Click on the links below to find various opportunities to volunteer within the Red Deer community, reasons to begin volunteering at an early age, and a form that can be used to keep track of your volunteer hours. Many scholarships that you will apply for in your grade 12 years will require a listing of the number of hours you have spent volunteering and giving back to your community so keep track! Volunteering is very beneficial and important to consider when beginning your grade nine year here at Hunting Hills.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
- African Caribbean Centre of Central Alberta: August Festival
- Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
- Aspire
- Bethany CollegeSide
- Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter
- Central Alberta Children Festival - June 2025 - This Festival provides new and unique opportunities for Central Alberta Children to learn, play and be active.
- Central Alberta Humane Society
- Coldest Night of the Year: The Mustard Seed Red Deer & Red Deer Food Bank - February
- Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre
- Habitat for Humanity: Volunteers are needed for their Restore Monday - Friday and Saturday. Full-day and half-day shifts are available. Must be 16 years old.
- Historic Fort Normandeau
- JustServe
- Kerry Wood Nature Centre
- Mission Thrift Store
- Red Deer Food Bank
- Red Deer Hospice
- Rescue Food: Volunteers pick up food that would otherwise be thrown out from local businesses and take it to service agencies. Deliveries are to service agencies that have already registered with us and all instructions are in the app. You can pick the routes/times that work best for you and volunteer as often as you like—no regular commitment required. If you would prefer a regular commitment and would like to be the dedicated volunteer for any of the routes listed on the app, email us and we can get you signed up. High School students should be 16 years of age and have a driver’s license and access to a vehicle. If you don’t meet these requirements, you can pair up with a friend who does or parent/adult. Either way we recommend you volunteer in pairs if you can so you have help loading and unloading food.
- Red Deer Public Library: seeking high school students to volunteer their time with Youth Litereacy (formerly Reading Pals) with elementary students who struggle with reading and/or writing. Please email youthlit@rdpl.org for more information
- Red Deer Regional Hospital: Click on the FAQ’s on the right sidebar. If you feel you can meet the requirements/commitment to volunteer with Alberta Health Services, go back to the Volunteer Resources section of the AHS external website and click on Central Zone. Scroll down this page to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre information and click on Apply online link. Review the list of Volunteer Interests and if any are of interest to you, click on the “Fill in an application” under the I would like to volunteer bar. Follow the instructions under the “I am new to myVolunteerPage.com” to complete and submit a volunteer application online.
If your application is received successfully, you will receive an automatic email back indicating that your application is in our waitlist. If/when a suitable position is available for you, a Volunteer Resources Coordinator will contact you to further discuss. - Red Deer Spartan - August
- Ronald McDonald House Charities: There are several ways that you can help families at RMHC
- Royal City Soccer Club
- Salvation Army: Whether its by serving a meal, standing beside a Christmas kettle or stocking shelves at a food bank you can be part of the meaningful work that continues to changes lives.
- The Lending Cupboard: No experience needed, some standing & bending involved, & light lifting.
- Villa Marie - Covenant Care
- Westerner Days: Looking for 5-6 volunteers per 3-hour shifts
- Westerner Park: Rebels games, Agri Trade, WHL Cup
- Woody's RV Marathon/Half/10K: May
- Woody's Triathlon: June
- YMCA of Northern Alberta