Nonprofit Organizations in Halifax

Halifax Helps (www.halifaxhelps.ca) is a new online home for people who are making a difference, or who want to make a difference, in Halifax and beyond.

We help people make a meaningful difference by creating opportunities to do good, by providing practical information on how to do good, and by inspiring and supporting each other to do good.

We are a 500 member minor basketball club located on the peninsula area of Halifax.

We are a small non-profit Board that is the liaison for Government Funding and the Management company who produces the Busker Festival. We meet for an hour 3-4 times per year. We are looking to add diversity to the Board and are looking for individuals who may have a business or other connection to the Halifax downtown area and interested in joining the Board.

The Halifax Jazz Festival (HJF), formed as JazzEast Rising is a non-profit organization created in 1987 to present the first ever Halifax Jazz Festival (formerly known as the Atlantic Jazz Festival) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Over the past 29 years, HJF has widened its horizons beyond the successful TD Halifax Jazz Festival to become involved, throughout the year, in a diverse range of musical and educational activities.

HJF's mandate runs from the promotion and presentation of soft-seat concerts and club shows to planning educational workshops (such as the renowned Creative Music Workshop). We develop opportunities for amateur musicians, established local artists and the local "jazz aristocracy". We bring renowned performers from many parts of the world to a city that doesn't always find itself naturally on the maps for touring artists.

In brief, we think jazz is important to the culture which we'd like to have, and we want to make sure that kind of culture is strong in Halifax, where we love to live.

We rely on volunteers to get food onto the tables of our clients in the peninsula, Halifax area. How much time you can spare for this valuable work depends on you. There are also special projects and fundraisers we hold that may be more suitable for individuals who can't commit on a weekly basis but have times through the year for short time periods.

For additional information call or visit our website.

Oktoberfest is a cultural festival organized to unite the community in celebration of German heritage. Launched in 2009, the Halifax Oktoberfest attracts hundreds of locals and visitors alike to the Halifax Waterfront to enjoy authentic Bavarian cuisine, beverages, and music along with raising money for Charity!

This year, be sure to come on down to the Salter Lot for a day of giant pretzels, cold craft beer, dancing and games! There's the traditional tapping of the cask to kick off the festival, keg bowling, and live music by the Swell Guys and Die Brewmisters.

Proceeds from this event go to charity. Prosit!

We provide community-focused public library services via our network of 14 library locations in Halifax.

Halifax Regional CAP Association (HRCAP) is a non-profit organization comprised of staff, board members, volunteers, and student interns who collectively unify and provide a network of local CAP (Community Access Program) sites across Halifax Regional Municipality. The mandate of HRCAP is to provide all members of the community with access and exposure to technology, and to deliver innovative and exciting programs that help bridge the “digital divide.” By connecting people to technology, training and opportunities which open doors for growth and development, HRCAP advances economic, social and cultural priorities through technology and innovation, helping to build strong, sharing, cooperative, and competitive communities.

A sub-section of Parks and Recreation, Halifax Youth Section oversees the implementation of Municipal youth services and programs.

Halifax Regional Police (HRP) is responsible for policing the urban core of the Halifax region as well as the area commonly referred to as the Sambro Loop and the Purcells Cove - Herring Cove Loop.

HRP is committed to providing volunteers with positions that are both challenging and rewarding. We have a deep appreciation for the contribution our volunteers make and will make every attempt to ensure that your volunteer experience is a positive one.

A volunteer position with HRP will provide you with an opportunity to significantly contribute to HRP’s Mission of "working together to keep our communities safe."

<p>The Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside was established in 1989 and today is a vibrant Club of 50+ members, representing a broad range of backgrounds and professions. As a group, we are committed to doing good locally and internationally, to personal and professional growth and development, and to having fun in everything we do.</p>

<p>Like all Rotary Clubs throughout the world, our Club's principal motto is <em>Service Above Self</em>. Rotary organizes projects around <em>Five Avenues of Service </em>– Club [capacity], Community, International, Youth and Vocational – to ensure service efforts are balanced and effective. Our Club's approach to service projects is to reflect our members’ passions in the projects that we pursue. We ask our members <em>"W</em><em>hat would you like to accomplish through Rotary?"</em> and go from there.</p>

<p>Our service projects are many and varied:</p>
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<li>We do larger multi-year projects like partnering with Hospice Halifax and St. George's YouthNet and have partners with whom we have done several projects in different years (The Themba Project in South Africa and the Father Tony / Pa Modou Hub in Gambia).</li>
<li>Each year we also also start new projects that are brought to us by Club members - for example, many of our members have volunteered at Halifax Connects for 2 years now because a new member said this was an important event that we should support.</li>
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<p>Our Club provides funds to our partners, but we believe we are at our best when we are directly engaged so, as much as possible, we engage as volunteers with the groups we support.</p>

<p>To fund our service projects, we conduct some smaller fundraisers (low effort) and 2 major fundraisers - our Mother's Day Brunch and the Halifax Ribfest. All our fundraisers have to be <em>fun and provide good returns</em>, and we focus on "pull" <em>fundraisers that draw people</em>.</p>

<p>Halifax Ribfest is happening Thursday, June 30th to Sunday, July 3rd on the Waterfront!</p>

<p>- See more at: http://www.rotaryhalifaxharbourside.ca/SitePage/about-our-club or
www.ribfesthalifax.ca</p>

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