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Volunteer Opportunities
Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank Volunteers Needed!
We are seeking dedicated volunteers to help provide essential food to all members of our community. Volunteer shifts are available seven days a week, offering opportunities to assist with food sorting, organizing thrift store items, and serving clients at our Free Food Markets. Your support makes a meaningful difference!
To learn more, please visit our website:
OR email Kate – volunteering@viloavesandfishes.org
Complete an online profile HERE.
Register for an upcoming orientation session to learn more about our organization and better understand the current opportunities HERE.
If you cannot attend a live session, you can watch the orientation video on YouTube HERE, then email volunteering@viloavesandfishes.org so we can mark this on your profile as complete.
Sign up for a volunteer shift by clicking HERE.
VOLUNTEER SHIFTS AVAILABLE in Port Hardy / Harvest
General sorting
Everyday: 11am – 12:45pm
Saturdays & Sundays: 1pm – 2:45pm
Free Food Market
Tuesdays: 4:15pm – 5:45pm
Fridays: 11:45am – 1:15pm
We truly appreciate your willingness to make a positive impact in the community. Your time and efforts are invaluable, and we are deeply grateful for your support. Thank you for helping us ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need.
Port Hardy Community Policing
In partnership with ICBC, the Port Hardy RCMP are introducing the Port Hardy Community Policing, Speed Watch program. Speed Watch is an ICBC sponsored educational program aimed at reducing incidents of speeding. This program not only provides awareness to drivers who are speeding, but it also provides valuable data to the RCMP and ICBC on areas where speeding is a significant problem.
Speed Watch checks are operated by dedicated volunteers who have been trained by the police or qualified operators. Using portable radar equipment and an electronic digital board, volunteers monitor speeds in school and playground zones, high crash zones, and neighbourhood streets. Volunteers record the speed of vehicles and forward these reports to police and ICBC. Areas with high incidents of speeding will be considered for future RCMP enforcement. Speed Watch programs can be expanded to include distracted driving campaigns.
If you are interested in volunteering for this program please contact the Port Hardy RCMP detachment by calling 250-949-6335.
Better at Home Volunteers Needed!
Want to make a difference in your community? Volunteer! Did you know that seniors are the fastest growing demographic on the North Island? They have built the communities in which we live and our communities’ success depends on all of us supporting one another. The people at “Better at Home” – a new program offered by the North Island Crisis and Counselling Centre – are seeking volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of seniors. Communities involved in the initial launch include Port Hardy and Port McNeill. Volunteer opportunities include:
- Friendly visiting
- Transportation to appointments
- Light yard work
- Minor home repairs
- Snow shoveling
- Light housekeeping
- Grocery shopping
Please contact the North Island Crisis and Counselling Center for more information at 250-949-8333.
Bear Smart Volunteers Needed
Bear Smart Port Hardy, an initiative directed by the Council of the District of Port Hardy, is seeking volunteers to help the committee provide education about being Bear Smart to the public.
Our Mission:
To educate and motivate the public on how to reduce human-bear conflicts in Port Hardy.
What does Bear Smart Port Hardy do?
- We pass along information to help protect our community from Human Wildlife conflicts.
- We assist the Conservation service in spreading the word of bear sightings in the area.
- Make recommendations to Council on initiatives that reduce conflicts.
- We prepare articles and social media posts to help educate.
What we don’t do:
- Act as bylaw enforcement
- Act as conservation officers
- Work for the conservation service
How can you help?
We have many volunteer opportunities available such as:
- Booths at community events.
- Visiting schools.
- Assisting the Conservation Service with door to door campaigns when bears are in area.
- Social media post creation.
- Data entry and maintenance.
- Preparing articles and content for website.
Heather Nelson-Smith, CAO
District of Port Hardy
7360 Columbia Street, PO Box 68, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Ph: 250-949-6665
general@porthardy.ca