Check out the photos from this year’s contest to #CelebrateBCVolunteers!

April Rykers is one of our most active volunteers. As a long time Conservation Team Member, she has planted her share of trees and removed her share of invasive plants from Campbell River’s natural areas. April has more recently joined the Simms Streamkeepers, helping out at both the Fall and Spring Simms Fish Fences. April can always be counted on if there is a job that needs to get done and she does it all with a smile on her face and a positive attitude. Thanks, April, for making our work party events so much fun!

To describe the volunteers at the Delta Auxiliary Thrift Store, one words stands out – Community.
They are the glue that holds together our operations. Each crew of volunteers, for each day of the week, all make up this beautiful woven tapestry that is our community.When you walk through the volunteer doors, one can be ready to hear laughter, stories, and music! Our volunteers are always diligently at work, sorting clothes, pricing items, and greeting customers with a smile.

This is Carla and she has been with us for years. She is absolutely phenomenal and not only does she work her butt off when she’s here, she also finishes her weekly visit with singing and guitar play for the animals which they love!

This week is National Volunteer Week, which celebrates the selfless act of volunteering. It is not just about the actions we take as a collective, but also about building community, gaining knowledge, fostering resilience, and positively impacting the lives of others. We commend those who generously donate their time to support individuals and organizations in need. We express our gratitude to all volunteers for their valuable contributions and hard work.

These skaters raised $2,784.00 for Kids Sport BC (Mission). We are so proud of them and their hard work.

Here are some of the talented women on the HugABull team at our Summer Party fundraiser in 2022.

These are just a few of the wonderful volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of bully breeds throughout British Columbia.

We are a 100% volunteer-run non-profit and are so thankful to everyone who has donated their time over the last 20 years!

Congratulations to Carlene, the recipient of this year’s BC/YT Section Volunteer Award! 35 years of being involved with MSC and Skate Canada in some way – we are proud to have you in our club!

Without incredible volunteers- like Uschi!!- we would not be able to offer such fun, useful, and often tasty events! Here are some of our clients with Uschi celebrating Swiss culture with a traditional raclette meal. Happy National Volunteer Week to our fabulous volunteers!

Our long-time tutor, Byron Johnstad takes such joy in teaching his students! This week we celebrate our incredible Volunteers!

Volunteers are at the heart of CRIS’s work! Each day this week we will be celebrating them, but really, all CRIS trips would not be possible without them. We want to thank all our volunteers for all their hard work and dedication to CRIS!

When there was no Santa for the Summit Lk Community Larry Thompson and Pat Suter decided to help out and volunteer to play the part. A Santa suit was available for Larry so Pat made herself a Mrs. Clause outfit. A very fun evening giving out gifts to all the children.

We are so thankful to each and every volunteer that donates their time and skills to our organization and clients. Thanks to Julia we have a whole bunch of new ukulele players in our community! It is so sweet to make music together!

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of our Neil Squire volunteers. We couldn’t do what we do without your help.

Meet Aniah. She shared: “I am so grateful for having the opportunity to complete my practicum with Atira. The staff from Georgina’s were amazing . . . very helpful and answered all the questions I had regarding the program. I appreciate the opportunity to [continue] working at Georgina’s after my practicum.”

Bob Tonkin has been the lead Simms Creek Streamkeeper for more than a decade now, leading extensive salmon habitat works and being a key community member when it comes to the preservation of the ecosystems in this watershed. This year alone, Bob put in more than 70 hours of volunteer time including a lot of time running the Simms Creek fish fences. We are so thankful for people like Bob who put so much into our community!

Meet Michel, one of our Club Freedom guests, who is now volunteering with our Food For Families program. “Club Freedom has helped me in my journey, helped give me hope when I had none, how it was important for me to have somewhere I could go and be accepted no matter where I was in life. I would explain to them it helped me to keep going and brightened my day.”

We are incredibly grateful to have such a wonderful group of compassionate, kind and enthusiastic volunteers.

MADD Vancouver would like to acknowledge sisters Eryn and Emily for their sustained efforts to support the mission of MADD Canada.

The community of Joyce-Collingwood is well served by the wonderful VPD Volunteers. Thank you for all your road safety outreach and making our community safer.

Jill Ruddick and Christianne McRae Volunteer every month to make a meal by donation with Hixon Soup Group and make a pot of soup every two weeks throughout the winter to be delivered to the Seniors and people in need in our area.

Thank you to all of our volunteers who dedicate their invaluable time & energy to enhancing community safety in the City of Surrey. There would be no GreenTeam without you!

Our crews work hard with various companies to recycle what we can – in the picture above, Peter is wrapping up items to be recycled, after carefully removing the price tags. So many of our volunteers work hard to do their part, often work that goes unnoticed.

Tom and Denys volunteering at one of our recruitment events. We always appreciate the extra help!

Dan Turvill, the executive director of Strathcona CPC, on our volunteers: “I appreciate and value you so much and your belief in us as an organization, and your belief in us as staff and Board!”

Thank you to our volunteers Hogan and Susan who deliver Chinese Meals on Wheels across Vancouver and Richmond.

Volunteering is an action we take to support one another. All our interconnected actions help make our communities strong and vibrant. To all the volunteers making a difference across BC – Thank you!

A big thank you to our Reserve Constables who volunteer time to assist us with a variety of duties throughout the year. Most have full-time jobs and then come out on weekends to volunteer and help us out with special events and traffic enforcement.

Thank you RCMP Volunteers and Community Engagement Team for your outreach educating the public about and locking out auto crime.

Thanks to Val, Dave and Tahsin for volunteering their time last year (plus many other volunteer chefs and their helpers) as we offered four cooking classes to explore different foods and learn from each other.

Thank you to our volunteers Kathryn and Kenda who delivered Meals on Wheels to our client Lina in Vancouver recently.

Ken had been volunteering for CRIS for several years and is such a friendly face on trips!

Here’s our amazing Thursday distribution team and our small, but mighty Friday crew who get donations sorted, hampers packed, and the warehouse ready for Saturday distributions!

Check out Connolly staff showing appreciation for our volunteers.

There are so many stories and people to thank – hundreds of them every week! So we will continue to do our best to show our appreciation all year long for the incredible compassion and dedication that is changing lives and impacting our whole community.