Archived Vancouver Events

These Vancouver events have been archived based on an expiry date set by the originator. Please note that these events are only presented for interest – to give volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and site visitors an opportunity to see the types of events occurring in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Planning, Transportation, and Environment Meeting (City of Vancouver)

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Dates: October 1, 2014 - October 1, 2014

The Planning, Transportation and Environment Standing Committee meets Wednesdays at 9:30am on scheduled weeks. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you want to speak to the Standing Committee about an agenda item, you must pre-register before the meeting. Speakers are given a five-minute time limit.

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Scotiabank AIDS WALK For LIFE (Positive Living BC)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: September 21, 2014 - September 21, 2014

The Scotiabank AIDS WALK for LIFE is looking for volunteers!

On Sunday September 21st, 2014, the Scotiabank AIDS WALK for LIFE is celebrating 29 years of providing hope, promoting life, and spreading awareness of HIV/AIDS.

As one of the largest fundraising events in Western Canada, the Scotiabank AIDS WALK for LIFE raises funds to support those in BC living with HIV, and raises awareness of the challenges they face.

Of course, this annual event wouldn't be possible without the dedication of volunteers like you. If you want to have fun while getting involved with a great cause and supporting your community, then we would love to work with you! Whether you want to be on the front lines or behind the scenes, there’s a role for you. Being a WALK volunteer has many benefits, including:
• A free Scotiabank AIDS WALK for LIFE T-shirt
• A reference letter (upon request) for educational or professional purposes
• A great feeling knowing that you are contributing to a worthy cause!

AIDS WALK Details:
When? Sunday, September 21st, 2014. Registration begins at 10:00 AM and the walk ends at 1:00 PM with entertainment to follow. Depending on the role, volunteer shifts can vary and extend before and after WALK hours.
Where? Sunset Beach (Beach Avenue between Thurlow and Bute)
What? 6.75km walk along the seawall with a shorter 2.2 km walk option available
Why? To raise funds in support of people in BC living with HIV/AIDS
You can also learn more about our event here.

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
• Logistics: Assist with site set up on Saturday, September 20th. Support the Logistics team and complete various tasks under the direction of the Logistics Team Leader during the WALK.
• Parking Attendants: Manage the AIDS WALK Parking lot area and the distribution of parking passes. This role is well suited to those that have a high attention to detail, confident, and able to work well without supervision.
• Photographers: Capture all of the special moments of the event with their own camera and assist with photographing throughout the day. Perfect for those with skills & experience in event or group photography.
• Donation Collectors: Collect donations from the general public at two off-site stations during the WALK. These volunteers may also be asked to collect donations for red carnations and red ribbon balloons. Experience dealing with people and experience in sales will be of help in this position.
• Information Tent: Home to many of our volunteers doing many different jobs including: checking in volunteers, distributing lunch and water, operating the lost and found, coordinating coat check, and helping to keep our site clean and tidy
• Registration Tent: Register all of the teams and individual walkers arriving to participate in the walk on Event Day. Specific skills and experience in financial management, money handling, and customer service are required.
• Route Team: Monitor the route and the water stations, as well as direct pedestrian traffic. Experience and interest in customer service and information giving a plus! Volunteers with First Aid certification or health and safety experience is a great asset.
• Kids Activities: Oversee the kids’ activities table and entertain the WALK’s pint size attendees. Volunteers will be asked to assist with crafts, face-painting, and storytelling.
• Merchandising: Sell T-shirts and other AIDS WALK for LIFE memorabilia.
• Cheerleaders: Cheer on participants as they do the WALK, and get them pumped up about the event! A cheerful and energetic personality is a must. Cheerleaders will also be asked to create their own enthusiastic signs for the WALK.
• Setup/Teardown: Responsible for setting the event up and then tearing it all down once it’s all over! Volunteers will be required to lift and carry things like tables, fences, and tents. Volunteers are able to sign up for setup, teardown, or both.
• Office Assistance This special group of people offer their time in the day or evening (special office nights are also planned) with database input, phone calls, mailings, registration package assembly, and computer work (Access, Word and Excel used in the office).

