Youth Transforming Society (YTS) is a registered, student-led non-profit organization based out of Surrey, BC that aims to raise awareness for humanitarian issues and encourage community volunteerism. Founded in 2010, YTS has since raised close to $15,000 for various organizations and have helped hundreds of students get involved. For their next project, YTS has organized the 3rd Annual Volunteering and Beyond: An Evening of Opportunities.
Volunteering and Beyond is a volunteer and opportunities fair that is organized with the purpose of providing a common ground for youth and organizations to meet. This event is held to allow students to interact with organization representatives and find an organization that they would like to volunteer for. Each year there are over 400-450 students who attend Volunteering and Beyond, but this year’s event is expected to be the biggest one yet.
Volunteering and Beyond 2016 is taking place on October 19, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Queen Elizabeth Secondary School (9457 136 Street Surrey, BC). This event will bring over 60 organizations under one roof, including Covenant House, Canuck Place, Ronald McDonald House, City of Surrey, YMCA, Surrey RCMP, Shaw TV, and many more. Whether someone’s interests lie in academics, athletics, the environment or elsewhere, we are confident everyone will find at least one organization (if not more) that compliments their personality. A complete list of the attending organizations is below. If you would like more information about the event or YTS, please visit www.youthtransformingsociety.org. The presenting sponsors for Volunteering and Beyond are Surrey604.com (Diamond Sponsor) and The Century Group (Gold Sponsor).
1. YMCA
2. Surrey Crime Prevention Society
3. BC Transplant Society
4. John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland
5. Moving Forward Family Services
6. Green Chair Recycling
7. Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub Society
8. Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
9. Enactus SFU
10. Global Peace Alliance
11. Surrey Food Bank
12. SNAP
13. Athelite
14. BC Preparatory Academy
15. Surrey Community Cat Coalition
16. Salvation Army
17. Vancouver Covenant House
18. Social Diversity Foundation for Children
19. Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre
20. Zajac Foundation
21. Better Alternatives for Girls Survival
22. Sprouting Chefs Society
23. City of Surrey Volunteer Resources
24. Youth for CARE
25. Girls Empowered
26. Surrey Leadership Youth Council
27. Whalley Work BC
28. Royal Canadian Legion
29. Justice Education Society
30. Dixon Transition Society
31. Adoptive Families Association of BC
32. African Canadian Continuing Education Society 33. Learning Disabilities Association – Fraser South
34. Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad (SYSS)
35. Canuck Place
36. YouthCO HIV and Hep C Society
37. Surrey RCMP
38. World Sikh Organization
39. Nikkei Place Foundation
40. Ronald McDonald House of BC & Yukon
41. The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Society
42. LGBT Vancouver
43. DIVERSEcity
44. Urban Safari Rescue Society
45. Burns Bog Conservation Society
46. Beta Collective
47. Road2Wellness
48. The Minerva Foundation
49. Love is the Answer
50. Purpose Society
51. Community Living British Columbia
52. Beyond DL
53. Kidstart
54. Reading for Tomorrow
55. Lattitude Global Volunteering
56. I AM Girls Mentorship Program
57. YWCA Metro Vancouver
58. Wish Drop-in Centre Society
59. Reading Bear Society
60. Surrey Christmas Bureau
61. READ Surrey/White Rock Society
62. Papilio Technologies
63. Shaw TV
64. The Century Group
