The SLNA is run by residents just like you. You can help us keep our community great in a variety of ways depending on your interests and availability. Contact us at [email protected] .

• Attend  our monthly meetings - details HERE                        
• Encourage your building to join the SLNA     
• Become a Delegate
• Join a Committee or Work Group
• Volunteer with the SLNA. We are looking for individuals with a wide variety of skills and interests. See our latest volunteer postings below:

SLNA Volunteer Opportunities

Outdoor Activities

July 1 Community Event

1. Participate: bring yourself, your group and your picnic to the annual Community Celebration (July 1st).
2. Day of Event: help with set-up and take-down of tables, chairs, activities; help supervise activities for kids and adults (July 1st).
3. Fundraising: knock on a few or many doors to help raise money to offset the costs of the event (April - June).

          [email protected]

Community Gardeners
Green thumbs of all ages are invited to help out at a local garden (approx. May - September) [email protected]. 

Waste Reduction Group Activities
Volunteers are always welcome at WRG events, including:

1. Help out at REmarket: a two day neighbourhood event, held three times per year, accepting donations for FREEmarket; all types of recycling (that can't go in the blue box); household wares and bicycle Repair Cafés;
2. neighbourhood clean-ups;
   
3. weekly butt receptacle emptying;
   
4. other waste reduction awareness activities.

​Contact: [email protected]

Fundraising
SLNA has a renewed focus on fundraising to enable us to invest more money back into the neighbourhood. You can help with specific project funding campaigns; soliciting unrestricted donations or by working with us to recruit new sponsoring and associate members.
​[email protected]
Information on SLNA's Fundraising Policy

Photographers
Help us capture magic moments at events, at meetings and in and around the community in general. Send your photos to us at  [email protected] for posting on the web site and in social media.

Neighbourhood Walks
Are you fascinated by the history of the neighbourhood and its heritage? Help us develop and lead walks around the neighbourhood that highlight and commemorate this history and heritage.  ​Some examples: Original ten blocks of the town of York (1793); St. Lawrence Heritage Conservation District.
[email protected]

Neighbourhood Safety Walks
Help organize and/or participate in walks around parts of the neighbourhood with your neighbours to identify safety issues before they become problems (various times & places).  [email protected]

Indoor Activities

Monthly Meeting
Come to one of our (virtual) monthly Community Meetings (last Wednesday of each month; 7-9 PM). 
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81552826953?pwd=Tm0wdU0wU2QyaXZPaXJzNUxFRHovZz09
Send us a topic of interest that you'd like to learn more about at one of our monthly meetings.  ​[email protected]

Committee and Work Group Reps
We’re always on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals to represent the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association on a variety of committees & work groups both in and adjacent to the neighbourhood.  [email protected] 

Ongoing Committees

Ad Hoc Committees

​Board of Directors
Can you see the big picture, work well with others, love your community? Consider putting your name forward as a candidate for the Board of Directors.
[email protected]

​Writer/Blogger
Cover one of our events; write a story or blog post for our Newsletter, website or one of our social media platforms.
Send us a short history of your building, or your favorite building in the neighbourhood, or a building near you and we'll publish it in our newsletter and post in on the web site and on social media.
​[email protected]

Graphic Artists
If you'd like to help from time to time with marketing and promotional material, please let us know.  [email protected]

Social Media Assistance
We're always looking for help maintaining and improving our social media presence and effectiveness. If that's your skill set and If you want to contribute, please get in touch.
​​[email protected]

Instagram Stories
Are you an Instagram storyteller? Help us develop Instagram stories to keep our followers up to date on what's happening in and around the neighbourhood.  [email protected]

Membership Analysts
If you like analytical challenges, help us analyse our membership data to see how we can increase membership.

Senior Centre Work Group
Restarting soon: Help us with ideas for activating and animating the Community Resource Centre in the new North Market.