If you’re interested in volunteering for this amazing event, we want to hear from you! Fill out our online volunteer application form here: www.positivelivingbc.org/events/scotiabank-aids-walk-life-2014-volunteer-application-form

You can also contact Jason Leung, the Scotiabank AIDS WALK for LIFE Volunteer Coordinator, by responding to this volunteer opportunity posting. To learn more about our organization and its services please visit our website www.positivelivingbc.org

Electronics recycling booth at Autumn Shift Festival (City of Vancouver)

Category: Festivals
Dates: September 14, 2014 - September 14, 2014

Need to get rid of electronics, small appliances, power tools, and household batteries? Bring your items to the Keep Vancouver Spectaular volunteers at the event. KVS is partnering with ElectroRecycle and Encorp to keep these items out of the landfill.

2nd Annual Rolling Thunder Against Cancer (A&W Restaurants (Principal Sponsor))

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: September 13, 2014 - September 13, 2014

more information at http://bccancerfoundation.com/events/2nd-annual-rolling-thunder-against-cancer

Hope Couture (Bacci's and Boboli)

Category: Food and Drink
Dates: September 10, 2014 - September 10, 2014

More information at http://bccancerfoundation.com/events/hope-couture

Walk of Hope Ovarian Cancer (Ruth's Thrivors)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: September 7, 2014 - September 7, 2014

More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1451412585105331/

Vancouver Fringe Festival (First Vancouver Theatrespace Society)

Category: Festivals
Dates: September 4, 2014 - September 14, 2014

More information at http://www.vancouverfringe.com/

Thriller Flash Mob (Zombiewalk)

Category: Arts and Entertainment
Dates: September 4, 2014 - September 4, 2014

** LAST UPDATE: 2014/08/08 **

We're going to flashmob the Zombiewalk with Michael Jackson's Thriller to promote #ThrillVancouver 2014!

*Important: we have permission from the organizers. Our dance will happen before the walk (approx 15:50).

*Rehearsal on Sept 4 -> event/ Zombiewalk on Sept 6th

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:
- 2+ years experience dancing Vancouver's Thrill The World/ Thrill Vancouver event(s);
- Must attend the rehearsal on September 4th;
- Must have full costume for the dance;

Refresh your memory. Watch the tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnoX8cX59LI

Suggestion: RSVP for the 2014 Vancouver Zombiewalk!

*Stand up and play!
www.improvanywhere.ca/contact-us

Vancouver Triathlon Stanley Park (Team Finn Foundation)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2014

More information at http://bccancerfoundation.com/events/vancouver-triathlon-stanley-park

2014 Concrete Hero (BC Cancer Foundation)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: August 17, 2014 - August 17, 2014

More information at http://www.concretehero.ca/index.html

Fire Hall No. 7 Open House (City of Vancouver)

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Dates: August 3, 2014 - August 3, 2014

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services is hosting open houses at fire halls across Vancouver throughout the summer. Meet your local firefighters, learn what they do, discuss any fire and life safety concerns that you may have, and enjoy refreshments and demonstrations.

Fire Hall No. 14 Open House (City of Vancouver)

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Dates: August 3, 2014 - August 3, 2014

Fire Hall No. 18 Open House (City of Vancouver)

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Dates: August 3, 2014 - August 3, 2014

Powell Street Festival (Powell Street Festival Society)

Category: Festivals
Dates: August 1, 2014 - August 3, 2014

More information here http://www.powellstreetfestival.com/get-involved/volunteer/

Take a Swing for a Wish to Wed (Wish to Wed)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: July 6, 2014 - July 6, 2014

At Take a Swing for a Wish to Wed, guests will enjoy a seated lunch while listening to live opera and watching a live dance performance followed by golf lessons. For those who are golf pros or fancy something else, we will be hosting a silent auction consisting of art, diamond jewelry and gift certificates to local businesses amongst many other items. Guests will end this spectacular day with another bout of opera while a high-tea service takes place.

Seated Lunch. Live Opera. Live Dancing. Golf Lessons. High-tea. Silent Auction. Most importantly, raising funds for an amazing cause that has not been tempted in Canada yet.

