Community
Participating in your community is great way to connect with new people for friendship and networking. When you register with the Immigrant Settlement & Integration Program, you will have the chance to get involved in many different activities that take place in your local community.
In our Champions of SUCCESS program we honour local community leaders, businesses and service agencies who support immigrant and refugees to thrive in Canada.
Community
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Diwali Celebrations in New Westminster 2019!
Burnaby/New Westminster’s volunteer team is back again this year to contribute & celebrate the Diwali festival at the Queensborough Community Centre in New Westminster!
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Burnaby Village Museum
On Sunday September 22nd 2019, a group of Tigrinya-speaking refugees were welcomed into the Burnaby Village Museum whose staff were super excited ...
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Watershed Tour
As newcomers living in Metro Vancouver, have you ever wondered where your water comes from, or if the drinking water is reliable?
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Fruit Picking 2019
At the end of the Summer Vacation, parents and kids found out this We Volunteer Here Program was one of their highlights! They enjoyed the outdoor activities ...
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Richmond Community Day
Richmond Community Day is a free event facilitated by Richmond residents for families. An opportunity for...
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Science World Fun!
Science World Fun! Science World is an exciting, family friendly place. Families enjoyed ...
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Group Food Sorting at Greater Vancouver Food Bank
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank was set up as a temporary relief to address a hunger crisis in 1983 and since then it has grown significantly in ...
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Burnaby Pride 2019
Burnaby Pride Street Party is a collaborative community initiative, involving a number of community agencies in Burnaby that support LGBTQ2S+ individuals through ...
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Burnaby Village Museum Tour
A Burnaby Village Museum tour was truly an amazing experience for newcomers. On a pleasant summer day, a group of ...
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Surrey’s Fusion Festival
Surrey’s popular Fusion Festival took place for its 12th year during the weekend of July 20th & 21st, 2019. It is a large 2-day community event which took place this year ...
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VanDusen Garden - Pollinator Days
On a sunny summer day, our newcomers volunteered at VanDusen Botanical Garden for their annual Pollinator Days. Pollinator Days is a 3-days field trip event ...
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Port of Vancouver Field Trip
Everything we use, eat, buy and see on a daily basis comes from somewhere. Some things are made locally but ...
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City of New Westminster’s Grand Prix!
Here’s what our talented volunteers had this to say about their experience volunteering in the City of New Westminster’s Grand Prix this year...
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Richmond RCMP
There are many awesome reasons to live in the City of Richmond - one of which is knowing ...
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Visit the Bridge Festival at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver
The Bridge Festival was held at Ambleside Park.
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Surrey Doors Open
Since we had a great time at Open Doors last year, Family Literacy Program staff decided to introduce more clients to this child-friendly family event at the...
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Surrey RCMP Open House
Surrey RCMP had an open house on May 11th, 2019 for the public to explore police vehicles, including an Air One ...
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Park Play Palooza
On June 22, 2019 from 11am-2pm a group of Arabic speaking participants celebrated the start of summer with Park Play Palooza the annual kick-off event for kids ...
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Walk With Your Doc 2019
Clients were very eager and excited to participate in this year’s Walk With Your Doc event which took place at Bear Creek Park on May 8th, 2019. Twenty three clients (including children) participated in ...
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Hats Off Day 2019
Hats Off Day 2019 in the Burnaby Heights neighborhood featured interactive activities that were ...
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Telus World of Science Field Trip
Ecstatic and eager to explore a new space, a new environment where we could learn outside of ...
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Vaisakhi Day Parade 2019
Vaisakhi is one of the biggest events for the Sikh community all over the world as it celebrates the birth of Sikhism. This year in Surrey, it was ...
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Mural Restoration
Mural restoration builds connections between newcomers and Indigenous communities in East Vancouver.
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Music at Féstival du Bois
Le Féstival du Bois au parc Mackin est organisé par la Société francophone de Maillardville. Le féstival est le plus grand féstival francophone ...
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Sampling Delicious Food at Féstival du Bois
La nourriture a toujours été un point de rassemble les gens. Au Canada, les aliments traditionnels canadiens-français ...
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LINC 7 & 8 Visit to the Richmond Art Gallery
Explore! Experience! Engage! Kathy Tycholis, Education and Public Programs Coordinator at the Richmond Art Gallery, made sure we did all the 3-Es ...
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Richmond Champions!
Amazing volunteers at Richmond S.U.C.C.E.S.S. help with everything from greeting clients at the front desk to providing informal translation and ...
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Volunteers - Impacting Your Community
My name is Theresa Chan.
I came from Hong Kong and have lived in Canada for 22 years...
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S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Celebrates Decade-Long Partnership with City of Richmond
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is truly fortunate to have many great relationships with organizations in Richmond.
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Happy Halloween!
As has been the tradition for many years, Surrey ISIP’s Childminders celebrated Halloween on October 31st by touring the LINC classes in costume.
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Jack-o-lantern carving
On October 25, SUCCESS students went to Richmond Nature Park to volunteer for Jack-o-lantern carving. Many of them made their debut in the art of ...
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Evergreen Cultural Centre 2
It was the first time for us newcomers to watch a live play in Canada. Some of us from Korea felt particularly proud,
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Coquitlam Kaleidoscope Arts Festival
There were lots of hands-on activities, crafts, and interactive performances which kept us engaged with the arts aspect to the festival.
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Port Moody Car-Free Day
On this day when pedestrians could walk on the road normally reserved for vehicle traffic, we were inspired
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Port Moody Station Museum
We had so much fun reading descriptions on display and viewing the 1921 rail car which still looks spotless! The Trench Walk was a very memorable part of the event reminding us not to take peace for granted.
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Watershed Tour
We had so much fun visiting the watershed while learning where our water comes from and how the watershed protects and restores salmon habitats. The tour will definitely help to promote a more conscientious use of water.
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Port Coquitlam Public Works Open House
We went to the Port Coquitlam Public Works Open House. They had an insider’s look at the Public Works services, from water to waste,
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Pie in the Plaza
On Saturday September 8th, a group of twenty eight Arabic-speaking refugees attended the Agriculture Week at Central City Plaza
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A visit to the Queens park petting zoo
The Petting Farm has been a unique and rare New Westminster city attraction since it first opened in 1906.
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Food Distribution for Families in Need
On September 29, 2018, participants of Richmond ISIP’s “We Volunteer Here” program volunteered at one of the distribution locations of Richmond Food Bank
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Deer Lake Park Nature Tour
A group of Mandarin-speaking newcomers enjoyed a wonderful day on a nature tour in which they learned
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CBC story
As the third-largest production facility in Canada, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Vancouver has been a vibrant part of the Greater Vancouver since 1936.
