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BECOME AN ASSISTANT IN ONE OF OUR HOMES
At the center of our community is the commitment that assistants and core members make to share their lives with each other as they live together. Some assistants come to L'Arche Association of Lethbridge for a few months in the summer, others come for a year or two, and a few have made a longer commitment to the community.
This invitation for core members and assistants to live together is at the heart of L'Arche Association of Lethbridge, and L'Arche around the world. Living together in a L'Arche Community, however, is more than sharing space and responsibilities as roommates. Rather, core members and assistants are invited to engage in real, appropriately intimate, and honest relationships in which the value and vocation of each person in the home is revealed to themselves, their companions, and the world around them. A L'Arche community is functioning as it should when, through the relationships between the individuals in the home, each person has a growing sense of their own worth, their own value, and the gifts and abilities they have to offer to their home, their work, and society at large.A typical day of an assistant involves getting up in the morning and providing whatever assistance core members need to get ready for work. Household chores, medical appointments, and various kinds of community meetings usually occupy the remainder of the morning. Assistants take a few hours of personal time in the afternoon. They are present again when core members return home from work between 3:30 and 5:00. The remainder of the day is spent doing what most "families" do: cooking supper, playing games, going shopping, watching T.V., going out to participate in various activities, etc.
Each live-in assistant has one and one-half days away per week, and one three and one-half day weekend away per month. Holiday time is available to those who make a commitment beyond a three-month probationary period. A first year assistant receives a stipend of $650.00 per month for personal expenses in addition to room and board.
If you are interested in exploring the possibility of becoming a live-in assistant in one of our homes, please contact Doug Wiebe. or complete our on-line application form
BECOME A VOLUNTEERL'Arche Association of Lethbridge is always looking for people who are interested in participating in the life of our community as volunteers. Volunteer opportunities are present at many levels in L'Arche Association of Lethbridge: developing friendships with core members and assistants, cooking a meal with a L'Arche Lethbridge is always looking for people who are interested in participating in the life of our community as volunteers.
Volunteer opportunities are present at many levels in L'Arche Association of Lethbridge: developing friendships with core members and assistants, cooking a meal with a person with a disability once a week or once a month, accompanying core members to Special Olympic's and other recreational activities, gardening, small "fix it" projects in our homes, helping assistants from other countries improve their English, etc.
If you are interested in exploring the possibility of volunteering some of your time and talents with L'Arche Association of Lethbridge, please contact Doug Wiebe at the L'Arche Association of Lethbridge Office.
BECOME A BOARD MEMBERL'Arche Association of Lethbridge is a non-profit organization that is accountable to a volunteer board of directors. The board meets on a monthly basis from September until June. The meetings are held on Tuesday nights from 7:00 - 9:30 in the evening.
Board members are encouraged to have some contact with individuals in the L'Arche Association of Lethbridge community. Board members go in pairs to each of the L'Arche homes for supper on the night of the monthly board meeting. Board members, assistants, and core members appreciate this more informal contact and the opportunities it provides to build relationships.
L'Arche Association of Lethbridge attempts to welcome board members from diverse backgrounds. Past and present board members have included retired businessmen, lawyers, accountants, parent's of a child with a disability, doctors, teachers, shoe salespersons, and nurses. If you want to explore the possibility of serving on the L'Arche Association of Lethbridge Board of Directors please contact Doug Wiebe (Executive Director) or Edith Heim (Board President)
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