Volunteering in your Community

Photo by Nat Klein

Upcoming Volunteering Opportunities

• North Saanich Flavour Trails Festival - August 17-19, 2018
• Bazan Bay Beach Clean-Up - Saturday, August 25, 2018
• Peninsula Co-op Fuel Good Day - Tuesday, September 18, 2018
  Raising money for the Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island
• Sidney Seaside 8K & 5K - Sunday, September 23
  Looking for people to help with package pickup, food preparation, and road marshalling

Volunteering in the Community

There are many organizations and agencies in the Town of Sidney that depend on volunteer assistance. If you have time to spare and are willing and able to give back to your community, we encourage you to do so. Below are just some of the organizations and agencies in Sidney that need volunteer assistance:

• Alzheimer Society of B.C.
• ArtsSea Community Arts Council
• BC Aviation Museum
• Beacon Community Services
• Canadian Blood Services
  
• Citizens on Patrol (contact Bill at 250-656-9293 for more information)
• Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
• Mary Winspear Centre
• Peninsula Celebrations Society
  
• Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization
• Peninsula Streams Society
• Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
• Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea
  
• SHOAL Centre
• Sidney Fine Art Show
• Sidney Lions Food Bank
• Sidney Museum and Archives
• Sidney/North Saanich RCMP Detachment
• Sidney Visitor Centre
• Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
• Vancouver Island Regional Library
• Volunteer Saanich Peninsula

Volunteering with the Town of Sidney 

The Town depends on citizen volunteers to serve on Committees, Commissions and Boards. Time commitments vary but typically volunteers are required to attend meetings once or twice a month. Watch for vacancy notices in the fall in the Peninsula News Review and on our website.