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Student Volunteer Army’s COVID-19 Response & Pandemic Volunteering
As we progress through the pandemic, we will keep this blog updated with relevant ideas for volunteering. If you're at school, or not, you can still volunteer and log your hours on the Service Award platform. Here are some ideas to get you started: 1. Help people who...
How can you help end racism?
Salam alaikum, Volunteering tends to be focused on environmental action as it’s easiest to do - however, this often means more complex issues like overcoming racism get left behind. As we approach the first anniversary of the Mosque Attacks in Christchurch, it is...
February Gold Pin Achievers
Congratulations to the following students who have each volunteered 500 hours and earned gold SVA Service Award Pins. Thank you for making such an awesome contribution to your communities! Alexandra Banks, Christchurch Girls' High School - Te Kura o Hine Waiora Danil...
Catch up with the Club: what’s on for Semester 1?
Summer is drawing to a close, and we know what that means; a new semester for the Student Volunteer Army at the University of Canterbury! I caught up with the Events team to find out how their first week has gone and hear all about what they’ve got planned for the...
December Gold Pin Achievers
Congratulations to the following students who have each volunteered 500 hours and earned gold SVA Service Award Pins. Thank you for making such an awesome contribution to your communities! Alyssa Rose Morris, Rangitikei College Luke Mackey, Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu...
November Gold Pin Achievers
Congratulations to the following students who have each volunteered 500 hours and earned gold SVA Award Pins. Thank you for making such an awesome contribution to your communities! Pippa Nally, Kāpiti College Hayley Searancke, Kāpiti College Evalina Brunoro-Beilman,...
October Gold Pin Achievers
Congratulations to the following students who have each volunteered 500 hours and earned gold SVA Award Pins. Thank you for making such an awesome contribution to your communities! Isaac Heap, Christ's College Scania Coffey, Gisborne Girls' High School Isabel Smirk,...
Use the Summary of Service to leverage volunteering for your career
You’ve done all this hard work volunteering… now what? It’s time to put your Summary of Service to work! What is a Summary of Service? Your SVA Service Award Summary of Service is a document that gives a run down of your volunteering. It can be of great benefit...
Fiordland College joins forces in pursuit of Forever Forests
Harry Excell, Josh Parkinson and Grandma JoyPhoto Credit: Stellar Studios Meridian Energy is today closer to its goal of planting over one million trees in order to become carbon neutral, with the help of two enterprising Year 7’s from Fiordland College. The students...
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