Volunteer Halifax Opportunities

Volunteer at the 2025 Northern Lights Lantern Festival – Saturday, August 9, 2025

Organization: Northern Lights Lantern Festival Society
Category: Special Events / Festivals
Description: On Saturday, August 9, 2025, join us as a volunteer at the 22nd Annual Northern Lights Lantern Festival! We’re looking for volunteers  in the following areas: Setup BBQ (Cooks and Area ...Read More

Vision Mate for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Organization: The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Category: Social and Community Service
Description: Vision Mates provide regular, one-to-one assistance and companionship for a person who is blind or partially sighted. Matches are made with someone who lives close to your home, school or ...Read More

Financial Administrator, Camp Kidston

Organization: Arthur Kidston Memorial Camp
Category: Administration / Clerical / Office
Description: Camp Kidston seeks a new Financial Administrator beginning immediately. Organization Overview Arthur Kidston Memorial Camp, operating since 1966 as “Camp Kidston”, is a year-round facility ...Read More

Chair, Board of Directors

Organization: Brain Injury NS
Category: Boards / Committee / Leadership
Description: The Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia (BIANS) is currently seeking a dedicated, experienced leader to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors. This is a volunteer opportunity for ...Read More

Nova Multifest Volunteer

Organization: Nova Multifest Society
Category: Special Events / Festivals
Description: Are you passionate about community, culture, and celebration? Join the Nova Multifest Society as a volunteer and help promote diversity through arts and cultural events. Our flagship event, ...Read More

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Local Volunteer News

Welsh college students spend 16 days volunteering in Halifax and Truro: ‘It’s about having empathy for other people’

Author: Angela Capobianco
Date of Article: July 9, 2024
Source: SaltWire Network
Website: https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/welsh-college-students-spend-16-days-volunteering-in-halifax-and-truro-its-about-having-empathy-for-other-people-100978109/

From student to author to hospital volunteer, this N.S. teen is making waves from China

Excerpt:
“…The 15-year-old African Nova Scotian was born with a life-threatening condition that has since pushed her to study medicine to one day help kids like her.

Simmonds, who is originally from Dartmouth but now lives with her family in China, was born premature at the IWK Health Centre with gastroschisis, in which some of her gastrointestinal organs had grown outside of her body….”

Author: Cassidy Chisholm
Date of Article: June 3, 2024
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ahnaleigh-simmonds-halifax-student-shanghai-1.7220457

East Hants calls for volunteer firefighters in new recruitment video

Excerpt:
“…Ensuring that there are enough volunteers trained and available to respond within local fire and emergency services for the East Hants municipality is an ongoing struggle….”

Author: Megan King
Date of Article: April 29, 2024
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/news/10458068/east-hants-calls-for-volunteer-firefighters/

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