Volunteer Opportunities
Milton Public Library offers high school students volunteer hours for participating in select programs, which help to benefit our community. Teens can sign up via our Program Calendar. Please note that participants should register using their own library card, as the registration list is used to confirm names and email addresses for the volunteer hours. Please only register once per program. Letters confirming volunteer hours are emailed before the end of semester, unless otherwise requested. Please contact the Teen Services Librarian at corrina.mcgill@beinspired.ca with any questions.
Garden Volunteers
Various dates and times, starting April 26, Beaty branch
Did you know that our Beaty branch is home to our Indigenous Learning Garden? It contains examples of local indigenous plants and also serves as a pollinator garden for our beehives. The garden will require care all summer long, so we are looking for teen volunteers to assist our gardener with maintenance – planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, and everything else. You are permitted to sign up for multiple dates. Please sign up for each date individually. Please note that there will be a 2 strike policy – if you register for multiple dates and fail to attend or cancel your registration in advance twice, you will be removed from any future garden volunteer dates that you have registered for this season.
You will be working outside, so please bring a hat, gardening gloves, and sunscreen, and we recommend that you wear long sleeves and pants. Please be aware that ticks have been found in the garden in previous years.
This volunteer opportunity is intended for teens in high school, and participants will be eligible for volunteer hours. Please register using the name of the person who needs the volunteer hours.
All Together Now: An Intergenerational Games Night for Teens and Seniors
Thursday, February 27, 6:30-8:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, March 27, 6:30-8:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, May 22, 6:30-8:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, June 5, 6:30-8:00 PM, Main branch
Are you a master of Monopoly? A conqueror of Bingo? An expert card game player, or just want to learn from some seasoned players? Join us for an Intergenerational Games Night at the Milton Public Library.
Come out and connect with local seniors to learn something new and (maybe) beat them at their own game!
Games are great for the mind and even better at bringing people together for an evening of fun problem-solving and social interaction, so be sure to register today. You are never too old, or young, to have some fun at the library!
Teens who register and attend are eligible to collect their Community Volunteer Hours. Please register for each date separately.
Write for Rights
Monday, April 7, 2025, 7:00-8:30 PM, Main branch
For over 20 years, Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Teens will view a short video synopsis on highlighted cases from Amnesty International. They will then write a letter to help the cause.
Participants are eligible to earn volunteer hours.
For ages 13-17
Beaty Birdhouses
Saturday, April 19, 1:00-4:00 PM, Beaty branch
Did you know that the Beaty branch is home to our Indigenous Medicine Garden? As a way to make it more welcoming to the feathered members of the Milton community, we’re going to design and decorate birdhouses which will be placed in the garden. We will also learn a bit about the history of birdhouses.
Participants will be eligible to earn volunteer hours for participation.
For ages 13-17
True Crime Teens: Current Events Podcast Club
Wednesdays, starting April 23, 7:00-8:00 PM, Main branch
By listening to podcasts on current events, participating in discussions, and championing for policy change by writing advocacy letters to local MPs and MPPs, participants will develop critical thinking skills, deepen their understanding of global issues, and become informed and active citizens in their communities and beyond.
Participants who attend high school will also be eligible to earn their community volunteer hours. Ages 13-17.
Project Pen Pal
Began Thursday, October 10, 6:00-7:00 PM, Main branch (all times and locations will be the same) – currently full
Participants will be registered for the entire series of dates: Thursday, October 10, 2024, Thursday, November 21, Thursday, December 12, Thursday, January 16, 2025, Thursday, February 13, Thursday, March 13, Thursday, April 10
Project Pen Pal is a fun and creative program that connects teenagers with seniors in a meaningful and thoughtful way by providing them with an opportunity to create a relationship through an old fashioned letter writing process.
Teens will have the material necessary to write letters to seniors, and those letters will be distributed to local retirement homes. Teens will also have the ability to make small crafts or items to include in their envelopes.
Participants who attend high school will also be eligible to earn their community volunteer hours.
For ages 13-17.
White Pine Book Club
Sherwood group began Monday, December 2, 7:00-8:00 PM. Participants will be registered for the entire series of dates: Mondays, December 2, 2024, January 20, 2025, February 24, March 17, April 14. – currently full
Beaty group began Thursday, December 19, 7:00-8:00 PM. Participants will be registered for the entire series of dates: Thursday, December 19, 2024, January 16, 2025, February 13, March 20, April 17. – currently full
The White Pine Award™ from the Forest of Reading program offers teens of all ages the opportunity to read the best of Canada’s recent young adult fiction titles. This program promotes reading for enjoyment and familiarizes teenagers with great Canadian books. The Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program and offers 10 award programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages.
