Volunteer Pledge
We suggest that everyone who attends the Timeraiser make a pledge to volunteer a certain number of hours in the community, we recommend 20 hours. Even if you don’t want to bid on artwork, you can still pledge volunteer hours to your community.
Corporate Partners
Community Partners
2012 Participating Agencies
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) work through advocacy and direct action to preserve Ontario's architectural and environmental heritage. The ACO NextGen group is aims to bring this mission to students and emerging professionals.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Artbarn School
Artbarn School is a welcoming, neighbourhood storefront that provides opportunities for all generations to engage in creative art making.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY)
Our mission is to ally with high priority communities and empower marginalized children and youth by engaging them in hands-on, community- and school-based arts education programs.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
The Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Canadian Youth Business Foundation
Canada’s Entrepreneur Gateway -- The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the ‘go to’ place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing Canada’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Centre For Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
CMETrust - Canada Mathare Education Trust
Working to advance education in Kenya by providing secondary school scholarships, with funds raised annually, to students from Mathare Valley Slum, Nairobi; and, to raise awareness in Canada about education and poverty in urban Kenya
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter
CultureLink Settlement Services
CultureLink is dedicated to facilitating the independence and full participation of newcomers in Toronto’s diverse community by enhancing skills that promote self-sufficiency; promoting positive interactions with and understanding of newcomer communities; providing innovative programming to meet the changing settlement needs of newcomers and volunteers; and promoting the well-being of all participants.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Dance Collection Danse
Dance Collection Danse is dedicated to the collection, preservation and dissemination of Canada’s theatrical dance history. Through exhibitions, publications and educational programming we aim to create greater understanding of this art form.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Delisle Youth Services
Working in partnership with our communities, Delisle Youth Services provides comprehensive, individualized services for children, youth and their families, helping them to live, learn and grow.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Drum Artz Canada
Drum Artz Canada (DAC) is a registered charity committed to making music and arts programming accessible to people of all ages, class, race, (dis)ability and gender. DAC offers a range of arts education programs headed by professional artists who encourage creative expression, team building, youth leadership and self-esteem.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website| Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website| Facebook
Educator Volunteer Network
Educatorvolunteer.net gives online volunteers skilled in teaching, IT, communications or management the chance to assist schools and improve education in some of the world’s toughest regions – without ever leaving home.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Evergreen
Evergreen is a Not-for-Profit organization that makes cities more livable. Evergreen's mission is to bring communities and nature together for the benefit of both.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
International Dyslexia Association - Ontario Branch
The IDA Ontario Branch is committed to informing, educating and supporting the 1 in 10 individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Mixed Company Theatre
MCT produces innovative, socially relevant drama as a tool for positive change. Founded in 1983, Mixed Company uses Forum Theatre and interactive arts to educate, engage, and empower audiences in schools, communities and workplaces.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Meal Exchange
Meal Exchange is a national student-founded, registered charity that engages, educates and mobilizes youth to work with their communities in order to alleviate hunger locally and achieve food security.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Future Possibilities for Kids
Future Possibilities for Kids empowers children, aged 8-14, to practice possibility thinking and to become leaders by creating meaningful goals of contribution in their communities.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity
Luminato covers the worlds of music, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts, fashion, magic, and more. Our aim is to have a volunteer force as diverse as our programming and the city itself.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
North York Community House
NYCH provides settlement services to newcomers to Canada, strengthens neighbourhoods by working with residents, and supports the positive development of children, youth and families.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
North York Seniors Centre
North York Seniors Centre provides programs and services to promote the physical, emotional and social well-being of adults 55+ living in our diverse community.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Ontario 211
With information on more than 56,000 agencies and services, 211 helps people find the answers they need, quickly and easily. 211's phone service is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and is available in more than 150 languages. The website at www.211ontario.ca is available in both French and English. Dial 2-1-1 when you don't know where to turn.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Riverdale Immigrant Women Enterprises
Housed in the Riverdale Hub, the Global Pantry is a Social Catering Enterprise that supports economic empowerment of vulnerable women through hands-on placement training and skill building.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Room to Read - Toronto Chapter
Room to Read believes that World Change Starts with Educated Children. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education that enables them to reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Scouts Canada, Greater Toronto Council
Kids in Scouts have fun adventures discovering new things and experiences they wouldn't have elsewhere. Along the way they develop into cable, confident and well-rounded individuals, better prepared for success in the world. Scouts is the start of something great. It starts with Scouts.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter
Sistering A Woman's Place
Sistering provides a safe women-only daytime space for some of Toronto's most marginalized women. We provide practical and social supports to homeless, underhoused, and socially isolated women such as: hot meals, laundry facilities, clothing donations, health and social programming, harm reduction groups, health, legal and housing supports and referrals , just to name a few.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Skills for Change
We provide learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club
To provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
St. Christopher House
St. Christopher House has been a neighbourhood centre in the downtown west end of Toronto since 1912. We work with diverse individuals, families and groups to promote personal and social change in order to achieve a safe, healthy and accepting society for all. St. Christopher House is a secular organization and is strongly committed to community development in all aspects of our work.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Sustain Ontario, The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming
We work towards a food system that is healthy, ecological, equitable and financially viable. We take a collaborative approach to research, policy development and action.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
A public-private partnership of the City of Toronto, The 519 is a meeting place and focal point for its diverse downtown communities. Within a supportive environment, it responds to the needs of the local neighbourhood and the broader Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTTQ) communities by supplying resources and opportunities to foster self-determination, civic engagement and community participation.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
The Regenesis Project
Making change happen through grassroots organizing, direct action engagement and mass street mobilization. Regenesis creates a safe space to manifest ideas into meaningful action.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Volunteer Opportunities | Website
Toronto Foundation for Student Success - beyond 3:30
Toronto Foundation for Student Success is the charitable arm of the Toronto District School Board and grew out of the recognized need to assist Toronto students in reaching their full academic and social capability.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Facebook
VHA Home HealthCare
Since 1925, VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)—a not-for-profit organization—has provided compassionate 24/7 health care services to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds in the comfort of their own home or wherever they need extra support.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
YouthLink
YouthLink believes that with the right support, guidance and opportunities, all youth have the potential to succeed. Our mission is to reach youth in the greatest need.
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook
Volunteer Opportunities | Website | Twitter | Facebook








