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2025 Ladysmith Volunteer Fair

National Volunteer Week 2025 runs from April 27th to May 3rd across Canada! It’s a great time to connect willing volunteers with organizations that need their experience and enthusiasm. We’re celebrating again by hosting our second “Better Together” Volunteer Fair:

How to Register for the Volunteer Fair

Local charities and other community organizations who rely on volunteers to help them achieve their goals may register to have a table at the Volunteer Fair. The fee for the event is $25.00. You can download this application form and follow the instructions to return it to us, and make your payment:

Volunteer Fair Application Form

Look Who’s Coming to the 2025 Fair!

  • Big Shop of Horrors Charity Society
  • Community Circles Restorative Justice Society
  • Ladysmith Air Cadets
  • Ladysmith Community Fund Society
  • Ladysmith Festival of Lights
  • Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary
  • Ladysmith Lions Club
  • Ladysmith Maritime Society

The 2024 Volunteer Fair

The Ladysmith Community Fund Society, with the support of Ladysmith Rotary, hosted a very successful Volunteer Fair at the Aggie Hall in Ladysmith on Sunday, April 14th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

The event was an opportunity for community organizations to tell the community what they’re doing, and how people can help. It was also an opportunity for local people to come and explore ways that they can contribute to these organizations as volunteers or supporters–and come they did.

Laughs at the LAFF table
Citizens on Patrol recruiting
Visitors to the Ladysmith Lions Club table
Explaining the operations at Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue

Response to the Volunteer Fair was overwhelmingly positive. Many organizations were delighted to welcome new volunteers. As a bonus, there was a lot of connecting between local organizations, with an eye to future collaboration within the non-profit sector.  

The Volunteer Fair would not have been possible without a grant from Ladysmith Rotary, an organization that has been generous in its support of LCFS since its inception. Thank you to Rotary, and thanks also to Country Grocer for its donation of snacks for the event, and 49th Parallel Printers for in-kind support.

Look Who Came to the 2024 Fair!

We have added links to the web sites or Facebook pages of these participant organizations-take the time to check out the amazing work that they are doing!

Directions for Sending Interac ETransfers to the Ladysmith Community Fund Society

Please follow the instructions below.

  1. On your bank account, set up the Ladysmith Community Fund Society as a new e-Transfer recipient.
    1. Name – Ladysmith Community Fund Society
    2. Email – info@ladysmithcommunityfund.ca
    3. Preferred Language – English
    4. Send e-Transfer by – Email (We cannot accept e-Transfers by phone.)
    5. No password is required as our society has auto-deposit. 
  1. On your bank account, send the e-Transfer to info@ladysmithcommunityfund.ca and enter in the message field if this is for membership, sponsorship, event registration or donation to our operating expenses. (Donations to the endowment fund  must be done through the Nanaimo Foundation; see our Donations page.)
  1. If we are not expecting a payment, you may wish to send an email to info@ladysmithcommunityfund.ca  with your name, the purpose of the payment and the amount you have sent. 
  1. Once our Chair/Treasurer receives notice of your payment, he will email you back with a confirmation of receipt.