Volunteer for Children and Youth Groups in British Columbia

British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities & Easter Seals BC
3981 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H4H5

Our Mandate is: to enrich the lives of children in British Columbia and the Yukon by "giving children abilities"

Our Vision is: to continue providing not only specialized services and facilities, but also challenging and supporting young hearts and minds as well. Giving children with disabilities self-esteem, self-confidence and a sense of independence is what our community is all about.

Keywords: Disabled · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities & Easter Seals BC

British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation
938 28th Ave W, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4

Since 1982, BC Children's Hospital Foundation has worked with children, families, caregivers and hundreds of thousands of British Columbians to raise funds to support BC Children's Hospital, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and the Child & Family Research Institute. BC Children's Hospital Foundation also works with Sunny Hill's Board of Directors to manage the Sunny Hill Foundation for Children.

Keywords: Health Centres · Health and Medicine · Children and Youth

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Broadway Youth Resource Centre
103 - 2780 East Broadway Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1X7

The new Broadway Youth Resource Centre "Kwayatsut" building is also be the new home of the Broadway Youth Resource Centre where tenants can access community-based mental and physical health care; addictions services; household management and meal preparation; money management and community living skills.
Kwayatsut (K-why-ah-sote) is from the Coast Salish language. The word holds the meaning of seeking one's power or spirit quest. The building was named by Chief Ian Campbell from the Squamish Nation. Kwayatsut has 30 youth beds with specific units for youth who are most vulnerable to homelessness: aboriginal youth, LGBTQ youth, and youth leaving foster care.

Keywords: Mental Health · Homeless and Housing · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Employment and Careers · Cultural Centres · Children and Youth · Addictions

Volunteer Profile of Broadway Youth Resource Centre

Burnside Gorge Community Association
471 Cecelia Rd, Victoria, British Columbia V8T4T4

The Burnside Gorge Community Association operates the Burnside Gorge Community Centre. The community centre is both a neighbourhood house and a recreation centre.

Keywords: Sports and Recreation · Family Services · Community Services · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Burnside Gorge Community Association

Camp Artaban Society
1058 Ridgewood Dr, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7R1H8

Camp Artaban is an Anglican camp on scenic Gambier Island. Our mission is to bring people into a significant relationship with God, and with each other, in a loving community.

Keywords: Children and Youth · Camps

Volunteer Profile of Camp Artaban Society

Camp Douglas
11858 - 216th Street, Maple Ridge, British Columbia V2X 5H8

Camp Douglas is owned, supported, and operated by the Presbytery of Westminster of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, with assistance from the Synod of British Columbia and many other supporters.

Keywords: Children and Youth · Camps

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Camp Hornby Society
3538 West 43rd Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia V6N3J9

Our camp was founded in 2002 at the request of a group of vision professionals, parents of blind children and other supporters and is open to all qualifying children from British Columbia who are under 21 years of age on the first day of camp. The camp is integrated so campers may attend on their own or with other family members and sighted siblings.

Keywords: Disabled · Children and Youth · Camps

Volunteer Profile of Camp Hornby Society

Camp Tulahead Society
2830 Bourquin Crescent West, Unit 27, Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S5N8

Tulahead was established to provide a place for the children of Junior Adventure Hour (a children's outreach ministry) and their friends to attend during the summer. The camp property was used for ranching before its purchase and in keeping with the western theme, the society was first named the J.A.H. Ranch Society. It was in 1991 that the name was changed to the Camp Tulahead Society.

Keywords: Children and Youth · Camps

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Canadian Parents for French British Columbia Chapter
409 Granville Street, Suite 623, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C1T2

CPF was founded in 1977 by parents who wanted to ensure that children would have the opportunity to become bilingual in the Canadian school system. Originally a small group of concerned parents who met in Ottawa, CPF has evolved into a proactive national network with 10 Branch offices and some 150 Chapters in communities nationwide.

Keywords: Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Canadian Parents for French British Columbia Chapter

Canadian Youth Business Foundation British Columbia
13545 64 Avenue, Suite 203, Surrey, British Columbia V3W1Y2

Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for nearly two decades. We are the only national, non-pro?t organization that provides ?nancing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,800 volunteer mentors.

