Archived Opportunities
These volunteer opportunities have been archived based on an expiry date set by the originator (i.e. nonprofit organization). Please note that these opportunities are only presented for interest – to give volunteers and site visitors an opportunity to see the types of positions offered by organizations.
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Category: Sports and Recreation
Description: URGENT NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS BOW RIDGE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Please consider helping out your neighborhood Little League Association Fundraiser. You do not have to be a member of Bow Ridge Baseball. The only requirement is that you are fully vaccinated PLACE: January 9 and 10, 2022 at the Elbow River Casino. Please click on the link to sign up for an open volunteer spot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948ABA828A3F58-baseball If you have any further questions do not hesitate to reach out to Dallas the casino coordinator! Dallas Hall casino@bowridgebaseball.com All volunteers are required to show proof of complete vaccination status or provide a negative test within 72 hours of volunteering. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-enviro.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Environmental Improvement
Description: WHAT DO WE DO? ClimateScience aims to empower people to make real long-term solutions to climate change actionable through climate education. We hope our way of covering solutions makes people excited to contribute to clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and other global-scale sustainability issues – beyond reusing their plastic bags. We believe education is the most powerful tool in the fight against climate change. POSITION Help fight against climate change by joining our team at ClimateScience! As a Community Coordinator, you would help recruit people to be a part of our team, actively participate in meetings and events, form partnerships with schools and organizations, and learn more about climate change through our website. You have the chance to gain new experiences and connections, opportunities to earn leadership positions, build your resume, and acquire skills, all while being part of a fun community! Community Coordinators must be interested in learning more about climate change and passionate about bringing climate education into their own communities, and a flexible schedule would be a bonus. The position is entirely online. If you want to find out more about ClimateScience, please check out our website at climatescience.org! INFORMATION Minimum 3-5 hours per week (more for leadership positions!), Must be willing to commit for at least 6 months, Entirely remote, Should be eager to learn, passionate about climate change, sense of responsibility and accountability, networking and communication skills are a plus! RESPONSIBILITIES Recruit people to join ClimateScience Canada, Will work within their community to create and implement long-term projects that help address climate change on a local level (Can include: Research, Outreach, Document writing, Skill-building), Promote ClimateScience content on social media, Learn about climate change and participate in climate education events. APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/7ZkfZgEe486vakhu9 [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-event.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Special Events / Festivals
Description: Volunteering at the CPAA annual casino event is a fun, quick, and very effective way to give back to the community. You will help create a life without limits for people affected by cerebral palsy and other disabilities. All proceeds raised during the event support CPAA programs and services. NO EXPERIENCE necessary and training is provided. We have three shift times on both March 28th and 29th 2022 (11am-7:00pm, 6:30pm-close (aprox. 3:30am), 11pm-close (aprox. 3:30am). Our current position openings are as follows: 11am-7pm: Alternate General Manager (both days) On-call (both days) 6:30pm-close (aprox. 3am): General Manager (both days) Alternate General Manager (both days) Banker (both days) Cashier (March 28th) On-Call (both days) 11pm-close (aprox.3am): Countroom Staff (both days) On-Call (both days) Company Profile The Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA) is a collaborative partner with community agencies/organizations in advocating on behalf of persons with disabilities. We are a leader in delivering programs and services, educating and providing information on treatment and resources relating to cerebral palsy and other disabilities in the province of Alberta. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-pro.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Professional Opportunities
Description: Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is a rapidly growing organization. We are in need of a skilled individual who can set up strong accounting systems to support the activities of the garden including donations, sponsorships, grant management, and basic bookkeeping for income and expenses. As well we need to be able to develop a budgeting and financial reporting system to support good decisions making at the board level. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-admin.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Administration / Clerical / Office
Description: Current Police & Vulnerable Sector Report required Minimum age of 18 years old, without maximum age Pro0f of Covid Vaccination Required Training or orientation provided Opportunity Description: Volunteers provide administrative and program support to our agency. Assist front office with basic daily admin work, making clients feel welcome, updating personnel & client information. Assist reception with daily tasks, file management & scanning, assisting in documenting admin processes as well as any other projects as the come up. Any help or experience with fundraising or social media would be very helpful. There is a wide To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and two references with their contact information emailed to Debbie Baker, Administrative Officer at debbie.baker@familytherapycentre.org. Inquires can be made Debbie at 403 802-1680 extension 224 [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-sport.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Sports and Recreation
