Nonprofit Organizations in Kelowna

The Knox Mountain Hill Climb is made possible entirely by our dedicated volunteers. Without them, this historic event simply couldn’t happen. If you’re passionate about motorsports, volunteering at the Knox Mountain Hill Climb is an incredible opportunity to support the community and experience the action up close. We have a variety of roles to fill, including track crew, gate attendants, and event setup and teardown. Join us this May long weekend—we’d be thrilled to have you on the team!

To provide free, compassionate in-home assistance, referral services and access to food security for individuals with socio-economic, mobility, and health challenges. Our vision its to: meet needs – value people – build relationships “every individual deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Every person has needs that require assistance. Everyone wants to have connection with someone who cares.” Within the scope of our mandate, we will passionately pursue this goal.

Heartfulness Institute is a nonprofit organization, with several million practitioners in 160 countries. Heartfulness relaxation and meditation techniques are studied and proven to be effective in reducing stress and anxiety, improving sleep, enhancing emotional intelligence, and exploring the heights and depths of human consciousness. Heartfulness is a set of experiential practices including relaxation, meditation and rejuvenation designed to regulate the mind, build inner strength and develop habits to create a lasting sense of fulfillment and overall well-being. Note: All the practices are free of cost. For More Info www.heartfulness.ca  

Our Mission - To partner with individuals of diverse abilities to lead healthy, fulfilling lives by providing a foundation of support Our Vision- Building a continuum of services to support the needs of individuals at every stage of life Strive Living Society is a non-profit registered charity which endeavours to design and deliver community living services, tailored to each individual we support. Our teams work collaboratively with service recipients, families, and support networks to ensure flexible, responsive, and quality services. Strive Living Society is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of self-advocates, family members, professionals, and former personnel. The Board ensures the Society is compliant with best-practices and accountable to stakeholders.

Canada's largest and longest running open water swim. In 2024, the ATLS is being held on Sat, Jul 20 and has added a shorter swim (1.4k) to go with the main Swim (2.1k). Any profits from the Swim go to funding the Drownproofing 101 (aka all grade 3 kids in SD23 receive free swim lessons). We look for volunteers mostly for the Finish Line area at City Park's Hot Sands Beach (at concession building) to assist swimmers in leaving the water, removing their race chips, and checking their gear. There will be a signup link for volunteers for all of the ATLS group of swims held in July & August on the website soon.

At InspireHealth, we support your physical, emotional, and spiritual health during cancer. Our clinical team provides care that is guided by your priorities and goals.  We enhance your health and well-being by providing the knowledge, tools and support you and your loved ones need during this challenging time. InspireHealth provides you with programs and services to support your overall health during and after cancer treatment.

The YMCA is a charity that ignites the potential in people, helping them grow, lead, and give back to their communities. There is potential inside all of us. But obstacles can get in the way: fear, doubt, a lack of finances, isolation, discrimination. The Y believes that everyone has the skills and ability to achieve. That every obstacle can be met with support, positivity, and guidance. That every single person is worthy of the opportunity to shine. And when each of us shines, the collective strength of an entire community can be realized. Our goal is not to fix people's challenges. Instead, we provide responsive programs and supports to help them tap into their full potential.

Celebrating Sport and Community Kelowna will welcome British Columbia’s top young athletes for the BC Summer Games, July 22-26, 2026. We are actively looking for volunteers to assist during the event. Please visit the BC Summer Games website to sign up. https://bcgames.org/games/kelowna-2026/

We are a non profit organization of approx 400 members of italian and some non-italian origin. We hold monthly dinner banquets, a few heritage events, have renters for the Club, receive and give donations, and support our local Kelowna community. I am the Treasurer and looking for a student that is looking to gain experience by working with me and donating their time to do the Quick Books, submit GST, or any other accounting functions required for the Club. There are also some reports to run monthly & quarterly. This would be a volunteer position on their own time.

The Canadian Angelman Syndrome Society provides supports for those living with Angelman Syndrome.

We, Foundation for Advancement of Education in Myanmar, abbreviated as FAE-Myanmar, are a grassroots charity foundation, registered in the province of Alberta, Canada, funded and supported by the grassroots community members of Canadians from diverse origins along with Myanmar Canadians. FAE-Myanmar is striving to contribute to, engage in Diplomacy of Knowledge, as articulated by Governor General David Johnston – sharing learning and lived experience of our Skilled Highly Qualified Canadian Volunteer Educators across borders- for short term deployment to facilitate Complementary Education Programs that prepare and inspire teachers  in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education to prepare their school children from the non-government underserved, under-resourced community schools in most disadvantaged communities in Myanmar. Contextual Information Phaung Daw Oo Monastic Education High School is a registered charity (non-government) inclusive (K-10) high school under Ministry of Religious Affairs in Mandalay, the second commercial capital of Myanmar. The school provides quality accredited education free to over 9,000 students from Kindergarten to High School, and room and board free for over 1000 students of them on campus. The students are from less fortunate families and includes orphans, the abused, the neglected, the abandoned and the vulnerable children of diverse indigenous ethnic groups from all around Myanmar. Diplomacy of Knowledge We are recruiting experienced volunteer educators to facilitate school-based Professional Development Programs on Digital Citizenship Education, Entrepreneurship Education, and Maker Education for science teachers of Phaung Daw Oo Community High School in Myanmar.

Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. CARE works with the poorest communities in 94 countries to: •Improve basic health and education •Enhance rural livelihoods and food security •Increase access to clean water and sanitation •Expand economic opportunity •Help vulnerable people adapt to climate change •Provide lifesaving assistance during emergencies CARE places special focus on working alongside women and girls living in poverty because, equipped with the proper resources, women and girls have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. Our Mission: CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. Our Vision: We seek a world of hope, inclusion and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security. Our Focus: We put women and girls in the centre because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. For more details please visit www.care.ca In the Okanagan, we have a volunteer committee  that raises awareness and funds for CARE's work around the world. The signature event is the annual Walk In Her Shoes event that takes place every March - it takes place in over 60 countries around the world (and across Canada) which is a fun, family friendly event where we walk 10,000 steps in solidarity with women and girls in the developing world. This is the average distance a woman or girl has to walk every day for the necessities of life, such as water, food and firewood. The event is largely volunteer run with CARE's staff support. For more details on the walk please visit www.care.ca/walk Are you passionate about making positive changes in the lives of women, girls, and their families in the developing world? Do you want to inspire others to help eliminate global poverty? Are you looking to volunteer with one of Canada’s most respected international development and humanitarian agencies? Then CARE may the right fit for you! We have various volunteer roles available for the Walk In Her Shoes committee - based on your interests and talents! Includes sponsorship, logistics, awareness building, community engagement, marketing, social media and more! The Okanagan walk committee has "adopted" a project to follow and support - Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies that addresses the root causes of malnutrition in Southern Africa (specifically in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique). Specifically in 2017 CARE was: - present in 93 countries - provided emergency relief to more than 120,000 people from Myanmar - provided emergency nutrition support to 500,000 people in South Sudan - working on many long-term development projects that focus on: food, nutrition & resilience to climate change; sexual, reproductive & maternal health; women's economic empowerment. Financially, 96% of funds raised went directly to programs (3% administration and 1% fundraising).