Before you volunteer, please ensure you have read over the Flood Awareness Booklet from the City of Calgary. Pay close attention to pages 14-21.
Volunteers Needed
Request for Volunteers: Cleanup at Siksika July 10 – 12
Demolition and clean up of approximately 150 houses in Siksika, following the flood. Teams of volunteers will asses each home, remove damaged goods/furniture/appliances, and tear out carpets and drywall as needed. More details
Request for 200 Volunteers: High River cleanup and demolition in seniors homes
Volunteer satellite station at 1809 Riverside Drive NW is serving primarily seniors. We need people to help clean out homes… more details
Volunteer satellite station at 1809 Riverside Drive NW is serving primarily seniors. We need people to help prep….more details
Request for Volunteers: “Hell or High Water” t-shirt sales – proceeds to charity
The Calgary Stampede is looking for volunteers to sell t-shirts with proceeds going to the Red Cross Alberta Floods Fund…more details
Request for Volunteers: Siksika Nation help sort donations, food preparation July 6 – 10
Canada Bridges requires 100 volunteers DAILY to help sort donations, prep food, etc. Donation of cleaning and camping supplies are also required. More details.
Province is asking for volunteers in High River
This July 2 news release from the Province of Alberta tells you where to go and how to be prepared to volunteer.
Town of High River request for volunteers
Information on where to go and how to be prepared to volunteer in High River.
A Facebook page has been created to help match High River flood victims up with the volunteers they need. If you can volunteer or you need help you can post there describing what you can offer or what your needs are.
Request for Volunteers: Volunteer feeding crew for Calgary, High River, Morley, Siksika
We are a group of volunteers bakers, sandwich makers, drivers and smiley delivery folks providing sustenance to the amazing volunteer clean up crews in and around Calgary, Siksika, Morley and High River. We are coordinating through our Facebook page to make sure we are getting to the communities in need and nothing is going to waste. If you can help with food preparation, driving, delivery, wagons or coolers please sign up on the Facebook page so you can see the latest needs!
Information listed on the Volunteer Calgary site:
If you have heavy equipment and can help with the effort, please contact [email protected] with a description of what you or your company can do to help.
Volunteer heavy equipment operators needed to help stabilize the Zoo Banks Call Blue Grass Nursery tomorrow 6:30am 403 226-0468
Medicine Hat is in need of Volunteers Please call 403.525.2661
the Drop In Centre needs volunteers Tues & Wed to help with main building (downtown location) cleanup-call Jordan(403) 971-8227 **reminder** Drop-In Centre volunteer spots fill up fast
Kamp Kiwanis Monday at 1pm. Call Chris, (403) 777-7117, Grant (403) 681-7831 or Colleen (403) 808-1424 for details. Please let them know if you can make it out monday afternoon/evening to help. Also they will need some flat shovels, push brooms and wheel barrows
Bowness Community Association Contact BCA Office: 403-288-8300 or email [email protected] to register as a volunteer. If you have a special skill let us know. If you have a strong back, let us know. If you can answer phones let us know! When are you available? Never fear – We will need YOU!
Wild Animals were affected by the flood too! Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society needs Volunteers! Contact 403-266-2282 or Email: [email protected] to set up a time to volunteer.
The Calgary Inter-Faith Food bank are so pleased that you want to lend a hand but we need you to call us first at 403-253-2059 ext #2 if you are interesting in volunteering.
They need to register volunteers, track who is in the warehouse and ensure safety requirements are met.
Not sure what you can do? call Samaritans Purse at 1-866-628-6565 to add your name to the Alberta Flood clean up list.
Filled Requests – Thanks Calgary!
Request for 50 Volunteers: Organize and sort donations at Morley Community School July 4 – 8
We need 50 volunteers each day from Thursday to Sunday to help get our donations organized and distributed.
Request for 20 Volunteers: 17 Ave Restaurant needs help with cleanup
Volunteers needed at a 17th Ave Restaurant to move out pails of mud and other miscellaneous items.
Request for 50 Volunteers: Help pump out basements in High River
Local company donating people and equipment – needs some volunteers to help pump out basements.
Request for 20 Volunteers: High River United Church
High River United Church needs help removing drywall and flood damaged materials July 4.
Request for 12 Volunteers: Delayed by insurance co. Need help cleaning up July 4
Homeowner lives alone and is behind the rest of the neighborhood due to insurance delay.
Request for 10 Volunteers: Demolition and cleanup in High River home July 4
Family needs help to remove bottom 4′ of drywall and clean out remaining items from basement as well as help cleaning out garage.
Request for Volunteers: Cleanup at a strip mall in High River July 4
Help needed to clean up a couple of small businesses who have also lost homes
Request for Volunteers: Blue Sky Gardens – Carseland (Day and Evening Opportunities) July 4 – 5
We need 10 volunteers each day to help us rip out carpet, drywall, dispose of damaged furniture and personal belongings, remove mud and gravel from various buildings
Request for Volunteers: Golf Canada Calgary Centre July 4 – 5
50 volunteers each day are required to help clearing tee boxes of mud/silt, removing mud/silt from golf course, removing debris from driving range netting.
