{"id":1741,"date":"2025-04-16T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1741"},"modified":"2025-04-16T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:24:39","slug":"volunteer-spotlight-meet-amir","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/news\/volunteer-spotlight-meet-amir\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Amir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tell us a little about yourself!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am Seneca College graduate, and have a Diploma in Business Administration and Human Resources. Outside of volunteering at NYCH, I am passionate about politics and volunteer for different <em>Community Volunteer Income Tax Program<\/em>\u00a0(<em>CVITP<\/em>) tax clinics in the GTA. During my free time, I like to travel around the world and take walks in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you decide to volunteer with North York Community House?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy helping people with tax returns and inputting the data into the system. The opportunity helps me to gain more experience and grow my network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been the most meaningful part of your volunteer experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy helping people (with their tax return or data entry) and learning from other people (best practices and learning new skills). It is very important to me that I am making a positive contribution in the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s something new you\u2019ve learned while volunteering here at NYCH?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I learn to be a good team player. As a good team player, it is important to contribute to the operation by completing the task on-time \/ error free and helping others to complete the task. Also, I learned from people (different culture, different industry and work experience). NYCH volunteers come from different culture, work experiences and different skill sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next for you, and do you see yourself continuing to volunteer with us in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am looking for a job in the accounting field and considering starting my own accounting business, supporting personal income tax returns and small business owners. During my time at NYCH, I gained valuable experience in preparing personal income tax and data entry. These tasks will help me in the next role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Amir, who loves helping folks file their taxes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1742,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[23,35],"class_list":["post-1741","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight","category-volunteer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}