Who Is Community Volunteer Connections
We understand that volunteers are crucial to your mission’s success and offer support in recruiting, managing, and engaging them.
Our Mission
To support and promote volunteerism as a means to enhance the quality of life of individuals and strengthen organizations that rely on volunteer support.
Our Values
Community diversity is the source of its strength.
The inclusion of all individuals and their unique contribution of volunteer skills, to contribute in meaningful ways.
To provide leadership in services and resources to support adaptive solutions to community engagement.
Strategic Plan
To form partnerships with non-profits, businesses, and local government.
To provide youth with access to meaningful volunteer opportunities.
Our Beginning
Community Volunteer Connections is a registered volunteer centre with over 45 years of experience in bridging connections between people that want to volunteer with voluntary organizations.
In 1976, Mary Brown leads a steering committee operating under SHARE Family Services towards independence. On August 11, with funding from the Ministry of Social Services, Community Volunteer Connections (formally the Greater Coquitlam Volunteer Bureau) officially registered its name and established an office at Vanier Elementary School in Coquitlam, BC.
Who We Serve
We serve individuals from diverse backgrounds, with diverse abilities and disabilities. We serve neurodiverse adult volunteers, student volunteers, as well as highly experienced working and retired adults. We also support families and caring companies who’s employees volunteer.
Our Programs
We have a holistic approach to affecting social change in our cities through volunteerism.
Mental Health
Integration Support
We serve university and college student volunteers with opportunities to volunteer in a Fraser Health facility and work with staff in the delivery of activities to support adults in long-term and short-term recovery.
Volunteer Integration
We promote and advocate for adults living with disabilities by providing opportunities that enable them to contribute meaningfully to the health and well-being of their communities.
Youth in Action
We work with students in School District 43 to volunteer in leadership roles and take on the challenge of providing solutions to community issues through youth-led initiatives.