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Options for volunteers
THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.
Lookout clients drumming up support for therapy
Lookout Emergency Aid Society clients are drumming up support - so they can keep drumming.
Volunteers needed this July for 13th edition of Tour de Delta
Delta is seeking volunteers for the 13th annual Tour de Delta, which will be held this year from July 5 to 7.
Participants needed for Fraser River journey
From Aug. 1 to 25, participants in the Rivershed Society of BC's Sustainable Living Leadership Program will journey by raft, canoe, van and on foot from the Fraser River's headwaters near Valemount, B.C., to where it meets the shores of Vancouver, 1,400 kilometres downstream.
We owe them a big thank you
OK. That's not breaking news. In fact, it's pretty much the easiest, safest, least-controversial statement that we could write here in this space.
Options for volunteers
THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.
SPRING CLEANERS WANTED
Keep Vancouver Spectacular, the annual citywide cleanup campaign, will soon be sweeping the streets and is still looking for volunteers. Last year, 16,400 volunteers in 180 groups came together to fill more than 6,000 bags with litter. You can participate be signing up as a block captain or joining an existing team. All cleanup volunteers receive garbage bags, gloves and cleanup tools. Call 604-871-6544 or email keepvancouverspectacular@vancouver.ca for more information.
Road safety
The British Columbia Automobile Association is expanding its Road Safety Foundation's school safety patrol program.
Teen help sought for market tours
At Surrey Urban Farmers' Market this season, young volunteers will lead guided tours of the attraction for seniors and new immigrants.
Options for volunteers
THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.
Hats Off Day volunteers needed
Shauna Pratt is the volunteer organizer for the Hats Off Day parade. She is a Scientology volunteer minister and has volunteered with the events since 2006. Recently, Pratt took part in a question-and-answer session with the Burnaby NOW to share her perspective on why volunteering is important, and what the Heights Merchants Association needs in terms of volunteers for the annual Hats Off Day celebration, which takes place on June 1.
Thank you to all the CBS volunteers
As we celebrated National Volunteer Week (April 21-27), Canadian Blood Services wanted to thank the 17,000 volunteers who dedicated 215,000 hours of their time in the last year to help support Canada's blood system.
Options for volunteers
THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.
Thornthwaite a dedicated MLA who listens
I write regarding Trevor Carolan's unbalanced April 21 column, It's Time for a Change so Study Up, on the North Vancouver-Seymour candidates in the upcoming provincial election.
Photos: Church offering up free items
The folks at the Living Word Fellowship church in Aldergrove are giving people the shirts off their backs or at least of their closets.
Help is here for low-income filers
As the tax filing deadline approaches, the Canada Revenue Agency reminds Canadians with low or fixed incomes that volunteers are available in the community to assist with the preparation of tax returns.
Volunteers drive Games
Organizers of the 2013 Special Olympics BC Summer Games are hoping 1,000 people or more will respond to this request, as the four-day event in Langley draws nearer.
