Volunteers
East Hants is committed to helping volunteer groups in East Hants grow to their fullest potential. We can help with finding volunteers, promoting volunteer opportunities and retaining volunteers.
Our local fire departments are always recruiting new members. We can help point you in the direction of becoming a member at your community department.
Volunteer Fair
We invite volunteer organizations from across East Hants to join us on Saturday, October 5, 2024, for an in-person Volunteer Fair. This event will take place in the Lloyd E. Matheson Centre from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register for our Volunteer Fair
Volunteer Awards
Every year, East Hants recognizes outstanding volunteers in our communities through our Volunteer Awards.
The nomination period opens annually in January and closes in February. Nominations are evaluated and nominees selected by mid-March. Successful nominees are presented their awards at a ceremony in April.
Nominations must be submitted by a representative of a registered nonprofit organization. Nominees must be associated with a registered community group(s) within the municipality.
From the pool of general Volunteer Award nominees, judges will select one volunteer as the Model Volunteer of the Year. The Model Volunteer recipient receives an engraved award and becomes the representative for the Municipality of East Hants at the Provincial Awards Ceremony hosted by the province of Nova Scotia.
Nominate a Volunteer
The next round of nominations will take place in January 2025.
Volunteer Opportunities
Browse the listings below to learn more about volunteer organizations in East Hants and how you can help make a difference in your community.
Provides food to those in need on a monthly basis and act as an emergency source for food. They also assist with school supplies, winter jackets and operate a Christmas Adopt a Family/Person Program.
Location/Community
Enfield Legion, Lower Level
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Board members (including treasurer and president).
Contact Information
caringandsharingfoodbank.com
Facebook
caringandsharinghants@gmail.com
902-471-4733
Through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP), community organizations host free tax clinics where volunteers file tax returns for people with a modest income and a simple tax situation.
Location/Community
Across all of Nova Scotia. The East Hants clinic is usually hosted at the Lloyd E. Matheson Centre in Elmsdale
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Tax preparers, Support role (non-tax handler and tax handler positions), greeters, organization coordinators.
Contact
Free Tax Clinics – Canada
Facebook
CITP.Atl.Halifax@cra-arc.gc.ca
1-855-516-4405
Corridor Minor Baseball Association is committed to ensuring baseball is offered to ALL youth in the East Hants Corridor area. Since 2015 the numbers have steadily increased to well over 200 youth every summer. Our success of growing the sport has resulted in increased demands on our volunteer base at all levels; Executive, coaches, Assistant coaches, parent volunteers, tournament chairs etc.
Location/Community
George P. Horne Memorial Fields, Enfield
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
We’re always looking for folks to help out during the year at the Executive level and during the summer baseball season, whether it’s coaching, team managers, equipment managers, etc. There’s always lots to do to ensure our program is successful for the youth in our community.
Contact
Website: corridorminorbaseball.ca
Social Media: Facebook
Email: corridorminorbaseball@gmail.com
The EH Horne School Preservation Society operates the EH Horne School building which is home to a number of tenants including East Hants Childcare Centre, RSI DanceWorks, as well as the Enfield Heritage Centre Association. The Society provides short-and long-term space to local non-profit groups as well as bursaries to students entering post- secondary education. The Society has been operating this building for more than 20 years, providing an important service to the community and maintaining the heritage of the former school.
Location/Community
248 Highway 2, Enfield
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
We are recruiting for new Board members, as we have lost several members recently, and specifically, we are currently looking for a volunteer to oversee our leasing contracts, as well as seeking a Chair for the Society.
Contact
Hal Hilton, Vice-Chair
hiltonhald@gmail.com
902-483-2610
We are a group of citizens of East Hants working to prevent crime from occurring in our community. We are partners with the RCMP East Hants and have several subcommittees including Citizens on Patrol, Victim Services, MADD, EH Search and Rescue, MADD ,Seniors Safety and Crimestoppers.
Location/Community
East Hants
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Recruiting volunteers in all areas of our crime prevention association, especially our MADD and Crimestoppers organizations
Contact
Facebook
easthantscrimeprevention@gmail.com
Dolly Mosher, Chair- 902-817-5832
We preserve artifacts and documents relating to the history of East Hants and exhibit them in the Lower Selma Museum to provide opportunities for people to learn more about East Hants communities, how they were settled, how people lived and how they worked.