Keywords: Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Canadian Youth Business Foundation British Columbia

Canuck Place Children's Hospice
1690 Matthews Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J2T2

Canuck Place Children's Hospice first opened its doors in November 1995, to become North America's first free-standing children's hospice. We responded to the need for a hospice created specifically for children. The illness and death of a child is a life-altering experience for the families who love them.

Keywords: Hospice and Palliative Care · Health and Medicine · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Canuck Place Children's Hospice

Cariboo Child Care Society
900 Mcgill Road, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C5N3

Cariboo Child care Society (CCCS) is a non-profit society that has been providing high quality care since 1973.

Keywords: Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Cariboo Child Care Society

Caring Hearts for Underprivileged Children Society
8138 128 St, Suite 240, Surrey, British Columbia V3W1R1

Caring Hearts continues to find new volunteers and depend on the long time volunteers to create clothing and blanket items for children in need.

Keywords: Poverty · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Caring Hearts for Underprivileged Children Society

Cheakamus Centre
2170 Paradise Valley Road, Box 250, Brackendale, British Columbia V0N1H0

Established in 1969, Cheakamus Centre, formerly the North Vancouver Outdoor School, is an overnight field school and environmental studies facility located on 420 acres of ecological reserve in Paradise Valley. This Centre is owned by the North Vancouver School District (NVSD) and offers a wide variety of experiential environmental programs to children and adults from the Sea to Sky corridor, lower mainland, and beyond. Cheakamus Centre also hosts visitors from around the globe for special events, retreats, conferences, seminars, and workshops. In July 2012, the BlueShore Financial Environmental Learning Centre opened its doors in the heart of Cheakamus Centre campus, allowing for exciting new educational programs and environmental initiatives, and expanded conference and event space.

Keywords: Wildlife · Environment · Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Cheakamus Centre

Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Society of Greater Victoria
1175 Cook St, Suite 210, Victoria, British Columbia V8V4A1

The Victoria Child Abuse Prevention & Counselling Centre (formally the Mary Manning Centre) was founded by Mary Manning, who, together with therapist Rita Milot, began providing counselling services to child survivors of sexual abuse in 1984.

As a result of this pioneering work, thousands of people - children, youth, and families - have been helped to heal and recover from the effects of child sexual abuse. We are the only non-profit agency dedicated to serving children, youth and families who have been affected by sexual abuse and other forms of maltreatment.

Keywords: Crisis Support · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Society of Greater Victoria

Child Development Centre Society of Fort St. John and District
10408-105 Ave, Fort St John, British Columbia V1J2M8

The Fort St. John Child Development Centre (CDC) is a non-profit organization that has been supporting children with special needs and their families in Fort St. John and surrounding areas since 1973. Our services and programs specialize in the area of Early Intervention services, as well as provide Skills and Respite programming, Supported Child Development, Family Services. The CDC also provides a fully integrated preschool program for children with typical and special needs.

Keywords: Family Support · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Child Development Centre Society of Fort St. John and District

Children of the Street Society
1130 Austin Ave, Suite 208, Coquitlam, British Columbia V3K3P5

Children of the Street Society is a Provincial Society and Federal Charity dedicated to preventing the sexual exploitation and human trafficking of children and youth in British Columbia through education strategies, public awareness initiatives, and family support since 1995.

Keywords: Crisis Support · Children and Youth

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Children's Arts Umbrella Foundation
1286 Cartwright St, Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H3R8

We believe that art is for everyone. As a not-for-profit arts education centre, we think access to the highest quality arts education is a basic human right, regardless of your experience, education, socio-economic background or ballet slipper size. We are just for those ages 2 to 19 though, because, well, we love the way kids and youth love the arts.

Keywords: Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Children's Arts Umbrella Foundation

Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island
2390 Arbutus Rd., Victoria, British Columbia V8N1V7

Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island believes that children with disabilities and health challenges deserve the same opportunities and life chances as other children.

Keywords: Family Support · Children and Youth

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CHIMO Crisis Services
7000 Minoru Blvd, Suite 120, Richmond, British Columbia V6Y3Z5

CHIMO strengthens individuals, families and communities and connects people with needed community resources.

Keywords: Women · Immigrants and Refugees · Family Support · Crisis Support · Children and Youth · Advocacy and Human Rights

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