Write your volunteering story and be in to win!

IHC has launched a new website for volunteers with a competition for stories about volunteering. To mark International Volunteer Day (5 December) people with intellectual disabilities and volunteers are being encouraged to write in with their stories. The best stories will be featured on the new website www.volunteer4IHC.org.nz and prizes include a 2009 Hewlett Packard laptop sponsored by Datacom Systems, Wellington, and a Sony Digital Cybershot W Series digital camera with starter kit and carry bag. The website features personal accounts of friends and friendships and is designed to raise the profile of IHC's volunteer programme. The site is for existing volunteers and people who want to get to know someone with an intellectual disability.

International Volunteer Day - 5 December

This special day is marked around the world to celebrate and acknowledge the immense contribution made by volunteers across all sectors of the community. International Volunteer Day will be officially marked on Saturday 5 December. However because it is a weekend day many celebrations will take place on a weekday just before or after 5 December.