We Want What You've Got!!!
Join our team at The Haven and help make a real difference in our community and area.
We’re looking for compassionate, reliable volunteers to support our harm/risk reduction programs serving people in the Brussels and surrounding area.
How Can You Can Get Involved
The Haven is founded on the belief that its survival is based on community involvement and ownership. Working together volunteers, general community members and those who access our service make a safer place for ALL of us.
We need YOU!
Drop In Volunteer
Those who volunteer in this way provide direct support to those who walk through the door at 422 Turnberry Street. This support can involve everything from a listening ear, helping people connect to other local resources to meet their needs (phone numbers, addresses), helping select items from the food share pantry, helping people access and fill out online appointments or forms to sharing harm reduction tips. It also means an interest in fun things, too, like socializing over cards or a board game over a coffee/tea or snacks.
In The Community Volunteer
Volunteers in this category provided support outside of the walls of Haven. Opportunities for those interested in this category include:
- Helping Hands Volunteer- These are individuals who help those not able to do household chores, such as yard maintenance projects, such as cutting lawn, shrub trimming, garden weeding, or seasonal preparational yard work, household organization tasks (downsizing, etc).
- Haven Driving Service: these volunteers take individuals to medical appointments, out-of-town grocery shopping, or to work-related appointments such as job interviews.
Driving service volunteers must be willing to have their own cars and be able to use their vehicles legally in this manner.
Support Volunteer
There is an old saying that "Behind every good man there is an good woman." This is very true of "good" organizations as well. For an organization to work well and effectively provide the needs that it is trying to address an army of unseen volunteers exist providing their service without fanfare and quietly in the background. Without them success would not be possible.
If you are one of these "unseen" ones you can volunteer at the Haven in one of the following ways:
- set up and tear down at events e.g. Haven
BBQ events, special events or workshops - project/fundraising management volunteer
- supply pickup
- snacks/treat provision
Administration Volunteer
There are a very special group of individuals who have been gifted with the skills needed to make sure that all of an organization or business's i's are dotted and t's are crossed. The Haven is looking for those people. If you are one of them you can be involved by:
- blog writing for our website
- keeping our online social media presence up to date and relevant (posting upcoming events, advertising and marketing the Haven on various platforms)
- photocopying and collating for workshops and training sessions
- designing hardcopy media (using Canva) to be physically put up around Brussels and the surrounding area
Harm Reduction Peer Workers
Be part of creating a safer, more respectful community for everyone. Tired of seeing too many friends, losing their life to overdose, infections, Hep C, as a Haven peer worker, carry a naloxone kit and safer supplies. Be a trusted human bridge to people getting help when they need it.
As a peer worker, you have the opportunity to help others understand substance use and share your story with the larger community in general through Haven community workshops
If you are someone who has found harm reduction a helpful thing in your life to make life changes and reach goals you never thought you could, we are looking for you as a peer too!
🕒 Time Commitment
Flexible — even a few hours a week makes a difference
Join Us
Be a part of a growing community solution embracing all members of our community, regardless of our various risks. Creating a safer Brussels and Area
Donating to The Haven
If you are interested in donating to the Haven Harm Reduction Centre there are a variety of ways you can do so. We welcome on donations and thank you for wanting to be a part of what the Haven is doing!
Please be aware that we are not a charitable organization at this point, so we are not able to issue receipts for tax purposes.
Financial
You are able to contribute financially in several ways to the Haven. The donations you provide in this manner are used on a priority basis to address vital needs first, unless specifically allocated by you in the notes section of your check or by sending a text to (519)444-5499. E-transfer donations are also possible by using the following email address the havenbrussels@gmail.com
In-Kind
The Haven welcomes in-kind donations wholeheartedly. There are a variety of items that we use or need on an ongoing basis at the Haven. Donations in this category help us to defray some of our ongoing operational costs.
The following is a list of ongoing items that you can donate in-kind
- water
- juice or pop
- toilet paper
- paper towel
- hot drink mixes like coffee, tea or hot chocolate
- unopened personal hygiene items such as pads, Depends, soap, razors, shampoo/conditioner
Food Share Program
Have food items that you would like to see used that are gathering dust on your shelves because of allergies or no one wants to eat them? You can donate these to the Haven to be used in our food share program.
We CAN take:
- Canned goods
- Died goods (pasta, cereal, baking mixes etc.)
- Fresh vegetables as well in limited quantities
We CANNOT take:
- Frozen foods
- Foods that require refrigeration e.g. milk