ACCESS 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament (Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 27, 2014 - June 27, 2014

Join us at the ACCESS 2nd Annual Urban Aboriginal Charity Golf Tournament on June 27, 2014 at Country Meadows Golf Club in Richmond. The day will feature sensational golf, amazing prizes and terrific networking opportunities. After a great day of golf, the fun continues with games and chances to win big prizes, followed by a delicious dinner, silent auction, cultural entertainment and awards ceremony. Proceeds go toward Urban Spirit Foundation.
Don't miss this opportunity to support ACCESS and Urban Spirit Foundation www.urbanspiritfoundation.com
For more information contact Elaine at 604-913-7933 ext. 229

Awards of Excellence (City of Vancouver)

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Dates: June 23, 2014 - June 23, 2014

Celebrate the people who make Vancouver a great City to live, work and play, at the First Annual Awards of Excellence.

- Reception with interactive photography installation featuring portraits of attendees
- Awards show hosted by Mayor Gregor Robertson, and featuring custom live musical and dance performances
- Master of Ceremonies, Riaz Meghji, Co-Host of Breakfast Television Vancouver

Cost: Free

Relay For Life 2014 in Vancouver (Canadian Cancer Society)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 21, 2014 - June 21, 2014

Relay For Life is an inspirational, non-competitive, 12-hour overnight fundraising event that brings you and your community together to celebrate life and fight cancer. Relay has a festival-like atmosphere that your family, friends and co-workers can enjoy regardless of age or fitness level!

Feast Your Eyes: Fashion Show Fundraiser (Elders Council of the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 20, 2014 - June 20, 2014

Feast Your Eyes – traditional meal and fashion show celebrates National Aboriginal Day

Vancouver, BC

The Elders Council of the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre takes a leadership role at the intersection of women’s, Aboriginal and social inequality issues. This innovative approach uses diverse strategies to address issues of safety and security for Aboriginal women in our community. This includes culturally relevant processes, community building, sharing of knowledge, focus on spirituality and leadership from women. This program provides counseling and emotional support to women around multiple issues including residential school, substance use, cultural isolation and violence.

The Elders Council will host FEAST YOUR EYES on the eve of National Aboriginal Day to help fund their trip to the 2014 BC Elders Gathering in Penticton, BC. The evening will feature a traditional Aboriginal feast, a fashion show of wearable art created by women of the centre from donated materials, and a silent auction.

Tickets for the Aboriginal feast are $25 and the seating, from 5-6 pm, is limited. At 6:30 pm, doors will open to the public for free admission to the fashion show and auction. For further information or tickets for the feast, please contact Chrystal Sparrow, 604-681-8480, ext. 244 or at CACoordinator@dewc.ca. The event will be held at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, 302 Columbia Street (corner of Cordova), Friday, June 20. Feast at 5:30 pm (ticketed patrons only welcome at 5 pm), fashion show at 7 pm, auction at 8 pm. Join us for FEAST YOUR EYES.Donations are gratefully accepted.

Night At The Aquarium (Vancouver Aquarium)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 19, 2014 - June 19, 2014

In celebration of the most significant expansion and revitalization in the Vancouver Aquarium’s history, Night at the Aquarium, presented by PCL Construction Group Inc., promises to be the most unforgettable philanthropic event of the year. We invite you to embark on an exciting new aquatic journey while enjoying fine food and wine, entertainment and incredible live and silent auctions.

We can’t wait to celebrate this important milestone with you, at a unique night dedicated to supporting research, education and direct action programs that affect the conservation of our oceans.

The anticipation for this year’s event is unparalleled, so be sure to purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

The Yes Camp Fundraiser (The Yes)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 18, 2014 - June 18, 2014

The YES is a charitable society operating in the province of BC. The YES runs leadership and self-development based summer camps and school programs focused on building communities of care and respect. Participants take part in skill building workshops that emphasize Self-Awareness, Co-operation, Communication and Leadership.

For many teens, The YES is the first time that they are able to participate in a community of peers that is entirely positive and supportive. It is for this reason that The YES program changes lives. Teens who come through the program leave with better friends than they have at home, they leave knowing themselves better, and with bigger and brighter dreams and ideas for what they want to do in the world. The YES helps teens build resiliency and self-esteem.

Here’s what one participant from summer 2013 had to say about their experience:

“The YES Camp is the best place on Earth. If everyone could attend this camp, the world would be a much happier place. Nowhere else can a person feel so accepted and cared for by a community” - Austin Phillips, Powell River, B.C.

