Volunteer Victoria has a comprehensive list of organizations on their website http://www.volunteervictoria.bc.ca/member.html
If you know you want to volunteer but aren’t sure exactly what you want to do it helps to read through this list and see if there are any organizations that appeal to you! It includes contact information so you can get in touch to see if they are in need of volunteers.
Below is a list of some of the organizations where SMUS students have volunteered.
ALS Society of BC
AIDS Vancouver Island
Anawim House
Atsikana Pa Ulendo
BC Cancer Foundation
Beacon Hill Children’s Farm
Beacon Hill Villa
Big Brothers and Sisters of Victoria
Breakfast Club – Glad Tidings Church and Central Baptist
Bridges for Women
Broadmead Care Society
Burnside Gorge Community Centre
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Cancer Society
Cedar Hill Recreation Centre
CFUV Radio – University of Victoria
City of Victoria Youth Council
Community Living BC
Community Living Victoria
Compost Education Centre
Cool Aid Society
Craigdarroch Castle
The Cridge Centre
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Esquimalt Parks and Recreation
Extreme Outreach Society
Foundation House
GORP (Garry Oak Restoration Project)
GOERT (Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team)
Glengarry Hospital
Glenshiel Housing Society
Gorge Road Hospital
Gorge Waterway Initiative
Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness
Greater Victoria Public Library
Haliburton Farm
HAT (Habitat Acquisition Trust)
Hill House Transition House
The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria
Islanders Running Club for Kids
James Bay Care Centre
James Bay Community Project
Just For Kicks
KidSport
Kiwanis Emergency Youth Shelter
Kiwanis Pavilion Senior Care Facility
Kiwanis Village Vic West House
The Land Conservancy
Life-Cycles Project Society
Luther Court Society
Mary Manning Centre
Moss Street Market
Mt. Tolmie Hospital
Mustard Seed Food Bank
Oak Bay Lodge
Oaklands Community Centre
OUR Ecovillage
Our Place Society
Out of the Closet Renew Boutique
Queen Alexandra Foundation
PEERS
Point Ellice House
Power to Be
READ Society
Royal BC Museum
Royal Jubilee Hospital
Royal Victoria Marathon
Saanich Neighbourhood Place
Saanich Parks and Recreation
Salvation Army
Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre
The Sierra Club
Single Parent Resource Centre
Special Olympics Victoria
St. Vincent de Paul
Street Link
Swan Lake/Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
TAPS (Together Against Poverty Society)
Tsawout Human Services Centre
Umbrella Society of Addictions and Mental Health
The United Way of Greater Victoria
Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society
Victoria Arthritis Society
Victoria Brain Injury Society
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Victoria Film Festival
The Victoria Foundation
Victoria General Hospital
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Victoria Riding for the Disabled
The Victoria Symphony
YMCA – YWCA
Youth Empowerment Society