Volunteer Opportunities

Join the Kincardine Summer Day Camp Team and gain community service hours all while developing leadership, communication, teamwork, and professional skills.

About The Role

As an LIT, you will:

• Attend training
• Set a good example for children
• Assist with implementing camp programming
• Participate in activities with campers (including swimming)
• Help oversee groups
• Ensure all campers are comfortable
• Have a positive attitude
• Help set up and take down activities

Is this position a good fit for you?

• Are you willing to learn?
• Do you like kids?
• Are you responsible?
• Are you a good role model?
• Do you work well in groups?

If you have answered yes to these questions, camp might just be the place for you!

Why be an LIT?

• Develop communication, leadership, responsibility, and professional skills
• Gain volunteer hours (they can count toward your high school diploma's mandatory community service hours if you are Grade 8+)
• A great pathway to becoming a leader with camp in the future
• You'll have a fun summer!

Applications are now open.  Visit the application link listed below to complete the Google Form.  The Camp Coordinators will contact you once your application has been received to schedule an interview with you.

LIT Application

Deadline to apply is June 5, 2026

Green Team Volunteers play an important role in helping make our special events more environmentally sustainable. Volunteers support waste diversion, sustainable transportation, and reusable water initiatives that reduce landfill waste, lower the special event’s carbon footprint, and encourage environmentally responsible choices.

Greening our special events helps reduce waste, lower environmental impacts, and model sustainable practices for our community. By making thoughtful choices about waste diversion, transportation, and resource use, events can protect the environment while inspiring visitors and residents to adopt more sustainable habits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support waste diversion efforts by overseeing recycling, compost, and garbage stations.
• Assist participants in properly sorting waste to reduce contamination.
• Monitor recycling and compost bins and help ensure materials are placed in the correct streams.
• Educate and answer questions from participants about recycling, composting, and sustainability initiatives at the event.
• Assist with the secure bike parking by receiving, organizing, and returning bikes participants.
• Encourage and share information about sustainable transportation options such as cycling.
• Assist at the free water station by helping guests refill reusable water bottles and keeping the area clean.
• Promote environmentally friendly practices and help create a positive sustainability culture at the special event.

Qualifications:

• Interest in sustainability and supporting environmentally responsible events.
• Dependable, positive, and willing to work as part of a team.
• Comfortable interacting with the public and answering questions.
• Responsible and attentive when assisting with equipment such as bikes or water stations.

Apply to be a Green Team Volunteer!

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The Municipality of Kincardine hosts several one-day special events throughout the year where volunteers are needed.

As a volunteer you will help support a variety of activities for the special event, including:

• Greeting and interacting with the public who attend the event.
• Providing road barrier supervision.
• Assisting with check-in and guiding participants.
• Setting up before the event and taking down materials after the event.
• Supervising special event equipment (e.g. inflatables, games, etc.)
• Assisting with other duties throughout the event to ensure it runs smoothly.

Does this sound like something you'd like to help with? If so, apply to be a Special Event Volunteer today!

We're looking for volunteers to support the operations of our Welcome Centre between July and August as well as "pop-ups" or mobile events that will occur at various times, locations, and special events throughout the summer season.

As a volunteer, you'll be contributing in many ways, including:

• Greeting visitors in person and on the phone.
• Answering questions about the community, businesses, sites, trails, and other assets.
• Promoting area businesses, activities, attractions, and special events.
• Assembling welcome packages.
• Stocking inventory.
• Helping people plan their next adventure.

Qualifications for volunteering at the Welcome Centre include:

• Enjoyment of a customer-facing role, with previous customer service experience in a work of volunteer capacity is an asset.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for the Municipality of Kincardine along with knowledge of the area's activities, attractions, and experiences.
• Enjoyment of routine tasks, including continuously greeting and providing services to guests, assembling packages, assisting with inventory, and keeping the Welcome Centre materials tidy.

The benefits of volunteering include:

• Network and meet new people.
• Share your skills and learn new ones.
• Give back to your community.
• Obtain community service hours.
• Have a great time volunteering.
• ...and you get a really nice shirt!

Does this sound like the volunteer opportunity you've been waiting for? Then don't delay - hit the button below to apply today!

Then don't delay - apply to be a Welcome Centre Volunteer!