On the last day of camp, participants have a hard time leaving. It’s hard to leave such a tight-knit community. After they’ve gone, we often get reports back from parents, describing the change they’ve witnessed in their child. Here’s what one parent had to say:

“The YES was the best thing that has happened to my daughter and I have no doubt that the skills she has learned there will continue to help foster her into a pretty terrific human being for a long time to come…So, from the bottom of my heart…thank you to THE YES!” - Heather, B.C. Parent

In order to expand and develop our youth leadership programs and to increase funds available for camp participant sponsorships, we are putting on a fundraiser on June 18th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at The Vancouver Heritage Hall.

YES campers and volunteer staff members will come together to offer an entertaining evening complete with a talent show, story-telling, speeches, and many opportunities to answer questions and share experiences from The YES Camp program.

There will also be an opportunity to bid on items and gift certificates during the silent auction. Tasty refreshments will be served. Please note that the dress code is casual.

Tickets are $25 (or $12 for current camp participants)

We are also accepting donations through our Canada Helps account which can be located on our website at www.theyes.ca/donations

Eight Annual 'Hack & Whack' Golf Tournament (University of British Columbia)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 17, 2014 - June 17, 2014

Tue, June 17, 2014 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM See description. WHERE: Gallagher's Canyon Golf & Country Club -- 4390 Gallagher's Dr. East, Kelowna This year's annual faculty and staff Hack & Whack golf tournament is being held at the Pinnacle Course at Gallagher's Canyon Golf & Country Club in Kelowna. The fun begins with a 3:30 p.m. shotgun start. This alternative-shot tournament is open to all UBC staff and faculty and beginners are welcome. Register in pairs, as an individual ($55+GST per individual entry), or join us for a fabulous dinner-only option ($35+GST). Register by May 16 to be eligible for the early birdie prize draw. Registration closes on June 10. To register or find out more, visit: camprec.ok.ubc.ca/specialevents/hackandwhack

Ride to Conquer Cancer (Silver Wheaton)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 14, 2014 - June 15, 2014

The Ride to Conquer Cancer presented by Silver Wheaton is a powerful movement – one of hope, healing, celebration, and optimism. The Ride gives BC with a unique fundraising opportunity to support groundbreaking research at the BC Cancer Agency. The potential to change the cancer landscape in BC is immense.

Check out the organizer's website for more information.

Whistler Water One Climb (Grouse Mountain)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: June 14, 2014 - June 14, 2014

On Saturday, June 14, Grouse Mountain is hosting the Whistler Water One Climb.

Participants are encouraged to wear blue and flood the Grind to raise funds for clean drinking water in the Kenyan village of Kipsongol, a Free The Children project. Pre-climb rally and presentations: 9 a.m.

More information at www.oneclimb.ca!

Pet Valu Virtual Walk for Dog Guides (Dog Guides Canada)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: January 30, 2000 - January 30, 2000

This year, we may not be able to walk together in person but we can still make an impact by coming together for Dog Guides. Register, fundraise and log those kilometers so that together, we can walk across Canada to create awareness about Dog guides and fundraise to assist Lions Foundation of Canada in providing life-changing Dog Guides to Canadians with disabilities.

Our Goal? To “walk” the length of Canada- 5,514 km! Our National virtual Walk Date is Sunday, May 30th 2021. We will start off in Canada’s most easterly point, Cape Spear in Newfoundland and cross the finish line in Mt. St. Elias in Yukon. You can participate by connecting your Fitbit device, downloading the Strava or Map My Fitness App or manually logging the distance you travel.

Everytime you get out and active- whether you go for a walk or run, grab your bike to go for a ride, go on a wheelchair accessible trail or dance around your living room- we can work together to achieve our goal.

By participating in the Walk, you can help provide life-changing Dog Guides to Canadians with disabilities. For more information, to find a Walk and register or to make a donation, please visit www.walkfordogguides.com

Pet Valu Virtual Walk for Dog Guides (Dog Guides Canada)

Category: Fundraisers and Volunteer
Dates: January 30, 2000 - January 30, 2000

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Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from they hand no noble action done.

Joseph Joubert