GVCC Looking for Volunteers
Do you cycle in the Greater Victoria area? Do you want to make a difference in your local community? Do you want to see improved cycling infrastructure and increased ridership? If so, consider becoming a GVCC volunteer! We are recruiting on all fronts – to make cycling better in Greater Victoria!
If you would like to get involved, please read on to see what kind of volunteer role might be right for you. You can then contact our Outreach Coordinator at outreach@gvcc.bc.ca, who will get back to you right away with more information.
Are you…
A gifted writer?
- Contribute to Cycle Therapy, our cycling magazine published three times a year
- Write articles, letters, news releases or copy for brochures for the Advocacy or Communications committees
- Help with grant-writing
A researcher?
- Research advocacy issues for Advocacy & Communications committees
- Gather information for grant-writing or Cycle Therapy
A photographer?
- Take photos for Cycle Therapy
- Be a roving photographer at GVCC events
- Take photos for our website and social media
A born organizer?
- Help plan & coordinate events
- Manage the bike locker program
- Help to organize distribution of Cycle Therapy
A social butterfly?
- Staff a GVCC booth at a public event
- Staff GVCC valet parking
- Call GVCC members who need to renew their memberships
A handy person?
- Help design and build a canopy for the GVCC booth
- Design and build a bike-powered blender for public events
An avid cyclist?
- Become a Ride Marshal (several organized rides per year)
- Deliver Cycle Therapy (three times per year)
- Deliver posters or flyers
Detail-oriented?
- Enter information from the Shelbourne bike lane petition and bike counts into Excel
- Count bicycles for the regional bike count program
- Proofread Cycle Therapy or the GVCC website
Multi-talented?
- Join a committee
- Assist our Outreach Coordinator
- Consider joining on the board (the AGM is in October)
Passionate about local cycling issues?
- Be a “municipal watchdog” for the Advocacy Committee
- Join the Advocacy Committee & help plan campaigns
- Consider joining the board (the AGM is in October)
Too busy?
- Provide storage space for our bike-booth; central location needed
- Upgrade your membership to a higher level, to help us accomplish more
- Donate to our Outreach Fund to support GVCC volunteer coordination and outreach efforts, to help us coordinate our volunteer resource