Training session in September in Victoria

 

 Hospitalero Training

Sept 13-15

Victoria, BC

Thank you for your interest in training to be a hospitalero/a. If you have walked or cycled the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela and now feel a need to give back to the Camino a bit of the generosity and kindness that you met on your journey, then this course will open the doors for you. We guarantee that it will be a weekend of fun, learning, and reinforcement of all those things you learned and felt on the Camino. And as you know, it's always great fun reliving the Camino!

 

Please complete this form and return it with a cheque or etransfer for $125.00 or your donativo (what you feel you can afford) payable to Mary Virtue, 78 Linden Ave., Victoria, BC V8V4C8.  Any money left after the expenses (course materials, postage etc.) for the weekend will be donated to an albergue or hospitaleros voluntarios which staffs many albergues on the Camino.

 

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Address:

 

 

Telephone:​​​​​​email:

 

Any food restrictions we should be aware of?

 

When did you walk/cycle the Camino?   Month and year(s) please.

 

Why do you want to be a hospitalero/a?

 

Are you prepared to volunteer for 15 days in 2024 or 2025? (The Federation assigns volunteers from the 1st to the 15th of the month of the 16th to 30th/31st . You should show up a day early to “learn the ropes” and for a smooth transition at the albergue.)

 

Experienced hospitaleros will be conducting the training  They are: Daphne Hnutiak (Vancouver) and Mary Virtue (Victoria), If you have any questions, please email Mary.