Welcome to Timeraiser

Getting involved in your community isn’t always easy, so we’ve made it simple for you to find relevant and meaningful opportunities that fit your busy lifestyle.

The Timeraiser is part volunteer fair, part silent art auction and part night on the town. 

Throughout the evening, meet with different agencies and match your skills to their needs. Once you have made your matches, you are eligible to bid on artwork. The big twist is rather than bid money, you bid volunteer hours. 

Once you've completed your pledge, you get to bring the artwork home as a reminder of your good will. 

Results to Date!

Since 2003, we have:
  • Hosted 42 Timeraiser events across Canada
  • Generated 100,000 volunteer hours
  • Invested $600,000 in the careers of emerging artists
  • Supported 400 charities to find volunteers
  • Encouraged 6,750 people to connect to a cause they care about

Impact
Hundreds of people have successfully completed their pledge. Some for artwork. Others just because they wanted to get involved. 

Here are a few examples:

Dates You Need to Know About

  1. 2nd Winnipeg, Friday May 25th, 2012 (on sale now)
  2. 7th Calgary, Thursday June 14th, 2012
  3. 3rd Hamilton, Thursday July 19th, 2012
  4. 5th Vancouver, Thursday September 20th, 2012
  5. 4th Edmonton, Saturday October 13th, 2012
  6. 5th Ottawa, Saturday November 17th, 2012
  7. 10th Toronto Timeraiser, Saturday March 23rd, 2013
  8. 2nd Montreal Timeraiser, Thursday April 11th, 2013
  9. 4th London Timeraiser, Spring 2013
  10. 2nd Regina Timeraiser, Spring 2013

Plus we are adding (#11) Halifax and (#12) St. John's in the next 12 months, and we have interest from another 3 communities.  

Other Timeraiser Events

We will be entertaining individuals and nonprofits interested in either running their own independently run Timeraiser event or embedding a mini-Timeraiser into their existing Gala/Fundraising events. Here are a few events that are being planned:

News and Updates

Results from the 1st Regina
Tuesday May 15th: Results are in. 1st Regina Timeraiser was a great success. We raised nearly 4,000 volunteer hours. Click here to learn more.

Results from the 3rd London Timeraiser
We had a sold out event on Thursday May 10th at the London Art Project. The event was a collaboration between United Way of London Middlesex, Pillar Nonprofit and London Arts Council. Click here to learn more.

Next Generation Governance for Next Generation Engagement
Did you know that Canadians provide over 38,000,000 volunteer hours to committees of nonprofits? This 18,750 full time equivalents. Team Timeraiser is tackling this opportunity as part of our next phase of innovation & impact. Click here to learn more.

1st Montreal Timeraiser
We had our 1st Montreal Timeraiser on Thursday April 12th. We raised several thousand volunteer hours. Thanks to all who made it a success. Click here to learn more.

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