Description: Field Hockey Alberta is looking for great people who want to guide our youth and share a passion for field hockey. No experience is necessary as long as you have a passion to coach, we will to teach you how to coach field hockey! If you have played it in the past that would be a bonus, but again not a need. We are looking for coaches all across the province and are excited to relaunch our sport. Please click the link above and fill out our coaching form or email our programs coordinator Jenn. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-leader.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Boards / Committee / Leadership
Description: EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society is seeking new members for our Board of Directors! We are looking for dedicated individuals with a passion for the media arts to help take EMMEDIA to the next stage of our development. No prior board experience required! This is a volunteer position, working to provide oversight and direction to the EMMEDIA staff. We welcome all interested parties, and are particularly seeking those with experience with media arts, budgets, and/or human resources. Please note that to maintain our charitable status, board members cannot receive compensation from EMMEDIA, whether that be from the presentation of art, teaching of workshops, or otherwise. WHO WE ARE EMMEDIA is an electronic media arts centre established in 1979 and incorporated as a non-profit society in 1983. Professionally managed and directed by practising artists, the Society responds to a broad community by offering affordable access to media art production tools, services, technical and educational support, and to an array of public exhibition programs. Our commitment to the media arts crosses a range of media and disciplines: audio, video, web-based art, independent film, animation, multimedia, performance and environments. Today, EMMEDIA is a bridge within the arts community. Helping to meaningfully connect creators with equipment, resources, presentation spaces and studio workspace. We support artists of all disciplines and ages, supporting like-minded organizations through partnerships and collaborations to co-produce exhibitions, presentations, and publications. We are the go-to resource and diverse knowledge hub that shares our programming expertise, production equipment, gallery and presentation spaces, and technical skills to help our community realize their artistic visions. In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society honour and acknowledge the ancestral territories and oral practices of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) which include the Siksika, the Kainai, the Piikani, and the Stoney Nakoda which include Bearspaw, Chinki and Wesley, Tsuut’ina nation. We also acknowledge the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical northwest Métis homeland. We aspire to further support Indigenous artists, indigenous collectives, and indigenous communities. COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY EMMEDIA is conscious and committed to making space for the diversity of both our employees and our Artist Affiliates. As an ethnically and culturally diverse media arts centre, we encourage everyone to represent their cultural beliefs and practices in our environment free from discrimination, harassment, or prejudice. At EMMEDIA, we intend to foster a culture of inclusion free of all forms of discrimination and violence, where people are treated with respect and committed to deepening appreciation of diversity and transforming all forms of exclusion. EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society acknowledges the systematic prejudice and discrimination that impact disenfranchised/oppressed groups in our communities and, in particular, our arts communities. This includes anyone that identifies as Indigenous, Black, first-generation immigrant, mixed-race, and any intersections that exist in the complexity that is race. We also prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, age, sex, record of offenses, marital status, family status, accessibility, and sexual orientation. RESPONSIBILITIES Serve a renewable two-year term which will be ratified in October 2022, minimum 3 hours per month time commitment. * Attend monthly board meetings (currently via video conference calls). * Provide guidance and oversight to the staff * Option to serve on one or more committees (Production, Programming, HR etc) * Assist with fundraising activities. * Support and attend programming and other events. WHAT TO SUBMIT * Statement of Interest describing why you would like to join the board * Brief Bio * CV WHERE TO SUBMIT EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society Address: 2005 – 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0K4 Canada Email: operations@emmedia.ca Please send any inquiries regarding this call to operations@emmedia.ca [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-fund.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Category: Fundraising & Sponsorship
Description: We are in need of volunteers to fill a variety of shifts and roles at our upcoming Casino, April 11 and 12, 2022. The Casino will be held at Deerfoot Inn & Casino, located on 114 Avenue and Barlow Trail SE, Calgary. Previous experience is not necessary as we will be guided under the watchful eyes of our paid casino advisors. All volunteers will receive a complimentary meal and snacks, as well as having the opportunity to meet new people and help us raise funds for our wish granting program. Our on-line shift registration form can be found at www.volunteersignup.org/WDXPW. [/et_pb_blurb]
Urgent need for Volunteers - Elbow Casino fundraiser Jan 9-10 2022 - Bow Ridge Little League Baseball
Organization: Bow Ridge Little LeagueCategory: Sports and Recreation
Description: URGENT NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS BOW RIDGE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Please consider helping out your neighborhood Little League Association Fundraiser. You do not have to be a member of Bow Ridge Baseball. The only requirement is that you are fully vaccinated PLACE: January 9 and 10, 2022 at the Elbow River Casino. Please click on the link to sign up for an open volunteer spot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948ABA828A3F58-baseball If you have any further questions do not hesitate to reach out to Dallas the casino coordinator! Dallas Hall casino@bowridgebaseball.com All volunteers are required to show proof of complete vaccination status or provide a negative test within 72 hours of volunteering. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-enviro.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Join ClimateScience as a Community Coordinator! [Remote]
