SPARK OPPORTUNITY FAIR
The 2017 Spark Opportunity Fair took place on February 16, 2017 at Guildford Town Centre in Surrey. Local organizations attended the event to network and connect with youth on providing volunteering opportunities. Students from various different areas attended to learn more about how to be involved in the community and what resources are available for them. The following organizations attended:
Baobab Inclusive
BC Prep Foundation
Big Brother
Body by Her
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Red Cross
Canucks Autism Network/Canucks Place
ELL Welcome Center - Surrey Schools
Global Girl Power
GradusOne
Helping Hands
Jivana
Kids Help Phone
Kids Play
KidStart
Lower Mainland Downsyndrome Society
Mannkind Charitable Society
Moving Forward Families
Options
RCMP
Reading Bear Society
Ronald McDonald House
SOAR
SOAR
Social Sport
South Asian Arts
SUCCESS
Surrey Crime Prevention
Surrey Leadership Youth Council
Surrey Urban Mission
UBC Bhangra Club
Unified for Change
VIBC
YMCA
The 2016 Spark Opportunity Fair is an annual volunteer fair held by SOAR Philanthropic Society. This is a day to connect local resources and volunteering opportunities with local youth. On February 26, 2016 at Central City Shopping Centre in Surrey the volunteer fair took place. Some of the 40+ organizations that attended included the following:
Aaj Magazine
Act By Vidal
Baobab Inclusive
Battered Women's Shelter
Beyond DL School
Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Cancer Society
City of Surrey
CSP - Surrey
DiverseCity
Douglas College
Drishti Magazine
ELL Welcome Center - Surrey Schools
Enactus SFU
EnScholar
GradusOne
Kids Play
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Live Then Give - Kidney Foundation
Mannkind Charitable Society
Mindfulness
Options
RCMP
Rodeo Youth Initiative
SAAV
SFU Sciences
SFU Score
SPCA
Sprott Shaw
SUCCESS
Surrey Crime Prevention
Surrey Leadership Youth Council
Unified For Change
VIBC
Youth Achieving Success
YMCA