés promote sustainability, foster community spirit, encourage lifelong learning, skill building and intergenerational connections. Repair Café “fixers” share a variety of skills to help community members fix common household items. HPL…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love

  a Novel

  Cronin, Marianne,

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  Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed. A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• FAQ - Volunteer page | HPL

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  Questions about volunteerism at HPL?

• The Third Wave

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  More than a movie about the devastation that a tsunami caused in a country that sustained over 118,000 casualties. It is a movie about volunteering. Four people with little money and no experience race off to help out in tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reaching Mithymna

  Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos

  Heighton, Steven

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  A poet's firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis.

• Can We Help?

  Kids Volunteering to Help Their Communities

  Ancona, George

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  Describes how children can help their communities in different ways, from tending a community garden and training service dogs to volunteering to help people with disabilities and mentoring younger students.

• Before You Say Yes--

  a Guide to the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Volunteer Boards

  Pendgracs, Doreen

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  Doreen Pendgracs has sat on various boards of directors for the past twenty-five years. During that time, she has gleaned valuable information that she shares in an easy-to-understand, conversational style for novices and seasoned members alike.…Read moreRead more of this annotation