Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver
Discover local nonprofit organizations making a difference in our community.
Glitz Entertainment is a Vancouver based company that produces artistic events for both community outreach, as well as private and public events for companies in Canada. Glitz Events are an interactive experience - an experience that encourages the "inner artist" or "inner art-lover" to engage and be inspired by their surroundings.
Our objective is to create unique experiences for our clients, while exposing our clients' brand through interactive marketing and events.
Whether you are planning a private event, developing a marketing campaign, rebranding your company, introducing a new product, or coordinating a meeting or company retreat, Glitz Entertainment will ensure your event has a successful outcome - unforgettable to your attendees.
The North Vancouver Visitor Centre provides plenty of information on local activities and events, attractions, local shops, sightseeing tours and accommodations so you can make the most of your visit to Vancouver's North Shore Where Nature Lives. We are located inside the Lonsdale Quay Market (ground floor, north end), just a few steps away from the SeaBus terminal. We offer free information, reservations and accommodations services.
Lonsdale Quay Market is located on the North Shore by the Seabus. It is an iconic landmark for North Vancouver and a cornerstone for the community. The Market hosts quite a few community events that are free to attend.
Latincouver creates a socio-economic space to promote relationships and cultural exchange among Latin Americans and the Canadian mosaic.
VOLUNTEER MENTORS ARE NEEDED!
ConnecTra Society has a new research program, Employment Mentorship Support Project, in partnership with University of British Columbia’s Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science.
ConnecTra is seeking volunteer mentors to support individuals with physical disabilities in pursuit of employment, training, education, volunteering, recreation and increased social involvement.
Typical support includes researching community resources, job searches, and registration of participants at their local Work BC Employment Services Centre.
Volunteer Mentors will need to have previous employment experience, clear a criminal record check for vulnerable adults, and commit to volunteering over an eight-month period.
The attendance of a day-long volunteer orientation is required:
Saturday, March, 26, 2016 10- 4pm at Creekside Community Centre, 1 Athletes Way, Multi-Purpose Room # 4, Vancouver, BC V5Y 0B1. The nearest skytrain stations are Main Street Science World (Expo Millennium Line) and Olympic Village (Canada Line). Lunch will be provided.ConnecTra reimburses Volunteer Mentors for parking and Translink.
For more information, please contact:
DAVID PARKE at dppowder@gmail.com and 604-839-0557
The Elizabeth Bagshaw Women’s Clinic (EBWC) is committed to providing reproductive and abortion care in a safe, confidential and calm atmosphere. EBWC has been offering high quality abortion care services in Metro Vancouver for more than twenty-five years. Other services offered include: contraception management, pap tests and sexually transmitted infections testing. We want every woman to leave feeling their choices have been respected and that they have received excellent care.
The Elizabeth Bagshaw Society is a registered charity and non-profit that operates EBWC, an accredited medical facility by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. The Society is run by a volunteer Board of Directors, which is elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The Bicycle Valet is a social enterprise run by the non-profit charitable organization, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST). Our goal is to eliminate barriers to sustainable transportation, in this case by providing a safe place for people to keep their bicycles (and bicycle accessories).
This summer we're partnering with the Vancouver Police Department and Project 529 at Granville Island to try out a new project, attacking bike theft from as many different angles as possible. We'll have our valet open 7 days/week, be educating the public on best locking practices, registering bikes with Project 529, collecting data on current locking practices, as well as conducting a survey looking at transportation choices made by all people traveling to Granville Island.
Free Geek is a nonprofit community organization that reduces the environmental impact of waste electronics by reusing and recycling donated technology. Through community engagement we provide education, job skills training, Internet access and free or low cost computers to the public.
The Professional BC Wedding Awards is the longest running wedding industry Awards program in Canada. We are an independent, unbiased and dedicated to finding and awarding the best of British Columbia's dynamic and creative wedding industry. These awards recognize some of the amazing creative talent, companies and individuals that make up British Columbia's wedding professionals.
The Mount Pleasant BIA (Business Improvement Area) is a non-profit community based organization that focuses on improving and growing the neighbourhood in a healthy economic, cultural and sustainable way. We are the second oldest of the 22 BIA's in the City of Vancouver, who represent the major commercial areas of the City. Operated under the auspices of the City of Vancouver, we represent approximately 400 businesses in the Main Street area as well as about 120 property owners. Our mandate is to create and enhanced business environment through marketing and promotions, special events such as street festivals, street beautification, working with local organizations and groups and addressing specific concerns of our membership such as fair commercial taxes.
VIBC produces a wide-range of events with the objective of increasing community engagement, artistic innovation and education. Through the joy of bhangra, we help build bridges and find inroads to establish new relationships across genres of performance and ethno-cultural boundaries.
VIBC accomplishes this by producing the 10-day City of Bhangra Festival in unique venues across Vancouver and Surrey, and by producing meaningful events throughout the year. We engage with communities, organizations, and artists year-round to help spread the art of bhangra.
Roedde House Museum, in Vancouver's West End, is a late-Victorian Heritage house museum in the Queen Anne revival style. Built in 1893 for the family of Gustav Roedde, the city's first printer and bookbinder, it has been faithfully restored to reflect the day-to-day life of a middle class, immigrant family at the turn of the last century.
Since the Museum’s official opening in May of 1990, the Roedde House Preservation Society has run Roedde House as a threefold facility:
∙ A museum with guided tours, including an active schools program,
∙ A venue for music and other entertainment,
∙ A rental facility for small receptions.
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