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
Beaty branch, various days and times, May-October – please see the Program Calendar to register
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, digging, 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.
Keeping It Reel: Wikipedia and the Movies
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 1:00-4:00 PM, Beaty branch – Dead Poets Society
Join Emily Carrasco-Acosta, a Wikipedia expert, for a fun cinema day and to learn how to edit Wikipedia movie articles. There will be a mini Wikipedia workshop prior to watching the chosen month’s film to learn basic editing skills.
Participants will be eligible for volunteer hours for participating in this program. Note: a limited number of chromebooks will be available for use, but please bring your own laptop/tablet if possible, as well as registering for a Wikipedia account before the event. Please sign up for each date individually.
All Together Now: An Intergenerational Games Night for Teens and Seniors
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:30-7:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, November 28, 5:30-7:00 PM, Main branch
Thursday, December 12, 7:15-8:45 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.
True Crime Teens: Current Events Podcast Club
Begins Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00-8:30 PM, Main branch – alternate Wednesdays for 6 sessions total
“True Crime Teens: Current Events Podcast Club” offers a dynamic and engaging platform for teens to explore, discuss, and take action on current events issues.
By listening to podcasts, 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
Begins Thursday, October 10, 6:00-7:00 PM, Main branch (all times and locations will be the same)
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.
The Red Scarf Project for Teens
Begins Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 7:15-8:45 PM, Beaty branch – runs all Wednesdays and Thursdays in November
This program is a chance for crafty teens to use their skills to help people. December 1st is World AIDS Day, when red scarves, mittens, and hats line the streets to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS in our communities. We will learn how to do simple knitting stitches and make red scarves to donate to The Positive Health Network serving Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand, Norfolk and Brant for those in need.
Please register if you are a beginner or have no experience with knitting. If you already know how to knit and will just need supplies and no instructions, please email corrina.mcgill@beinspired.ca. All supplies will be provided. Participants can earn volunteer hours for high school.
Please note that you should expect to have to attend a minimum of 6-7 of the sessions in order to complete your scarf. Wednesdays we will meet in the lounge area at Beaty, and on Thursdays it will be in the program room.
For ages 13-17.
Honouring Our Heroes: Holiday Card Making for Veterans and Military Personnel
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 2:00-3:00 PM, Main branch
Join us for a heartwarming and meaningful holiday card-making program dedicated to honoring our nation’s veterans and military personnel. Honoring Our Heroes is a special opportunity for teens to come together as a community and express gratitude and appreciation to the brave men and women who have served our country. Through the simple act of making and sending holiday cards, we can show our veterans and military personnel that they are cherished, honored, and remembered during the holiday season.
Ages 13-17. Participants will be eligible to earn volunteer hours.
White Pine Book Club
Begins Tuesday, December 17, 7:00-8:00 PM, Sherwood branch
Participants will be registered for the entire series of dates: Tuesday, December 17, Monday, January 20, 2025, Monday, February 17, Monday, March 17, Monday, April 14
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.
