JOIN A COMMITTEE

We are looking for volunteers to join one of the following committees. Committee members are not required to have lived experience in care:

Research & Education: The key focus of this committee is to encourage full access to education for all youth in/from care.

• Provincial assessment of what each province offers

• Provincial comparison

• Administer Ken Dryden Scholarship

• Connect youth in care to educational support programs and resources

Membership: The key focus of this committee is to oversee the process of bringing in new members, designing membership kits, and maintaining our membership database.  The following are a list of responsibilities of this committee.

• Initial contact with new members

• Perks of membership at different levels

• Partnerships with external organizations

• Renew our memberships with organizations

• Member inventory (gains and losses)

• Member birthday shout-outs

Finance & Fund Development: The key focus of this committee is to oversee the financial health of the organization.

• Review financial documents

• Review and update YICC’s annual budget

• Devise strategies to diversify funding and set membership fees

• Review previous grants and proposals

• Review monthly statements and YICC’s budget

Communications: The key focus of this committee is to oversee how YICC communicates with its members and stakeholders.

• Maintain the YICC website

• Maintain YICC’s Social Media platform (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

• E-Networker, Newsletter, Magazine

• Internal communications (emails, drop box)

• Provide consistent messages among our various internet platforms

• Promotion and marketing of YICC

• Nurture relationships with organizations