Goal and Mission for our Volunteers:
We value our volunteers because they will assist Gardens4Kids in our mission to provide outreach education and engagement to families and also make available an ongoing community shared gardening plot.
Benefits to Volunteers
- knowledge of gardening, food security
- interaction with the public
- management of tasks, and time management
- ability to plan, coordinate and seek out resources when needed
- connections to your community will be made
Public Event Volunteer (10 roles available):
Gardens4Kids is invited to provide education and tactile programming at events across the City of New Westminster. Our events often include a craft related to gardening, a planting exercise and an educational activity for children to do with their family.
Our events are often all ages (even adults have fun!) and require volunteers to interact with the public. Please note, volunteers will not be required or expected to supervise children as parents are expected to be interacting with their children and actively involved.
Attendance to Gardens4Kids public events when needed (might be on a monthly schedule only, but could be a few times a month).
Assistance with any outreach required
Time commitment may only be 4 hrs a month, depending on the events that are scheduled.
2025 Events: April educational session at an after school care program in New Westminster
May 9 - Kindgarten class program at a school in Coquitlam
Canada Day - activities at our new Youth Community Garden in Queens Park (1pm-8pm) More to come! Stay tuned.
2024-2025 Updates: We recently received the Youth Climate Action Fund from the City of New Westminster and will be building the first Youth-led Community Garden in Queens Park. We will also be starting an educational garden at a local independent school. More info can be found here: Youth Climate Action Fund | City of New Westminster
