Volunteer for Health Organizations in Canada

Georgina Mobility Transit Inc
112B High St, Sutton West, Ontario

Routes is a grassroots, non-profit organization that's all about connecting people with the supports and services they need to improve their quality of life. Our team of carefully screened, compassionate volunteer drivers use their own vehicles to provide available, accessible and affordable transportation to people who are restricted due to life circumstances such as financial hardship, health issues, and geographic, cultural or social isolation. Every year, Routes provides thousands of rides to people in need.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Georgina Mobility Transit Inc

Health Outreach
117 Queen Street South, Unit 2, Mississauga, Ontario

Health Outreach is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing health services including public health, to impoverished people in remote areas of developing countries with the goal of enhancing lives.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of Health Outreach

Health Partners International of Canada
Partenaires Canadiens Pour La Sante Internationale
955 Boul. Saint-Jean, Suite 100, Pointe-Claire, Quebec

Our goal is to increase access to medicine in vulnerable communities by working with partner agencies to provide strategic, sustainable solutions that help communities transform themselves, creating hope and lasting, positive change.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of Health Partners International of Canada

Healthy Aboriginal Network
3240 Comox Road, Courtenay, British Columbia

The Healthy Aboriginal Network is a registered non-profit Society, incorporated in the Province of British Columbia since 2005. Our mandate is the non-profit promotion of health, literacy & wellness through the production of visual resources for youth.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Healthy Aboriginal Network

International HOPE Canada Inc
Winnipeg, Manitoba

International HOPE Canada (IHC) Inc, is a charitable, non-profit, all-volunteer organization that provides non-pharmaceutical medical supplies and equipment to impoverished countries where such items are in critically short supply.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of International HOPE Canada Inc

Inuulitsivik Health Centre
Puvirnituq, Quebec

The Centre's mission is to achieve the objectives outlined in the Act respecting health services and social services and to associate itself with the community development process underway on the Hudson Bay coast by providing frontline health and social services and a second line of care of high quality that meet the needs of the population.

Keywords: Health Centres · Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples

Volunteer Profile of Inuulitsivik Health Centre

Island Sexual Health Society
1770 Fort Street, Suite 200, Victoria, British Columbia

The Island Sexual Health Society is a non-profit agency that has served the Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands communities since 1969. ISHS was formerly a part of Planned Parenthood, and became an independent society in 1986.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Island Sexual Health Society

KFL&A Public Health
221 Portsmouth Ave, Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health works together with our communities to promote and protect the public's health. Our commitment is to provide public health programs and services of the highest quality. We are an accredited organization of over 225 staff and 150 volunteers who deliver mandatory health programs and services set by the Province of Ontario in the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of KFL&A Public Health

Kinsmen Club of Vulcan
Vulcan, Alberta

Kin Canada, founded in 1920, is an all-Canadian service organization made up of active community volunteers.
Working together, Kinsmen and Kinettes are enhancing the quality of life in their communities by promoting service, fellowship, positive values and national pride.
Kin clubs support cystic fibrosis (CF) research and fund local projects across the country.

Keywords: Health · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Kinsmen Club of Vulcan

KinVillage
5430 - 10th Avenue, Delta, British Columbia

KinVillage supports older adults to live their lives fully. It provides a continuum of health, housing and recreational programs, while nurturing a sense of community.

Keywords: Seniors · Independence · Housing · Health

Volunteer Profile of KinVillage

Light The Night Ontario
480 University Ave, Suite 1502, Toronto, Ontario

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC)'s Light The Night Walk funds vital patient support services, advocacy, and lifesaving research across Canada. Friends, families and co-workers form fundraising teams and walk in unity, at twilight, each holding an illuminated lantern - red for supporters, white for patients and survivors, and gold to remember loved ones lost.

Keywords: Health · Cancer

Volunteer Profile of Light The Night Ontario

McCreary Centre Society
3552 Hastings Street East, Vancouver, British Columbia

The McCreary Centre Society is a non-government not-for-profit committed to improving the health of BC youth through research, education and community based projects. Founded in 1977, the Society sponsors and promotes a wide range of activities and research to identify and address the health needs of young people in the province.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of McCreary Centre Society

Medicos En Accion Society
235 First Avenue, Suite 502, Kamloops, British Columbia

Medicos en Accion is a non-profit society composed of volunteers whose mandate is to provide medical and surgical care to people in developing countries with limited access to care.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of Medicos En Accion Society

