There are tasks of all shapes and sizes that help our Chapter exist and grow. These can look like (but aren’t exclusive to) fundraising, marketing, keeping the accounts, training, recruitment. Check out the numerous ways to get involved below!

Join a committee!

Have a special interest? Join a committee! CISV Victoria has several standing committees related to specific subjects.

60th Anniversary

CISV Victoria turns sixty in 2025! We’d love to hear how you want to celebrate this amazing milestone. This is open for anyone (JBers, parents, leaders, alumni, and community members alike!) to join and share ideas about ways we can commemorate our sixtieth anniversary. Have thoughts about our diamond jubilee that you want to share? Send them to Lilly & Sarah; they’d love to hear from you!

Programmes

All programs share the common goals of building global friendships and learning about the educational areas of diversity, conflict and resolution, human rights and sustainable development. We want to offer the best experiences to our members and to ensure this there are lots of things that need to go on behind the scenes!

Fund Development

The programmes offered by CISV Victoria are made possible through various fundraising endeavours, generous donations of individuals, sponsorship and grants. Without fund development CISV Victoria becomes more costly and less accessible. It's through our fundraisers that we are able to lower the financial barriers of participation for our members.

Mosaic

Using the core CISV Values, local members develop projects in conjunction with like minded organizations or community groups. The aim is to create an authentic learning experience for participants and deliver a benefit to the wider community. We are currently recruiting a new Mosaic Coordinator. If you have an idea for a Mosaic initiatives or would be interested in stepping into this role, please reach out to Lilly & Sarah.

Hosting

Hosting a programme is a big responsibility and requires a lot of hard work and organization from our Chapter. It is also incredibly rewarding and a huge contribution to the CISV community. We hosted an incredibly successful Youth Meeting this past summer, and we'll be doing it again in 2026! Want to be involved? There are lots of ways!

Profile Raising

Profile-raising is the act of increasing the visibility CISV Victoria. It means supporting our Chapter in our efforts to become better known and understood by people in our community as we engage with new families, volunteers, potential sponsors/donors, and like-minded organizations.

Help us plan our next programme!

Be a homestay

Depending on flight availability, sometimes delegations arrive before the camp begins or need to leave after the camp ends. CISV Victoria is proud to offer our hospitality to delegates and leaders alike for up to two nights before/after the programme. Would you like to open your home to CISVers around the world? Contact hosting@cisvvictoria.ca for further details.

Ask for donations

It takes a lot of resources to host a CISV programme. From food, to craft materials, and first aid supplies, everything is important. Do you have a contact that might be interested in providing us with physical or in-kind donations? We can provide you with a sample letter to ask for donations that you can send along! Email hosting@cisvvictoria.ca for inquiries.

Be a camp cook

Like to cook? Volunteer as a chef or a kitchen volunteer at our Youth Meeting! We can provide accommodation if you'd like to cook for multiple days, or you can just come up for a day of meals. Contact hosting@cisvvictoria.ca for more details.

Run errands

We never know what we might need at our Youth Meeting! Are you available during the summer but don't want to take on a huge task? Consider being a camp gofer! Be on call for a given day and if we discover we need something, you'd be the one to get it and drop it off. Easy! Contact hosting@cisvvictoria.ca if interested.

Want to volunteer with our youth?

Please consider getting a free Criminal Record Check (CRC) if you want to participate in CISV events such as Mosaic projects, minicamps, and fundraisers. CISV needs CRCs to be completed every 3 years for adults 18 and over that may be around our CISV children. This includes leaders, executive members, chaperones, staff at minicamps and hosting family members. You can even do it every year since it is a free service offered to volunteer organizations. Processing times are currently long, so please consider getting your CRC done sooner rather than later.

Contact our Risk Manager, Steve for more information at riskmanager@cisvvictoria.ca. 

Looking to take on a bigger volunteer role in our Chapter? Consider joining our executive board and work with other like-minded folk to facilitate the governance of our organization.