About National Volunteer Week

What is National Volunteer Week?
National Volunteer Week is a special time set aside in late April each year to honour and recognize Canadians who donate time and energy to their fellow citizens. National Volunteer Week also raises awareness of the vital contribution volunteers make to our communities and our country.

Why celebrate National Volunteer Week?
From coast to coast, volunteers strengthen our communities. They serve on boards and committees, mentor peers, organize cultural and recreational activities, support the elderly, provide shelter, counsel youth, clean parks, coach teams, read to children, and so much more. Volunteers do the work they do because they believe in causes, equal opportunities, clean, healthy and safe community spaces, active living, and helping others. Volunteers simply aspire to make life better for others and we honour them for doing so.

Volunteer Saskatoon has proudly celebrated National Volunteer Week since our inception in 2001.