Volunteer & Information Kingston (VIK) is the volunteer and information centre serving the City of Kingston and the counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. Our mission is to be the primary resource for volunteerism and community information and referral in this region.

VIK develops programs and services to foster and develop volunteerism, based on ongoing community consultation. We help to connect volunteers with agencies that have volunteer opportunities. Through our Community Information initiative, we help people in South-Eastern Ontario to find programs and services that can help them improve their quality of life.

Volunteer & Information Kingston is a registered Canadian charity. Registration # 107570368RR0001

Send your cheque or money order to:
Volunteer & Information Kingston
120 Clarence St, Suite 274A
Kingston, Ontario K7L 1S4

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Call us at 613-542-8512 with your VISA or MASTERCARD information

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Donate online at www.canadahelps.org

Donations of $10 or more will receive a tax receipt.

Every dollar you donate stays in the Kingston community to help us connect people who need help with program and services that can assist them. We also connect people who want to help with opportunities that need them. Help us help our community, donate today. Every dollar you donate stays in the Kingston community and helps us provide community information to those in need and strengthen the volunteer sector in our community.

Our clients include the lost, the confused, those who don’t know where to turn in their time of need. Newcomers, seniors, families, homeless, people with disabilities and others in our community are living in situations where hunger, poverty, mental health issues and other crises are not far away. Volunteer & Information Kingston helps. We connect people in need of services with services that can help them to improve their situation. We care about every individual who reaches out to us for help.

Often, people call us because they have been turned away by other agencies. They need help and don’t know who to call. Many of our calls begin with a caller saying, “I don’t know if you can help me, but…” Our clients are frequently relieved that they’ve finally reached a person that can help. Our highly-trained helpline staff listen to each and every story, work with the client to assess their needs and desires and provide them with information about and referrals to services that can help. We even follow-up to make sure the client was able to access the service(s) they need and provide additional help or advocacy if needed.

We even make our information available on the internet, free of charge, to those who may not feel comfortable discussing their situation. Last year alone, our system logged over 1 million requests for online information.

For professionals, we offer training and consulting services and even produce a portable directory of services they can take with them to provide information in a client’s home.

$1 provides a brochure of information about critical basic needs services including Food, Shelter, Clothing, Drop-in Health Services and more to a homeless person.

$20 connects a member of the community with a volunteer opportunity

$100 helps us to reach our goal of having every call answered by a live person and ensuring that no-one gets a busy signal or voice mail during office hours.

$200 helps us to keep our information online and free of charge to the public.