Brad’s Place Addiction Treatment of Southern Georgian Bay is seeking to fill the volunteer positions within the Board of Direcotrs. These positions include:

• Secretary
• Marketing and Communications Director
• Quality Assurance and Privacy Officer
• Fundraising Director
• Volunteer Coordinator

Brad’s Place Addiction Treatment of Southern Georgian Bay is a not for profit, charitable organization that strives to support youth and young adults struggling with substance abuse and addiction that want to obtain a positive lifestyle by decreasing their need for drugs and increasing positive coping strategies through personalized counselling services.

Vision:

Brad’s Place provides a client centered approach to addiction counselling for teenagers and young adults struggling to live sober, healthy lifestyles under the guidance and support of their family members and positive supports.

Mission Statement:

Brad's Place offers a therapeutic approach to a sober, healthy lifestyle for teenagers and young adults through offering empathetic personal and group counselling from honest, reliable, skilled counsellors within Simcoe County.

Across the country, the Gutsy Walk is made possible due to the time and talents shared by thousands of volunteers in their communities. With a collective goal to deliver our mission of finding a cure for Crohn's and colitis, we are greatly appreciative and thankful for our volunteers who have continuously led the Gutsy Walk to success each year.

As a Gutsy Walk Planning Committee Member, you’ll be working closely with a team of other volunteers to plan and promote your local Gutsy Walk. Your efforts in connecting and engaging your community—whatever your volunteer role with Gutsy Walk—will make a big impact in raising awareness about IBD and finding cures.
In particular, we’re looking for volunteers to support their local Gutsy Walk in the following ways:

• Community Outreach –inspire people to sign up and participate in the local Gutsy Walk
• Media Relations –connect with local media outlets to promote the Gutsy Walk
• Social Media –raise awareness about IBD and the Gutsy Walk through social media
• Fundraising –organize exciting fundraisers in your community
• Corporate Sponsorship –engage with local businesses to promote donations of sponsorship and gifts in kind
• Stewardship –build relationships with Gutsy Walk participants and encourage engagement

Help Senior Wish expand into Simcoe County to ensure that no senior is left isolated, alone and feeling like society has forgotten them. Help is especially needed to prepare for our Christmas Wish program starting in Sept.

Board members are concerned community members who are: 
 
Supportive of the Agency’s Vision, Purpose and Values 
Team oriented with good decision-making skills 
Able to attend and participate in 10 Board meetings each year as well as committee meetings  
Age 18 or over and live or work in Simcoe County or the District of Muskoka 
While we encourage all interested persons to apply, as a skills-based board, we are highly interested in community members who have lived or professional experience in the following areas: 
 
• French Language Service  
 
• Indigenous Heritage 
 
• Law/Legislation/Regulation  
 
• Research/Academic 
 
• Children’s Mental Health 
 
• Education 
 
• Communications / Fundraising 
 
• Police/Corrections/Youth Justice 
 
Varied skills, experience, capacity and attitude to fulfill expectations of this important role will be considered by the Nominating Committee. 
 
**Confirmation of all prospective board members shall be conditional on receipt and review of a vulnerable sector / criminal record check, child welfare record check and COVID-19 vaccination. 
 
Board members gain an understanding of the issues facing child welfare, children’s mental health and the process of governance. They also help to raise the visibility of the Agency by communicating our purpose and serving as ambassadors within the community.