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Volunteer NWT shuts down

The members of the Volunteer NWT committee regret to announce that Volunteer NWT is ending its operations immediately, including email newsletters.

Volunteer NWT began in December 2003 as part of a federal program, the Canada Volunteerism Initiative. When the federal program was eliminated, The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) provided one-time funding of $50,000 last year. Volunteer NWT is currently without resources to continue our activities.

Looking back, we are proud of our accomplishments. We produced tools and resources for volunteers, voluntary groups and schools, held 25 workshops and acted as a clearing house for information and resources from the NWT and elsewhere. We promoted volunteerism and civic engagement, as well as the importance of the voluntary sector to healthy northern communities. We also worked to have the GNWT Volunteer Support Initiative adopted and to bring attention to the challenges facing voluntary groups.

Volunteer NWT thanks all those people and organizations who supported our activities and attempts to find funding to continue our work.

Volunteer NWT resources, links to other resources, and other features of the Volunteer NWT website will continue to be available at www.volunteernwt.ca. The Volunteer NWT email address info@volunteernwt.ca will be shut down June 30, 2008.