Nonprofit Organizations in Vancouver
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CityReach Care Society is looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to help prepare fresh and healthy food hampers to serve over 1000 families each week.
Food for Families is a free, nutritious foodbank for vulnerable families and seniors in the Greater Vancouver Area. We serve over 1000 households with wholesome and healthy food including fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy, proteins and grains.
CPRS Vancouver offers professional development opportunities and social events for our members to network and discuss issues surrounding public relations, media relations, social media, event management, marketing, public engagement and public affairs.
Are you passionate about helping youth? The YMCA of Greater Vancouver is looking for volunteers aged 18 and older interested in fostering relationships, facilitating workshops, learning together, cultivating youth-led experiences and working with young people aged 10 to 17. If you are passionate, reliable, encouraging, open-minded and able to commit for six months to a year then we want to hear from you. Sign up here to make a difference in a young person’s life.
Biosphere Eco-Cities Canada (BECC) is a national, non-profit network that works to connect all Biosphere Eco-Cities across Canada. A Biosphere Eco-City (BEC) is an urban area and surrounding countryside where cooperation and collaboration ensure that everyone’s actions can contribute to sustainability; ultimately fostering a culture of sustainability. Currently, there are five BEC initiatives across Canada; Ottawa (OBEC), Toronto (TBEC), Brampton (BBEC), Edmonton (EBEC), and Vancouver (VBEC). BECC provides support and acts as a resource and tool for collaboration among BECs while also implementing national sustainability projects.
BECs use 10 Themes of Sustainability (transportation, energy, design, habitat, food, natural capital, waste, health, recreation, and sense of place) and 5 Tools of Engagement (Database of Projects, Sustainability Plans, Workshops on Individual Themes, Demonstration Projects, and Council of Stakeholders) to create a culture of sustainability through community engagement, cooperation, innovation and sharing of knowledge, skills and information for sustainability.
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JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our strength lies in our exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end T1D.
We are the Secwepemc Union, an organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the culture, traditions, rights, and the health and welfare of our members. We stand up and fight for indigenous rights and title, and are strong advocates for self determination.
We run several tech projects such as websites, social apps, a search engine, maps, and other projects. We fundraise and support indigenous people around the world with humanitarian aid.
We are a Vancouver-based chapter of IODE Canada.
Women dedicated to a better Canada is our official motto. IODE members are filled with energy and creativity and have a clear sense of purpose. Our fundraising activities have supported education and citizenship programs and community services to those in need at home and abroad since 1900.
Members volunteer with and for people, focusing on Children, Education and Community Services. Each IODE chapter has the autonomy to choose and support projects in their own community. With just a few monthly hours, you can make a difference and form lifelong friendships.
The main benefit of belonging to IODE is being part of a like-minded group of women who work together to improve the quality of life for those in need.
BEST, or Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, is a non-profit organization that has been promoting sustainable transportation since 1991. Our vision: Through sustainable transportation, we build vibrant, inclusive communities. Our mission: To activate better transportation options through initiatives, collaboration and leadership.
BEST’s current programs include The Bicycle Valet, a social enterprise that provides free and secure bicycle parking, primarily at events throughout Metro Vancouver all year long. The Bicycle Valet relies on a large passionate team of staff, volunteers, and summer students who help foster sustainable transportation options in local communities.
Living Streets is BEST’s walking and pedestrian focused program. We work with Neighbourhood Houses and municipalities in BC to organize year-long walking events and opportunities for all ages. One of these events is Walk30: a 5 week fun competition in the spring focused on walking for health, supported by health authorities, municipalities, schools and other workplaces.
Since 2010, BEST has run programs focused on improving and increasing transportation options for seniors. Currently, the focus is on a three year systems change project (Seniors on the Move) across BC, as well as delivering workshops to skill up seniors exploring transportation options beyond driving alongside United Way BC.
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The Education & Career Fair (ECF) is B.C.'s Largest Career Development Fair. This includes secondary students planning for higher education and exploring career options; young adults looking to transfer their work experience & skills to a different industry; and new immigrants seeking employment and further training to settle in Canada.
Since 1996, ECF has worked hard in the aim of facilitating connections that drive career decisions and inspire growth for individuals and organizations in an evolving economy and job market. Over the years, we have helped students and young adults plan their education and career journey by connecting them with valuable tools and contacts. ECF has attracted over 12,000 attendees across all fairs in British Columbia, and last year, we have expanded our scope to launch a series of fairs is Ontario as well. ECF is today proud to be recognized by Business in Vancouver as "Top Trade Shows in the Lower Mainland".
West Coast LEAF’s office is located on the unsurrendered homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (also called Vancouver, BC).
West Coast LEAF is a legal non-profit and charitable organization with a mandate to advocate for inclusive and intersectional gender equality. We use law reform, public legal education, and litigation strategies to achieve systemic transformation, collaborating directly with communities impacted by gendered harms. We are committed to advancing an inclusive vision of feminism that defends the right to be free from discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. As a predominantly settler-led organization working within colonial legal frameworks, we take responsibility for positively transforming our relationships with the Indigenous people on whose homelands we predominantly work.
Protein Project subsidizes much needed protein for Food Banks in BC & Alberta. The Protein Project is a community partner in the 50 Million Meals Campaign offering Fair Trade Kampot Pepper - the best pepper in the world. If 1/10th of one percent of pepper lovers chose Kampot Pepper we can deliver 50 Million Meals through the food bank system.
A registered non-profit organization aiming to create volunteering opportunities within the Lower Mainland and address a variety of issues relevant to the community. Through the organization of several fundraising events, the organization works to do hands-on volunteer work in BC. Participates in and organizes a broad range of volunteering activities, such as food, toy, and clothing drives, blood drives, and fundraisers for the Canadian Cancer Society and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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