Organization: ClimateScienceCategory: Environmental Improvement
Description: WHAT DO WE DO? ClimateScience aims to empower people to make real long-term solutions to climate change actionable through climate education. We hope our way of covering solutions makes people excited to contribute to clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and other global-scale sustainability issues – beyond reusing their plastic bags. We believe education is the most powerful tool in the fight against climate change. POSITION Help fight against climate change by joining our team at ClimateScience! As a Community Coordinator, you would help recruit people to be a part of our team, actively participate in meetings and events, form partnerships with schools and organizations, and learn more about climate change through our website. You have the chance to gain new experiences and connections, opportunities to earn leadership positions, build your resume, and acquire skills, all while being part of a fun community! Community Coordinators must be interested in learning more about climate change and passionate about bringing climate education into their own communities, and a flexible schedule would be a bonus. The position is entirely online. If you want to find out more about ClimateScience, please check out our website at climatescience.org! INFORMATION Minimum 3-5 hours per week (more for leadership positions!), Must be willing to commit for at least 6 months, Entirely remote, Should be eager to learn, passionate about climate change, sense of responsibility and accountability, networking and communication skills are a plus! RESPONSIBILITIES Recruit people to join ClimateScience Canada, Will work within their community to create and implement long-term projects that help address climate change on a local level (Can include: Research, Outreach, Document writing, Skill-building), Promote ClimateScience content on social media, Learn about climate change and participate in climate education events. APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/7ZkfZgEe486vakhu9 [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-event.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Casino Volunteers Needed!
Organization: Cerebral Palsy Association in AlbertaCategory: Special Events / Festivals
Description: Volunteering at the CPAA annual casino event is a fun, quick, and very effective way to give back to the community. You will help create a life without limits for people affected by cerebral palsy and other disabilities. All proceeds raised during the event support CPAA programs and services. NO EXPERIENCE necessary and training is provided. We have three shift times on both March 28th and 29th 2022 (11am-7:00pm, 6:30pm-close (aprox. 3:30am), 11pm-close (aprox. 3:30am). Our current position openings are as follows: 11am-7pm: Alternate General Manager (both days) On-call (both days) 6:30pm-close (aprox. 3am): General Manager (both days) Alternate General Manager (both days) Banker (both days) Cashier (March 28th) On-Call (both days) 11pm-close (aprox.3am): Countroom Staff (both days) On-Call (both days) Company Profile The Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA) is a collaborative partner with community agencies/organizations in advocating on behalf of persons with disabilities. We are a leader in delivering programs and services, educating and providing information on treatment and resources relating to cerebral palsy and other disabilities in the province of Alberta. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-pro.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Board Member/Treasurer
Organization: Botanical Gardens of Silver SpringsCategory: Professional Opportunities
Description: Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is a rapidly growing organization. We are in need of a skilled individual who can set up strong accounting systems to support the activities of the garden including donations, sponsorships, grant management, and basic bookkeeping for income and expenses. As well we need to be able to develop a budgeting and financial reporting system to support good decisions making at the board level. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-admin.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Front Office Administration Help
Organization: Calgary Family Therapy CentreCategory: Administration / Clerical / Office
Description: Current Police & Vulnerable Sector Report required Minimum age of 18 years old, without maximum age Pro0f of Covid Vaccination Required Training or orientation provided Opportunity Description: Volunteers provide administrative and program support to our agency. Assist front office with basic daily admin work, making clients feel welcome, updating personnel & client information. Assist reception with daily tasks, file management & scanning, assisting in documenting admin processes as well as any other projects as the come up. Any help or experience with fundraising or social media would be very helpful. There is a wide To apply, please send resume, cover letter, and two references with their contact information emailed to Debbie Baker, Administrative Officer at debbie.baker@familytherapycentre.org. Inquires can be made Debbie at 403 802-1680 extension 224 [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-sport.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Field Hockey Alberta Junior/Funstix coaches
Organization: Field Hockey AlbertaCategory: Sports and Recreation
Description: Field Hockey Alberta is looking for great people who want to guide our youth and share a passion for field hockey. No experience is necessary as long as you have a passion to coach, we will to teach you how to coach field hockey! If you have played it in the past that would be a bonus, but again not a need. We are looking for coaches all across the province and are excited to relaunch our sport. Please click the link above and fill out our coaching form or email our programs coordinator Jenn. [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-leader.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
EMMEDIA is seeking new members for our Board of Directors!
