Without Volunteers Multiple Births Canada would simply not exist!

Every day across Canada there are hundreds of volunteers working tirelessly in their communities to improve the lives of families with multiples. Whether as a family support volunteer – holding the hand of another when it matters; a Clothing Sale Coordinator, a link to MBC, or a Chapter Executive member, these volunteers are making a difference in the lives of others.

How can you help?

Are you looking to make a difference? Do you have an interest in multiple-birth issues or the passion to improve the lives of multiples and their families? If you have answered yes to either of these questions, then we need you!

Multiple Births Canada is looking for:  

• Dedicated volunteers to assist and support MBC, its Chapters and its membership.
• Volunteers who can commit to a task and see it through; who are also comfortable to working on their own (seeking assistance when needed) and taking initiative where necessary.
• Volunteers with a passion for multiple-birth issues who want to make a difference.
• Individuals who are (or are willing to become) a member of Multiple Births Canada (either as a Chapter Member or a Direct Member)
• Individuals with Internet access, email and willingness to meet (via electronic methods) on a fairly regular basis.

Benefits of Volunteering
The benefits are endless for you, for your chapter, for multiple-birth families and for your community. Some of these benefits include:

• Spending time with others who have or who are having similar life experiences
• Meeting new people, developing networks and making lasting friendships
• Learning new skills with the potential to transfer them to the workplace
• Enhancing your self-confidence, self-worth and sense of accomplishment
• Teaching your family about the importance of sharing with others and giving of one’s time to a worthy cause
• Helping both your family and others in your community by contributing to a better quality of life
• Helping a cause that you believe in…making a difference for future generations

Volunteer Board Positions Available

There is much work to be done by MBC, and it can’t be done with only the handful of National Volunteers we have now. We desperately need further help to move MBC toward its goals!

There is a wide variety of positions, responsibilities, tasks that require dedicated volunteers with a passion for multiple births and Multiple Births Canada. All areas of MBC need volunteers to work on committees or on specific projects—either as a leader or as a member. Please note that the average time commitment varies for each position, dependent on the availability of the volunteer, and timing of specific events or activities directly related to that position.

If any of the positions interest you please contact the Acting Executive Director to get more information and where available, a more detailed job description.

Health and Education Editorial Committee Volunteers: Are you a professional or topic expert in the area of health or education? Perhaps you are a Doula, Midwife, OBGYN, Physician, Educator or have a designation in another related or relevant field?  Multiple Births Canada is looking for volunteers who are topic experts to work with the H & E Committee on an "on call" basis to help write, review and/or edit new resources for Multiple Births Canada.  There are a number of resources that are ear-marked to be updated over the next 6 months to a year, and we need your assistance to ensure that they are of a high quality, research-based and reviewed by experts in their topic field. 

National Multiple Births Awareness Day Coordinator: With direction from the Acting Executive Director and the MBC Board of Directors, this person will lead and deliver this important national awareness event. MBC is looking for someone who has experience in media relations and strong writing skills. The responsibilities of this position could be shared by more than one person and includes developing a communications plan, producing the media kit and distributing it to the media, evaluating media coverage and measuring results. This is a time-specific position from January to June each year.

Advocacy Committee Chair/Coordinator: Develops partnerships and re-establishes partnerships with other like-minded organizations doing similar advocacy work. In addition, there is a need for advocacy committee members—preferably volunteers from each province—to track and respond to provincial/territorial issues.

Translation Committee: MBC is always looking for professional translators to assist in the translation of educational and communication pieces for publications and events. The primary need is for translation to French however if you are a professional translator for another language and MBC would be interested in hearing from you.  

Marketing Volunteer: Promotes Multiple Moments and MBC through the use of print and electronic media. This person will be self-driven and has marketing skills or would like to further develop them through a volunteer position.

Adult Multiples Support Network Chair: Oversees the Adult Multiples Support Network. An adult multiple as Chair would be ideal to work with other adult multiples to initiate and conduct discussions and sharing of common interests.

Young Parents Support Network Chair (NEW): MBC is looking for a volunteer to Chair a new support network for those who became parents of multiples at a young age. Ideally, the Chair will have had experienced being a young parent with multiples them self and can share their knowledge, understanding and MBC resources. The network Chair is responsible for linking members with peers in similar circumstances and being a conduit for mutual support in addition to guiding members to appropriate MBC resources. The network Chair would also be responsible for producing a short monthly newsletter keeping members connected to each other and MBC, provide submissions to Multiple Moments magazine, and liaising with the Board of Directors on the specific needs of members within this network.

Independent Accountant: Performs the independent annual financial review of the MBC financial statements, on the basis of information provided by the Director of Finance. This person is a CA or CGA. Contact Shirley Combden at financial@multiplebirthscanada.org for further information.

All MBC Volunteers are a true asset to the organization and carry out work that would

not be possible without their generosity and support. Thank you!

Open Volunteer Board of Directors Position

The MBC Board is always seeking new Board Members. Ideal candidates are past MBC Chapter Executive members (or who have had similar experience volunteering on other Boards of Directors) and who are now ready to make the move from their local Chapter Executives/Board to the National Board. If you have not held these positions in the past, but are interested in learning more, please do not let this requirement stop you from contacting MBC.

Director at Large Positions - MBC is looking for Directors to serve on the Board who may not hold specific portfolios but who are willing to work with a team of fellow Board members. 

If you have any questions about the work carried out by the Board of Directors, the portfolios of any Board positions, the Board’s composition, the nature of the time commitment involved, or Board operations, please do not hesitate to contact the MBC Chair  at any time.

Additional One Time Tasks... New Volunteers Needed!

If you have considered volunteering and have the time, passion and interest to take on some smaller tasks—the following may be for you, someone you know, or even you and a committee!

We are looking for volunteers:

• Experienced in health or education related fields to:

• help develop new and update existing fact sheets and resources as part of the Health and Education Committee identify gaps in publications and resources and assist (where applicable) in the development of such resources
• establish needs, develop and provide new resources to fill gaps beyond the infant/toddler stage

Skilled in website programming to:

• add items like You Tube Videos and Blogs to our MBC home page
• create a private and secure discussion forum
• create a Photo Gallery

Experience with current social networking applications to:

• connect website links from other websites to MBC; develop policy; reciprocal agreements with other websites
• connect with other discussion forums to communicate the existence and resources of MBC
• facilitate an MBC Blog to keep people up-to-date with MBC and multiple-birth related news

Skilled in Marketing/public relations/communications to:

• update database of media contacts
• encourage magazine and other publication coverage, arrange interviews and the distribution of Public Service Announcements
• develop a contact list of multiple-birth community members and key messages for responding to media requests
• develop a list of cities/regions and the media contacts in those cities to develop an outreach campaign in areas where Chapters are needed

Politically minded individuals to:

• create and maintain a list of Ministers of multiple-birth impacted portfolios, ensuring they are aware of MBC and our advocacy issues, as well as other general awareness

Experienced in working with databases to:

• to link membership database technology to highlight expiry dates and similar type functions

Are you ready to Volunteer?
Please contact Kimberley Weatherall, Acting Executive Director at office@multiplebirthscanada.org to discuss where your experience, interests and passion are best suited in volunteering with MBC.

Volunteer Application Form - Word file