Volunteer

OSC-KN Regens volunteers actively make a meaningful difference in our community by:

• Connecting with others to create vibrant and thriving landscapes for both humans and wildlife

• Working together to protect and restore biodiversity

• Improving their own physical and mental well-being by doing work that reconnects and helps build trust, collaboration, and open dialogue in our lonely world

How to become an OSC-KN Regens Volunteer:

1. All new volunteers are required to complete our Volunteer Intake Form.

2. A KN Regens coordinator will reach out to you via the email you provided in the Intake Form with more details (including forms offered in Step 3).

3. All volunteers must also complete the following forms and email them to us:

   1. All Ages: All volunteers must complete and sign: Volunteer Waiver

   2. Ages 15-17: Can volunteer without their Parent or Guardian and their Parent or Guardian must complete and sign Parent/Guardian Consent Form

   3. Ages 14 and under: Must be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian who is also a volunteer.

✅Please note:

• Volunteers do not need to be knowledgeable about ecology or how to work with plants / gardening tools. 

• Volunteers do not need to be residents of Kanata North. 

• OSC-KN Regens is happy to sign-off on volunteer hours for high school students. 

• Work sessions occur primarily on weekend mornings: Woodland Warriors (Saturdays 9 am until 11 am); Meadow Makers (Sundays 8 am until 10 am).

OSC-KN Regens Volunteer Guidelines:

To invite healthy self-managing behaviour as a community of volunteers, KN Regens offers the following guidelines:

• We work not for profit or for personal gain, but to restore biodiversity and our ecological environment so that it may be preserved and enjoyed for generations to come.

• We aim to create an atmosphere of reciprocity. Each individual is invited to engage cooperatively in a mutually beneficial relationship with the natural world. Activities can include: removing non-native ecologically harmful/invasive plants; planting native plants, as well as learning, sharing, and being in community.

• As an inclusive community, we welcome all abilities and disabilities (visible or invisible); all ages; all genders; as well as all other identities that shape you. 

• Being an inclusive community invites each of us to accept responsibility for our words, feelings, and actions at all times. Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. Be kind to nature.

" Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not." ~ Samuel Johnson