Get involved in your community!
How do you get involved in a local community and make your experience in Canada worthwhile?
English & Volunteer Experience
At our Kelowna campus, we offer English & Volunteer Experience course in which you study English in the morning and you will be introduced to various businesses and volunteer organizations in the afternoon. Classroom learning will be applied to real-life, hands-on situations – developing a more meaningful bond between the community and yourself.
Local Charity – Okanagan Halfway House Society
The Okanagan Halfway House Society is a non-profit organization that operates 3 halfway houses in Kelowna, BC. It is an enhanced facility that helps residents who have statutory release with residency conditions. We believe halfway houses contribute to our community safety. Some studies have shown that those who experience gradual, supervised reintegration back into the community have the greatest success while they are in the halfway house as well as after. Also, recidivism rates are also relatively low. Therefore, we decided to help this charity because it is a unique charity that not a lot of people are familiar with it and we wanted to bring it to others’ attention. Collecting even small amounts of money can save those who want to go back into society and it makes a huge difference in our community!
We put on a fundraiser at the campus by making posters and donation jars and visiting each classroom to explain about the charity. After 2 weeks, we could raise a lot of money and presented the Okanagan Halfway House Society with the donation! Through this experience, we learned that there are many ways to help people around us and we developed a more meaningful connection between the community and ourselves!
Explore and experience all that Kelowna has to offer
English & Volunteer Experience is a great way to gain English skills and Canadian experience as well as the sense of satisfaction and connection that comes from giving back to the community! Learn more about our course here – this course will keep your brain and body active and healthy!
