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Thank you, volunteers!

Cobourg Public Library extends heartfelt appreciation to our volunteers for their ongoing support and generosity.

Our volunteers play a crucial role by helping with programs, selecting and delivering resources for homebound patrons, maintaining our 'Garden of Reading', and assisting behind the scenes and at outreach events.

The Library's positive influence on the community would not be achievable without their invaluable contributions.

Adult Volunteer Application Form

  • Please complete our Release of Liability Form to upload with your application form 
  • Please view the AODA Working Together video and save the certificate to upload with your application form.

Teen Volunteer Application Form

  • Please view the AODA Working Together video and save the certificate to upload with your application form.

 ➡➡Log your Volunteer Hours here

 Read our Volunteer Guide to find out more about our Volunteer Program.

Adult & Senior Volunteer Opportunities

Behind the Scenes Volunteers

  • These volunteers must be able to work independently to assist with behind-the-scenes tasks to prepare for programs.
  • This may include but is not limited to: cutting items for Take and Make Kits, filling glue pots, folding documents, preparing Welcome Kits, and more.

Community Ambassador: 

  • Attending at community events with staff, to publicize the library.
  • Assist with community and in-house programming.

Cricut Machine Volunteers: 

  • Assisting with the Cricut machine in helping us create merchandise and advertisement materials where necessary. 

Home Services Delivery: 

  • Connect with one of our Home Services patrons!  Choose materials that interest them (with the help of Library staff), and delivery to them once a month.

Shelf Reading & Organizing: 

  • Attending at the Library to organize books in accordance with the Dewey decimal and alphabetical systems we have in place.

Teen Volunteer Opportunities

All Teen Volunteer Qualifications:

  • Age 14 to 19 years
  • An interest in the Cobourg Public Library and services we provide
  • Must attend a local high school

Teen Gardeners

  • Have a green thumb and love to be outdoors? Do you have an interest in gardening or ecology?
  • We’d love your help with watering, weeding and planting our Library’s garden between April and September of each year.
  • Each hour you spend counts towards one (1) hour of volunteer service.
  • Commit to attending at the Cobourg Public Library within a specific schedule to assist with garden tasks.
  • Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant by phone, Zoom or in person to ensure that they are capable of committing to this program.

Teen Shelf Readers

  • Love being surrounded by books and organizing shelves?
  • This could be the perfect volunteer project for you.
  • Earn volunteer hours by organizing and tidying specific shelves that you “adopt”.
  • Each hour you spend counts towards one (1) hour of volunteer service.
  • Commit to visiting the Library weekly or bi-weekly to tidy your adopted shelf
  • Skills required: 
  • Organization
  • An understanding of the Dewey Decimal system
  • Ability to organize books in alphabetical order
  • Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant in person for a tour of the Library and to review how we shelf-read.

Teen Community Ambassadors

  • Enjoy socializing and attending at events?
  • Know a fair amount about your Cobourg Public Library?
  • Come with us to events in the community and help us spread the word about programs, sell books and more.
  • Each hour you spend counts towards one (1) hour of volunteer service.
  • Skills required:
    • Ability to lift 20lbs
    • Ability to socialize with ease
  • Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant in person or by Zoom to ensure that they are capable of committing to assisting us at outreach events.

Teen Program Helpers

  • Enjoy socializing and helping with programs?
  • This opportunity allows you to meet new people while assisting with programs led by library staff.
  • This may include preparation help for upcoming programs or by attending to help at the program itself.
  • Be interested in organizing and creating materials for programs
  • Assisting at programs lead by staff
  • Each hour spent assisting at a program counts towards one (1) hour of volunteer service hours.
  • Skills required:
    • Ability to socialize with ease
  • Each Applicant will have to meet with the Community Engagement Assistant in person or by Zoom to ensure that they are capable of committing to assisting us at programs.

 

Interested?  Then send in your application today!

 

 Home Services Delivery

Home Service DeliveryHome Delivery

The Cobourg Public Library offers a free Home Bound Delivery service for Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing residents who cannot make it into the Library. Once every four weeks, we will deliver a new bag of Library materials to you and pick up the Library materials that are ready to be returned.

Who is eligible for Home Services Delivery?

Our Home Bound Delivery Service is for Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing residents who cannot make it into the Library due to:

  • Long-term illness
  • Mobility issues
  • Physical disability
  • Visual disability

Where do we deliver?

We can only deliver to addresses within the Cobourg, Bewdley and Gores Landing area, including:

  • Long-term care facilities
  • Nursing homes
  • Private homes
  • Retirement homes
  • Seniors' apartments

What can be borrowed?

Library materials from our fiction and non-fiction collections that can be borrowed include:

  • Books on CD
  • DVDs
  • Music CDs
  • Paperbacks
  • Regular print and large print books

Library materials that cannot be borrowed through our Home Services Delivery include:

  • Quick Reads
  • Fast Flicks
  • Binge Bundles
  • Interlibrary loans

How does it work?

Deliveries

Once every four weeks, we will deliver a bag of Library materials to your residence. At the same time, we will pick up any Library materials that are ready to be returned.

Selection of Library materials

For both our Home Services Delivery and Library Pickup services, Library materials are selected either by:

  • Library staff, based on your reading interests with the help of your volunteer.

Register for Home Services Delivery

To register for either our Home Services Delivery or Library Pickup services, or for more information, contact the Home Delivery office by:

  • Filling out an application form for service for yourself or someone else online
  • Sending an email to rspence@cobourg.library.on.ca
  • Calling Rachel Spence, Community Engagement Assistant, at 905.372.9271 x6240
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