National Aboriginal Health Organization
220 Laurier Ave. W., Suite 1200, Ottawa, Ontario

The National Aboriginal Health Organization is a knowledge based organization that excels in the advancement and promotion of health and well-being of all First Nations, Inuit and M‚tis individuals, families and communities.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples

Volunteer Profile of National Aboriginal Health Organization

Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC
3800 Finnerty Road, Saunders Annex 130c, Victoria, British Columbia

Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research (NEARBC) is an Aboriginal health research networking program and Aboriginal health resource site of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Environment

Volunteer Profile of Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC

Northern B.C. Friends of Children Society
Prince George, British Columbia

Friends of Children is a non-profit society assisting Northern BC and East Kootenay families with children in extraordinary medical need. Each year the registered charity receives over 200 requests for support with children's medical emergencies, therapies, specialized equipment, plus out-of-town accommodation, meal and travel costs. Friends of Children coordinate with other organizations to help with the child's medical challenges.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Northern B.C. Friends of Children Society

Office of the Provincial Advisor for Aboriginal Infant Development Programs
200-506 Fort St, Victoria, British Columbia

The BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centers and the Ministry of Children and Family Development continue to support Aboriginal Infant Programs in B.C. (AIDP) The Office of the Provincial Advisor for Aboriginal Infant Development Programs gives support and educational information to AIDP workers throughout the province in regards to aboriginal infant development programs.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Office of the Provincial Advisor for Aboriginal Infant Development Programs

Ovarian Cancer Canada
205-145 Front St. East, Toronto, Ontario

The only Canadian organization solely dedicated to fundraising for overcoming ovarian cancer.

Keywords: Women · Health · Cancer

Volunteer Profile of Ovarian Cancer Canada

Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope-Edmonton Chapter
Edmonton, Alberta

The Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope is the single largest event that raises awareness and funds towards the three most fatal women's cancer. It is held annually on the second Sunday in September- this September 11, 2016.

Keywords: Women · Health · Cancer

Volunteer Profile of Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope-Edmonton Chapter

PACE Society
49 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Providing Alternatives, Counselling & Education (PACE) Society is located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We offer low-barrier programming and support in order to serve Vancouver's Sex Worker community. We serve people who often fall through the cracks due to ineligibility for services that require a fixed address or drug abstinence. In this respect, PACE is on the frontline of support for Sex Workers in Vancouver who need it most.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of PACE Society

Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
1200-24th Street West, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region is located in north central Saskatchewan. With a population of about 80,000, it is the third-largest of the province's RHA, and provides a range of speciality services to neighbouring regions.

Keywords: Mental Health · Health and Medicine · Health · Addictions

Volunteer Profile of Prince Albert Parkland Health Region

Prostitutes Empowerment Education & Resource Society
744 Fairview Rd, Victoria, British Columbia

Peers is an innovative, multi-service grassroots agency that was established by, with, and for sex workers in 1995. Through direct service delivery and community partnerships, Peers provides an array of outreach and drop in harm reduction and support services alongside education and employment training for current and former sex workers, in Victoria and on Vancouver Island.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Prostitutes Empowerment Education & Resource Society

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network
61-1959 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia

The Red Road HIV/AIDS Network (RRHAN) is a provincial based Aboriginal Organization. Red Road's 125 plus membership capacity is comprised of Aboriginal AIDS Service Organizations (ASO), non-Aboriginal AIDS Service Organizations who have Aboriginal programs, Aboriginal Persons living with HIV/AIDS (APHA), and Aboriginal community-based organizations who have HIV/AIDS programs, located in urban & rural British Columbia.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · AIDS

Volunteer Profile of Red Road HIV/AIDS Network

Registered Nurses' Foundation of Ontario
7270 Woodbine Ave, Suite 204, Markham, Ontario

RNFOO is a charitable organization that provides financial support for Ontario Registered Nurses and Nursing students to help them further their educational studies, conduct nursing and health care research, and support community health initiatives.

Keywords: Health · Education and Literacy

Volunteer Profile of Registered Nurses' Foundation of Ontario

Rehab and Retreat Senior and Adult Day Program
15403 93 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta

We provide occupational and recreation therapy in a home-like setting.

Keywords: Seniors · Health · Disorders

Volunteer Profile of Rehab and Retreat Senior and Adult Day Program

Ronald McDonald House Atlantic Canada
1133 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Our House is dedicated to helping seriously ill or disabled children by providing them and their families a caring and supportive "home away from home" and by extending this care to the hospital setting in Maritime communities through our Ronald McDonald Family Roomr program.