Request for Volunteers: Elbow Park basement cleanout and drywall removal July 4
Family that is living out of the province needs 10 volunteers to help clear their basement and remove drywall.
Request for 20 Volunteers: Riverbend Campground Cleanup near Okotoks – July 1
Volunteers are required to help clear large debris from the campground to ready it for High River residents to move in. Anyone with a truck or trailer to help take debris to the Okotoks dump would be helpful as well.
Request for 40 Volunteers: 4 High River seniors need help cleaning out homes July 1
High River is allowing a few people to come for each home on visitor passes. You cannot just show up, you will be turned away.
Request For Volunteers: Red Cross Requires Distribution Workers & Supervisors June 28-July 3
Distribution workers and supervisors are needed for manual labour activities at the Red Cross Warehouse in Calgary June 30 – July 3. No specific training is required but volunteers must be able to lift 30 to 40 lbs and stand for prolonged hours.
Request For Volunteers: Red Cross Requires Forklift Operators and Commercial Drivers – 2
Volunteers are needed to operate forklifts and drive commercial vehicles at the Red Cross. Volunteers should be trained in operating a forklift. Volunteers operating vehicles require their commercial driver’s licence.
Request For Volunteers: Red Cross Requires Forklift Operators and Commercial Drivers – 1
Volunteers are needed to operate forklifts and drive commercial vehicles at the Red Cross. Volunteers should be trained in operating a forklift. Volunteers operating vehicles require their commercial driver’s licence.
Request for 7 Volunteers: Help Chinatown small businesses move damaged items
2-3 businesses require help in removing heavy furniture and appliances.
Request for 10 Volunteers: Demolition help in Elbow Park
Senior couple in Elbow Park requires help with demolition and cleanup of their basement and garage. Tools are required.
Request for Volunteers: The Big Erlton Cleanup!
100 volunteers required to help residents pump out basements, move belongings out and demolition. There is a great need for pumps and trucks to remove debris.
Request for Volunteers: Riverdale Avenue SW/Roxboro Avenue June 29
Approximately 40 volunteers are required to help at homes in the Riverdale Avenue/Roxboro Avenue area of SW Calgary.
Request for Volunteers: Mending Poppy Plaza & Pathway
5 volunteers required to tend to the shrubs and bushes around Poppy Plaza east of the Louise bridge.
Request for Volunteers: Elderly Citizen Needs Assistance on Riverdale Avenue SW June 28 and 29
About 10 volunteers are required to help an elderly woman by removing basement drywall and moving furniture out of the house.
Request for Volunteers: Chinatown Seniors and Business Cleanup June 28
About 40 volunteers are needed to prepare apartments for evacuated seniors, and to help business owners get back on their feet by moving goods or bagging mud by shoveling, moving debris.
Request for Volunteers: Red Cross needs Fork Lift Operators TONIGHT & June 29
Certified volunteers are needed at the Red Cross warehouse TONIGHT & June 29. Volunteers will be provided food and water and no extra equipment is necessary.
Request for Volunteers: Calgary Golf Centre June 28 and June 29
50 volunteers are required at the Calgary Golf Centre (beside Burnco). Volunteers will be shoveling, picking up debris from river that is scattered around the course, raking, cleaning facilities, etc. More details.
Request for Volunteers: Riverdale June 28
10 volunteers needed. We require our whole main floor to be demolished down to the studs.
Request for Volunteers: June 29 Move
2 to 3 volunteers are needed to help with a move from Bowness to Lynnwood/Ogden. Truck required.
Request for Volunteers: Victoria Park June 28
6 volunteers are needed to help with getting building cleaned up and dried up so that the tenants can return to their place and get back to their routine. More details.
Request for Volunteers: 3039 4th Street SW, June 28 and 29
20-30 volunteers are needed to help with cleanup and demolition. There is still mud to clean out and carpet and other debris to remove.
Request for Volunteers: Backhoe for Bragg Creek Home
Homeowner in Bragg Creek needs a backhoe to dig out his water tank as his house has no water at the present time.
Request for Volunteers: Roxboro Home June 28
Help is needing at 416 Roxboro Road on June 28. Need help to clean up the ceiling joists and then disinfecting and detailed cleaning.
Request for Volunteers: Elbow Park June 28
The Elbow Park community requires 100 volunteers to assist residents with clean-up, basement pumping, dry wall and carpet ripping, etc. Volunteers should come prepared to empty basements, shovel mud, etc. More details.
