{"id":448,"date":"2022-05-04T14:27:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:02:52","slug":"get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"y-single-image full  guten-block\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-single-image--full\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/06\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3777891-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-intro guten-block \">\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"y-intro--title\">Join Us<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wondering how you can get involved and support the vision of London YFC? Whether it\u2019s sharing your time, skills, talents or resources, there are so many ways you can be a part of what God is doing through YFC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be sure to follow us on <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yfclondon_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YFCLondon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> so you can keep up to date!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img extend\">\n\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img--extend short\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/11\/Community-Outreach.jpg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img--contain\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/11\/Community-Outreach.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower--left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-icons-callout white  guten-block\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icons-callout--list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"y-icon-callout--img\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Call-to-Action-Button.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button y-icon-callout--button y-color-responsive-button\" href=\"#pray\" target=\"_self\">Pray<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"y-icon-callout--img\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Call-to-Action-Button.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button y-icon-callout--button y-color-responsive-button\" href=\"#volunteer\" target=\"_self\">Volunteer<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-icon-callout--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"y-icon-callout--img\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Call-to-Action-Button.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button y-icon-callout--button y-color-responsive-button\" href=\"#partner\" target=\"_self\">Become a partner<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"y-logo-banner guten-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--content\"><h2 id=\"pray\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Pray<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prayer is the fuel that keeps our engine running. Without it, we would just be a group of people with promising ideas without direction or results. We can plant seeds but God is the one that makes our seeds grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our YFC team and partners are committed to praying for the ministry programs as well as the youth we do life with. If you would like to receive our newsletter which includes exciting updates and prayer points, please subscribe <a href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/community-impact\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is a specific staff member or program you would like to partner with through prayer, please contact them directly to receive their specific and continual requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--bg-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"y-logo-banner--svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 76 113\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<polygon fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000000\" stroke-width=\"0.5\" points=\"26 0, 76 0, 76 75, 38 113, 38 75, 0 75, 0 25\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<polygon fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#000000\" stroke-width=\"0.5\" points=\"31 12, 64 12, 64 46, 57 53, 57 19, 24 19\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-logo-banner--bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/11\/LD-Cultivating-Res-Faith-scaled-e1651781574671.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"y-vfbc  guten-block fifths white \">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--fifths left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--fifths--img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-7475041.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--fifths--bg primary\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-narrow color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--content\"><h2 id=\"volunteer\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Volunteer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volunteers are vital to the success and enjoyment of our programs. You can make a difference in a young person\u2019s life through serving with London YFC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you help behind the scenes with food preparation or repairs or work with us with youth in our community, your time and influence will make a difference. Not only do we appreciate your help but the youth do too. Young people value spending time with loving and authentic adults who freely give their time, skills and attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Jr Hi programs hold opportunities for high school volunteers. This time can be counted for the volunteer requirements for graduation. But, more importantly, it allows you to be a friend and role model in your community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/volunteering-with-yfc-london\/\" target=\"_self\">Volunteer Application<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-vfbc--container type-one-narrow color-default bg-transparent\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"y-banner  guten-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"y-banner--container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--inner--bg left\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/pexels-fauxels-3184421-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--inner--content\"><h2 id=\"partner\">Partner With YFC<\/h2>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--lower\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--lower--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--lower--content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for investing in the work of London\u00a0 YFC and the young lives impacted through our ministry programs. All funds raised stay in the London community and you will receive a donation tax receipt at the end of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without ongoing partnerships with people like you, London YFC would not exist. We welcome new opportunities to connect with partners in our three key areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-banner--links\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"y-banner--links--title\">Partner With Us<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"y-banner--links--list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/donate\/\" target=\"_self\">Donate Now<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\n\n\t<section class=\"y-accordion white narrow  guten-block\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"y-accordion--title y-color-responsive-text\">Sponsorship Opportunities<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--inner narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single y-color-responsive-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"y-accordion--single--title narrow\">Personal Sponsorship<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single--content narrow\"><p>Philanthropy is needed in our communities to address our city\u2019s needs. This means it is up to us to use our financial resources to empower the change we desire to see in our city. Through <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London <\/span>YFC, you can provide youth with basic need supports, compassionate mentors, guidance, skills and leadership development, and a path for them to reach their full potential. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London <\/span>YFC will provide you with an annual charitable tax receipt that redirects a portion of your tax dollars back to you. It is a way you can direct how your money is used in this city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single y-color-responsive-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"y-accordion--single--title narrow\">Corporate\/Business Sponsorship<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single--content narrow\"><p>Perhaps you are a business owner and you want your business to have a social impact on the city and community it operates within. Corporate Sponsorship with <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London <\/span>YFC is a way of empowering youth while showing your clients that you are investing back into the community. The United Nations has identified this practice as being part of a sustainable city. We have various ways of sharing your sponsorship; however, we have found that most business owners are more excited about the impact they make through YFC London than they are about the recognition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> to arrange a meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single y-color-responsive-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"y-accordion--single--title narrow\">Stocks, Bonds &amp; Securities<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single--content narrow\"><p>Does your company offer stock options? Are you concerned about the impact of capital gains when it comes time to cash them in? Did you know that you can directly donate your stocks and bonds to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London <\/span> YFC and receive a full charitable tax receipt with no capital gains impact? Several of our financial partners donate securities to us each year as a way of making an impact while balancing their portfolio. Speak to your financial advisor to learn how.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single y-color-responsive-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"y-accordion--single--title narrow\">Legacy Gifts<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-accordion--single--content narrow\"><p>When you are writing our your will, remember your daughter \u201cCharity.\u201d That\u2019s right, naming charities in your will provides the opportunity to reduce your estate\u2019s tax with minimal impact on what your children will receive. Speak with your financial advisor (we can also recommend a few if you do not have one) and then meet with your lawyer to add \u201cLondon Youth for Christ\u201d as one of your charities\u2019 benefactors. The legacy impact you leave in the lives of youth will last well beyond your years on this earth!<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}