Keywords: Health · Disabled · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Ronald McDonald House Atlantic Canada

Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta
111 West Campus Place NW, Calgary, Alberta

Ronald McDonald Houser Southern Alberta provides a home away from home and support for sick children and their families.

Keywords: Health · Disabled · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta

Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
2660 Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough, Ontario

SCHC is dedicated to addressing the holistic health needs of the communities of Scarborough by addressing many aspects of health including physical, mental, social, financial, and environmental.

Keywords: Seniors · Hunger · Hospice and Palliative Care · Homeless and Housing · Health · Family Support · Disabled · Community Services · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities

Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon Inc.
115 2nd Ave North, Suite 301, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon (formerly Planned Parenthood Saskatoon Centre) is a youth-friendly, pro-choice charitable organization. We serve Saskatoon and the surrounding community, providing sexual health information and resources, low-cost birth control, pregnancy options counseling and support, and doctor referrals.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon Inc.

St John Ambulance
Societe Ambulance Saint-Jean Du Canada
1900 City Park Drive, Suite 400, Ottawa, Ontario

At St. John Ambulance our mission is to enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing training (first aid) and community services (health and safety).

Keywords: Health · Emergency and Safety

Volunteer Profile of St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance Alberta
12304-118 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta

To enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing training and community service.
We carry out our mission through community service, and first aid, and CPR training.
Community Services volunteers include uniformed members who serve communities across Canada, providing first aid and emergency response support, as well as improving the quality of life for people confined to a health care facility through our Therapy Dog visitation program. Our volunteers contribute millions of hours to Canadian communities each year.

Keywords: Health · Emergency and Safety

Volunteer Profile of St John Ambulance Alberta

St John Ambulance Durham Region
64 Colborne St. E., Oshawa, Ontario

Come join the oldest charity in the world. St. John Ambulance is an international organization with volunteer programs that fit any lifestyle. Our Mission is to improve the Health, Safety and Quality of life by providing training and community services.

Keywords: Health · Emergency and Safety

Volunteer Profile of St John Ambulance Durham Region

St. John Ambulance-St. Thomas Elgin Branch
741 King Street, London, Ontario

St John Ambulance is a not for profit organization that for over a century, St. John Ambulance Canada volunteers have been dedicated to a singular vision: to enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing community services and first aid training.

Keywords: Health · Emergency and Safety

Volunteer Profile of St. John Ambulance-St. Thomas Elgin Branch

Street Health Community Nursing Foundation
338 Dundas St.East, Toronto, Ontario

Street Health is a non-profit community based agency that strives to improve the health and well-being of homeless and under-housed people in downtown Toronto. We offer physical and mental health programs, as well as supports that improve clients' ability to access other services. Our work is focused in the neighbourhood around Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, an area with the largest concentration of homeless shelters and drop-in centres in Canada.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Street Health Community Nursing Foundation

Taber and District Health Foundation
4326 50 Avenue, Taber, Alberta

The Mission of Taber & District Health Foundation is to give the community an opportunity to participate in raising funds which provides financial support for the best possible healthcare in a positive, healing, compassionate environment for the Taber Health Centre. The Foundation will ensure that all funds received are managed prudently and that all funds are dispersed in keeping with the wishes of the donor.

Keywords: Health

Volunteer Profile of Taber and District Health Foundation

Tabor Home Inc
230 9th Street South, Morden, Manitoba

Tabor Home Inc. is a 60 bed accredited personal care home located in Morden, Manitoba. Tabor Home offers a holistic care approach, recognizing the unique nature of individuals and promotes an environment where residents can feel trust, comfort and a sense of well-being. As a Christian faith-based facility, Tabor Home considers Spiritual Care to be an essential part of the holistic care that is provided for the Residents.

Keywords: Seniors · Housing · Health

Volunteer Profile of Tabor Home Inc

TAIBU Community Health Centre
27 Tapscott Road, Unit 1, Scarborough, Ontario

TAIBU Community Health Center is a population of based community health center, which is committed to providing Primary Health Care Services to the Black Community in the GTA as its priority population. TAIBU is situated in the community of Malvern.

Keywords: Health and Medicine · Health

Volunteer Profile of TAIBU Community Health Centre

Team Canada Healing Hands Inc.
538 Route 616, Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick

Team Canada Healing Hands Inc is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the provision of rehabilitative education, training, and care in areas of need.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of Team Canada Healing Hands Inc.