Location/Community
Museum: Lower Selma; Artifact storage: Elmsdale
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
New members welcome; board positions available
Contact
ehhs.ca
Facebook
info@ehhs.ca
We provide after school activities for youth in the East Hants Corridor, and sponsor activities in partnership with facilities in the area.
Location/Community
Corridor, East Hants
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
We need volunteers to fill in roles of fundraising, bake sale items, help with the yearly online auction, afterschool program assistance.
Contact
ehyouthlinks.ca
Facebook | Instagram
ehyouthlinks@gmail.com
The Enfield Heritage Centre was founded by the Enfield Branch of the Women’s Institute of Nova Scotia, and was originally housed in the former United Church in Enfield. After the former church fell into disrepair, the E H Horne School Preservation offered a permanent home for the Enfield Heritage Centre in the E H Horne School.
The Enfield Heritage Centre has a lovely display of local history, artifacts and photos, in a museum like setting. We also help people in genealogy research, questions on local history, and such.
We are available to host local groups, school groups, family groups, etc., who would like to make arrangements to visit the facility. We maintain a website and Facebook page, which have generated enquires from across Canada and the USA. There was also been visits to our sites and enquires from Europe.
The Enfield Heritage Centre is very grateful for the continued support of the E H Horne School Preservation Society, Montgomery Br 133 of the Royal Canadian Legion, the Municipality of East Hants, and dedicated members of the community.
Location/Community
Room 301, E H Horne School Building, 248 Hwy 2, Enfield, NS
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers to help with research and genealogy, organizing records, artifacts, photos, etc., as well as helping with our annual Teas in July and December of each year.
Contact
www.enfieldns.com
Facebook
enfieldheritagecentre@gmail.com
902-883-8033 or 902-883-2632
A community park that provides recreational, cultural and social opportunities through use of our hall, tennis courts, walking trails, playground, baseball field, soccer field, fenced in ring, skateboard park, pond and gazebo area.
Location/Community
Milford, East Hants
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Community Event volunteers
Contact
milfordrecreation.ca
Facebook | Instagram
info@milfordrecreation.ca or milfordrecreationassociation@gmail.com
The NMRTA has the following purposes for operating:
- For people to experience and enjoy nature
- Encourage active living, physical and mental health
- Encourage environmental stewardship
- Preserve a natural treasure of the community
Location/Community
1143 Enfield Road, Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Corporate sponsorship and donations, public relations, web design, fundraising committee, grant writing and trail work
Contact
Facebook
Vice President
902-223-8339
Rawdon 2 Way 4-H Club is a non-profit organization teaching life skills to the youth of their community.
Location/Community
Upper Rawdon and surrounding areas
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
We are looking for community members ages 19 and over that would like to share and teach their own skills and talents to our members. Your volunteer role would support them to complete 4-H Provincial project expectations. Life skill projects include, but not limited to, woodworking, small engines, computer, photography, 1st Aid. Livestock projects include, but not limited to, cavy (guinea pig), rabbit, poultry, sheep, goat, dog obedience. For a complete list please visit our website at 4hnovascotia.ca
Contact
Tonette MacPhee – 902-240-0723
Norma MacDonald – 782-640-4776
rawdon2way@4hnovascotia.ca
Facebook
4hnovascotia.ca
Our vision is to continue to improve and expand the quality, opportunity and accessibility of sport to individuals with an intellectual disability.
Location/Community
Cobequid Region – Truro, Milford, Elmsdale.
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
Program facilitators & assistants, for bowling, FUNdamentals, track & field, swimming, floor hockey, curling and bocce.
Contact
speolycobequid.com
Facebook
Email: Edwina Renaux, Regional Coordinator
Our association manages the network of trails that were constructed as part of the Long Lake development in East Uniacke. We value this resource and would like to expand and maintain our trail network as the community grows around it.
Location/Community
Villages of Long Lake, East Uniacke
Specific Vacancies/Volunteer Opportunities
We are always looking for people who love and use our trails to help out with routine maintenance. We organize work parties from time to time and will including anyone interested.
Contact
TBMtrails@outlook.com
902-718-7215
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