Organization: EMMEDIA Gallery & Production SocietyCategory: Boards / Committee / Leadership
Description: EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society is seeking new members for our Board of Directors! We are looking for dedicated individuals with a passion for the media arts to help take EMMEDIA to the next stage of our development. No prior board experience required! This is a volunteer position, working to provide oversight and direction to the EMMEDIA staff. We welcome all interested parties, and are particularly seeking those with experience with media arts, budgets, and/or human resources. Please note that to maintain our charitable status, board members cannot receive compensation from EMMEDIA, whether that be from the presentation of art, teaching of workshops, or otherwise. WHO WE ARE EMMEDIA is an electronic media arts centre established in 1979 and incorporated as a non-profit society in 1983. Professionally managed and directed by practising artists, the Society responds to a broad community by offering affordable access to media art production tools, services, technical and educational support, and to an array of public exhibition programs. Our commitment to the media arts crosses a range of media and disciplines: audio, video, web-based art, independent film, animation, multimedia, performance and environments. Today, EMMEDIA is a bridge within the arts community. Helping to meaningfully connect creators with equipment, resources, presentation spaces and studio workspace. We support artists of all disciplines and ages, supporting like-minded organizations through partnerships and collaborations to co-produce exhibitions, presentations, and publications. We are the go-to resource and diverse knowledge hub that shares our programming expertise, production equipment, gallery and presentation spaces, and technical skills to help our community realize their artistic visions. In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society honour and acknowledge the ancestral territories and oral practices of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) which include the Siksika, the Kainai, the Piikani, and the Stoney Nakoda which include Bearspaw, Chinki and Wesley, Tsuut’ina nation. We also acknowledge the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical northwest Métis homeland. We aspire to further support Indigenous artists, indigenous collectives, and indigenous communities. COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY EMMEDIA is conscious and committed to making space for the diversity of both our employees and our Artist Affiliates. As an ethnically and culturally diverse media arts centre, we encourage everyone to represent their cultural beliefs and practices in our environment free from discrimination, harassment, or prejudice. At EMMEDIA, we intend to foster a culture of inclusion free of all forms of discrimination and violence, where people are treated with respect and committed to deepening appreciation of diversity and transforming all forms of exclusion. EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society acknowledges the systematic prejudice and discrimination that impact disenfranchised/oppressed groups in our communities and, in particular, our arts communities. This includes anyone that identifies as Indigenous, Black, first-generation immigrant, mixed-race, and any intersections that exist in the complexity that is race. We also prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, age, sex, record of offenses, marital status, family status, accessibility, and sexual orientation. RESPONSIBILITIES Serve a renewable two-year term which will be ratified in October 2022, minimum 3 hours per month time commitment. * Attend monthly board meetings (currently via video conference calls). * Provide guidance and oversight to the staff * Option to serve on one or more committees (Production, Programming, HR etc) * Assist with fundraising activities. * Support and attend programming and other events. WHAT TO SUBMIT * Statement of Interest describing why you would like to join the board * Brief Bio * CV WHERE TO SUBMIT EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society Address: 2005 – 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0K4 Canada Email: operations@emmedia.ca Please send any inquiries regarding this call to operations@emmedia.ca [/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label="Blurb" url_new_window="off" use_icon="off" image="https://volunteercalgary.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/icon-fund.png" icon_placement="left" background_layout="light" animation="off" text_orientation="left" custom_css_main_element="margin-bottom: 3% !important;" custom_css_blurb_image="width:48px;"]
Casino Volunteers are Wanted!
Organization: The Rainbow Society of AlbertaCategory: Fundraising & Sponsorship
Description: We are in need of volunteers to fill a variety of shifts and roles at our upcoming Casino, April 11 and 12, 2022. The Casino will be held at Deerfoot Inn & Casino, located on 114 Avenue and Barlow Trail SE, Calgary. Previous experience is not necessary as we will be guided under the watchful eyes of our paid casino advisors. All volunteers will receive a complimentary meal and snacks, as well as having the opportunity to meet new people and help us raise funds for our wish granting program. Our on-line shift registration form can be found at www.volunteersignup.org/WDXPW. [/et_pb_blurb]