Tender Wishes Foundation
4508 Dawn Cr., Niagara Falls, Ontario

Begun in the 1980's out of a desire to help one family with a terminally ill child, the TENDER WISHES FOUNDATION has grown to seek out and grant wishes to children in the Niagara Region who suffer from a potentially life-threatening illness.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of Tender Wishes Foundation

The African Medical and Research Foundation
489 College St, Suite 407, Toronto, Ontario

AMREF, the African Medical & Research Foundation, is the only international African non-governmental organization (NGO) of its kind.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of The African Medical and Research Foundation

The Canadian Network for International Surgery
1985 W Broadway, Suite 105, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) is a Canadian registered charity with an incredible history. For almost 20 years, CNIS has been teaching lifesaving surgical, obstetrical and nursing skills in sub-Saharan Africa. The current focus of our programs is on maternal health in rural communities -providing women, particularly expecting mothers with access to better healthcare. To date, over 25,000 African healthcare workers have been educated in lifesaving skills, preparing them to work in rural communities.

Keywords: International · Health

Volunteer Profile of The Canadian Network for International Surgery

The Kidney Foundation of Canada
300-5165 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec

The Kidney Foundation of Canada is people working together for a common cause. We are volunteers, individuals living with kidney disease, donors, and staff members - from all walks of life, all across Canada.

Keywords: Health · Disorders

Volunteer Profile of The Kidney Foundation of Canada

The Kidney Foundation of Canada Kingston Chapter
100 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario

The Kidney Foundation of Canada is the national volunteer organization committed to reducing the burden of kidney disease through:
 funding and stimulating innovative research;
 providing education and support;
 promoting access to high quality healthcare; and
 increasing public awareness and commitment to advancing kidney health and organ donation

Keywords: Health · Disorders

Volunteer Profile of The Kidney Foundation of Canada Kingston Chapter

The Music Heals Foundation
1788 W. 5th Ave, Suite 400, Vancouver, British Columbia

Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements by an accredited music therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Music has nonverbal, creative, structural, and emotional qualities. These are used in the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development. - Canadian Association for Music Therapy

Keywords: Music · Health

Volunteer Profile of The Music Heals Foundation

The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization
2750-14th Avenue, Suite 201, Markham, Ontario

The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization (TREWO) is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to educating and empowering Canadians to lead healthy lives through proactive decision making.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization

Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation
190 Elizabeth St., R. Fraser Elliott Building, 5th floor, 5S-801, Toronto, Ontario

Our Foundation raises funds for research, education and the enhancement of patient care at Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital as well as for their respective research arms, Toronto General Research Institute and Toronto Western Research Institute.

Keywords: Health Centres · Health and Medicine · Health

Volunteer Profile of Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation

Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta Six Nations Health Services Birthing Centre
1745 Chiefswood Rd, Ohsweken, Ontario

Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta' is a Maternal and Child Centre located on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory with full time Aboriginal Midwives providing a balance of Traditional and Contemporary Midwifery services and programs. The Aboriginal Community, Family and specifically the expectant woman are offered a choice of services and programs that will compliment and support personal beliefs and customs.

Keywords: Women · Health and Medicine · Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Family Services · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta Six Nations Health Services Birthing Centre

Twin Oaks/Birches Health Care Charitable Foundation
Box 186, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia

The Twin Oaks/Birches Health Care Charitable Foundation was formed in 2001 with the merger of The Twin Oaks Hospital Foundation and The Birches Foundation. Both of these legacy organizations have been raising funds in our community for our institutions for many years - entirely through the work of volunteers.

Keywords: Health Centres · Health

Volunteer Profile of Twin Oaks/Birches Health Care Charitable Foundation

United Ostomy Support Group, Ottawa, Inc
Nepean, Ontario

The Ottawa Ostomy Support Group is a volunteer-based, charitable organization dedicated to assisting and providing, information, education, advocacy and service to, and for, our members and the intestinal/urinary diversion community.

Keywords: Health · Community Services

Volunteer Profile of United Ostomy Support Group, Ottawa, Inc

Vancouver Native Health Society
Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) was established in 1991 with a mission to improve and promote the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of individuals, focusing on the Aboriginal community residing in Greater Vancouver.

Keywords: Health · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples

Volunteer Profile of Vancouver Native Health Society

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