Request for Volunteers: Tsuu T’ina Benefit Concert June 28 and 29
The Tsuu T’ina National requires 100 volunteers to help with its Benefit Concert for Treaty 7 flood victims. Volunteering would consist of parking, gate, seating, elder assistance, cleaning etc.
Request for Volunteers: Food Delivery for Seniors in Chinese Community
10 Delivery People are needed by the Chinese Community to deliver food to seniors, in a 15 storey apartment building. Volunteers must be able to work with hands and lift up to 30lbs, and have the ability to climb stairs. Ability to speak Mandarin or Cantonese is an asset, but not required.
Request for Volunteers: Calgary Fringe Needs Help Cleaning Equipment
Calgary Fringe requires 15 volunteers to help clean the silt off of the theatre equipment and get it ready for the Calgary Fringe Festival and the other theatre companies that use the equipment throughout the year.
Request For Volunteers: Red Cross Requires Distribution Workers & Supervisors June 28-June 30
Distribution workers and supervisors are needed for manual labour activities at the Red Cross Warehouse in Calgary from 7am to 7pm. No specific training is required but volunteers must be able to lift 30 to 40 lbs and stand for prolonged hours.
Request For Volunteers: Red Cross Requires 10 Warehouse Volunteers Tonight (June 27, 2013)
Volunteers are needed for manual labour activities at the Red Cross Warehouse in Calgary for the night shift. No specific training is required but volunteers must be able to lift 30 lbs and stand for prolonged hours.
Request For Volunteers: 16 Volunteers required for Tide Loads of Hope Campaign
Tide required 16 volunteers to help staff their Tide Lodas of Hope Laundromat Activation. Volunteers are needed to greeting people, distributing tokens for laundry, handing out laundry detergent, helping with folding (when appropriate). More details This request has now been filled.
Request For Volunteers: 20 volunteers required to be IT and social media volunteers for YYCHelps
YYCHelps needs your help! We are in need of 20 individuals that can help us maintain our online presence. We are looking for Calgarians with experience with WordPress and/or CRMs. You must be skilled in the use of social platforms like Twitter and Facebook. More detailsThis request has now been filled.
Request For Volunteers: 50 Volunteers Required June 28 and 29 to help Merry Volunteers
Meet at COP Ski Hill and board a bus to do detailed cleaning at Bow Crescent residences. This request has now been filled.
Request For Volunteers: 30 Volunteers needed for Calgary Drop In Center
30 volunteers are needed Wednesday June 26 at the Calgary Drop In Center. Please bring boots, gloves, and food/water. Volunteers will need to clear and clean the building so that residents can return again.
Request for volunteers – 2nd Call For 100 Volunteers needed at Bow Crescent NW
100 volunteers required for Bow Crescent NW Cleanup to clean and empty homes. Please bring rubber boots, rubber gloves and protective eyewear. Volunteers are required to help clean and empty homes at Bow Crescent NW. If you have any pumps or generators, those will be required as well. More details This opportunity has been filled
Request For Volunteers: 30 Volunteers needed for Camp Kiwanis
30 volunteers are required at Camp Kiwanis to clean buildings and remove doors. Please bring masks, boots, and gloves. Food and water will be provided to volunteers.
Request For Volunteers: 60 Volunteers Required ASAP in Inglewood
8+ homes needing assistance emptying basements entirely so power can be restored! Please bring work boots and gloves. Need mops, garbage bags, storage bins, wet vacs, generators, head lamps, flash lights, dumpsters, demo crews, crow bars, sledge hammers.
Request for volunteers – 20 Volunteer Project Coordinators
YYCHelps needs your help! We are in need of 20 individuals that can help us coordinate volunteers after we’ve sourced contacts from our database of growing Calgarians looking to help!
Request for volunteers – 100 Volunteers needed at Bow Crescent NW
100 volunteers required for Bow Crescent NW Cleanup to clean and empty homes. Please bring rubber boots, rubber gloves and protective eyewear. Volunteers are required to help clean and empty homes at Bow Crescent NW. If you have any pumps or generators, those will be required as well.
Request for volunteers – Roxboro
Couple requires help removing furniture and belongings from a basement. Family is out of town. Bring rubber glovers. Basement has been pumped and now just needs to be emptied onto the front lawn.
Request for volunteers – Mission
Around four people needed to clear out a basement in Mission. We do not have any tools but will provide rubber gloves, crowbars etc. will probably be required. Need to take out walls and carpets and furniture.
Request for volunteers – Bowness
Bowness Comunity Association in desperate need of cleaning supplies – bleach, gloves, buckets, and any other cleaning supplies for here at the community centre.
Request for volunteers – 4 Man Clean Up Crew. Heavy Lifting Required
Tools and furniture to be removed from basement. Heavy lifting will be required. More details This opportunity has been filled.
City of Calgary requires 18 volunteers at 10am on Monday, June 24 to knock on doors and welcome people back to their homes. Please read full details on what to bring and where to meet.
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