{"id":620,"date":"2025-01-26T06:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T06:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.105.28.161\/cms\/?post_type=news&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2025-04-07T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:25:08","slug":"a-new-way-to-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/news\/a-new-way-to-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"A new way to Volunteer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1611686469507_115975\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1678427986346_331\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1678427986346_330\" class=\"\">In late 2019 when I was looking for volunteering opportunities I came across the NYCH mentoring program and I decided to apply. After my application was approved I was matched with my first mentee, by then COVID-19 had changed the world drastically and virtual meeting was the only way to meet. A new reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We started meeting virtually, it was a convenient and easy way to keep in touch on a regular basis with the mentees and continue providing the support necessary for their success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1611686469507_81079\" class=\"sqs-block quote-block sqs-block-quote null\" data-block-type=\"31\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<figure class=\"block-animation-none\">\n<blockquote data-animation-role=\"quote\"><p>\u201cI believe technology made it possible to have a better interaction with each other during our 1:1 mentoring meetings.\u00a0\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1611686469507_83324\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<p class=\"\">It is a great experience and I think pivoting and finding new ways is the biggest lesson learned for me. I appreciate NYCH for providing an opportunity to be part of their mentoring program. Wonderful experience!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering online during the pandemic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":616,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[35],"class_list":["post-620","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volunteer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/620","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\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}