Volunteer

Ongoing
2-4 hour shift / weekly

The Laundry & Donations Helper at Squamish Helping Hands supports the safe operation of the laundry room and helps accept and organize donations from the community. You’ll work with a wide variety of people, including Squamish Helping Hands residents and the public.

This is a great opportunity to meet and support many people. The ideal person is friendly, outgoing, and has excellent customer service skills. You should also be comfortable operating commercial laundry equipment.

Shift Details:

Morning shifts help move emergency shelter bedding through the wash so beds can be reset, freeing frontline staff to assist participants with other needs.

Afternoon shifts focus on organizing incoming donations and cleaning the donation area.

Key Tasks:

• Greet participants in the laundromat and create a welcoming space
• Show users how to operate washers and dryers
• Perform light cleaning and maintenance of machines
• Move emergency shelter bedding through washers and dryers
• Distribute coins to laundromat users
• Welcome community members dropping off donations (clothing, blankets, hygiene supplies)
• Sort and organize donations, keeping shelves tidy
• Launder donations as needed

Shift Times:

• Two-hour shifts available daily between 9:30am–12:00pm or 4:00pm–8:00pm
• Flexible timing
• Ideally, one shift per week

Minimum 3 months
2-3 hour-shift / weekly

Squamish Helping Hands is a gathering place, connecting and integrating all members of the community. Each week, our dedicated staff and volunteers serve approximately 630 hot meals a week to those in need.

The Server position is an opportunity to work directly with kitchen staff, other volunteers, program participants and community members while providing nutritious and delicious meals.

Duties include:

• Serve prepared meals to community
• Maintain a clean serving station
• Assist with set up of meal service station, make coffee
• Assist with putting meals away at the end of meal service
• Follow proper food safety procedures
• May also clean and prepare food, keep kitchen work areas clean, assist with dishes

Shifts are 11:30am-1:30pm or 4:00-6:00pm daily and available shifts can be discussed following a volunteer application.

Ongoing
2-hour shift every second Monday (minimum two hours/month)

Do you believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect? Do you want to play an active role in bringing your community together? We’re looking for kind and compassionate people that are looking to make a positive change.

In this role, you will walk around the downtown neighborhood, meeting people and seeking out those in need of assistance. You will pass out survival and harm-reduction supplies to those that need them, check in with people to see how they’re doing, and collect observations and feedback from the people you encounter.

This is a very dynamic and engaging role with the opportunity to have a big impact in helping to shape the culture of the downtown core. You will learn a great deal about local social services, trauma-informed care, harm reduction and more. No previous experience is necessary—we will provide training and support, including Naloxone training.

We encourage duos to volunteer together, so feel free to get your partner, friends, family and colleagues involved. It’s great team building (and a wonderful way to contribute to positive change in your community).

Shifts are 2-hours in length (6:00pm–8:00pm) every other Mon., with a flexible self sign-up schedule. We require a minimum of two hours per month.

Ongoing
3-hour shifts (available daily)

Support daily food rescue efforts and help us fight food waste and feed our community!

About the Role:
We’re looking for Food Rescue Driver Support Volunteers to assist with our daily food rescue pickups. You won’t need to drive—just bring your energy and willingness to help lift, sort, and organize food donations from local grocery stores and community partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help load perishable and non-perishable donations (and occasional non-food items) into the van
• Return to the Food Hub at Squamish Helping Hands to unload and weigh donations
• Sort food for the Kitchen or Market and separate compostable items
• Assist with managing waste: compost, recycling, and landfill

Schedule:

• Shifts available daily from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Volunteer once a week or more, depending on your availability

What You’ll Need:

• Ability to lift and carry boxes
• Closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothing
• We’ll provide a volunteer t-shirt

Support & Training:
You’ll receive full training and ongoing support from our Program Manager and Food Rescue Driver. No previous experience necessary—just a willingness to help and be part of a great team!

 

Ongoing

1-2-hour shift
Monthly

Squamish Helping Hands is looking for volunteer barbers to support our Pop-Up Barbershop, held roughly once a month.

Volunteers provide free haircuts to community members at Squamish Helping Hands. Ideally, candidates would be licensed barbers or have previous hair cutting experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide haircuts to participants during the event (1–2 hours)
• Help create a positive and supportive atmosphere

Commitment:

• Shifts are flexible and about 1–2 hours long
• It’s perfectly fine if you can only volunteer for one event.

What we’re looking for:

• Licensed barbers or those with hair-cutting experience
• A friendly, respectful approach and a willingness to support people

Why volunteer?

• Make a real difference in people’s lives by helping them feel confident
• Connect with the local community and other volunteers

Ongoing
1-4 hours / weekly

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to support your community this summer? Join the Re:Bike team!

Re:Bike is a community-driven program that takes donated bikes, refurbishes them, and redistributes them to people who need affordable, reliable transportation.
You don’t need any bike experience to get involved. We welcome volunteers of all experience levels. If you’re interested in learning, our team is happy to guide you and teach you new skills on the job.

Some of the things you can help with:

• Mechanical tasks like refurbishing and repairing bikes (training provided!)
• Non-mechanical tasks like washing bikes, tagging and sorting parts, and organizing our inventory
• Admin and coordination support, including pairing bikes with people on our waitlist and helping with basic record-keeping

Let’s get more bikes back on the road and into the hands of people who need them! Learn more here: www.ReBike.org

Building Bikes. Building Community.