Joshua Duvauchelle is a regular alive contributor and certified personal trainer.

Volunteering

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

COVID has served as a wake&#x2d;up call for Canadians about the conditions older adults have been facing. But they don’t have to face their battles alone. There are myriad ways we can show up for our seniors, whether through volunteering or by supporting those in our community.

Carimé Lane is a Toronto-based freelance writer and lawyer.

Elder Care

We all want to be healthier and feel better. Science shows that the health benefits of volunteering can even include lower stress levels.

The Surprising Health Benefits of Volunteering | alive

Ann Medford is a freelance writer in Toronto.

Heart Health

Sandi Gauvin is a senior editor at alive.

Enews

A virtual volunteer can contribute to a worthwhile cause from the comfort of his or her own home. Learn how you can make a difference.

Kimberly Leung is a social services program coordinator and freelance writer. She moonlights as a virtual volunteer for several health and community nonprofits.

A citizen scientist can help researchers by collecting data or working to expand habitat. In fact, the sky's the limit for volunteer opportunities.

How to Become a Citizen Scientist

Suman Gupta enjoys engaging Canadians on issues involving biodiversity, wildlife conservation, and citizen science. She has been a contributor to alive magazine since 2011.

Environment

Sign up for a themed run

The managing editor, digital, at alive, Colleen likes baking healthy(ish) desserts and cooking up a good pun.

Exercise

Fitness

Events

12 Months of Wellness

Community involvement

Leah Payne is a writer, author, and editor based in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Get-Outside-P7924">Get Outside!</a> and <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Less-Is-More">Less is More</a>. (Headshot credit: Notting Hill Photography). 
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Community

Vacation with a conscience

Dana Bidnall is a Vancouver-based writer and editor.

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Make a difference

Rob Klettke is a writer who is still struggling with, but enjoying, his journey to health and fitness.

Volunteers tell their stories

Antoine Giraud is a Vancouver writer and editor.

Galina Pembroke is a freelance magazine writer specializing in health and spirituality. She lives in Nanaimo, BC.

Jenn Farrell is a Vancouver writer and personal trainer.

The best thing we can do for ourselves

Retired and living alone, Al Keith writes on health and outdoor subjects. At 70 plus, he still thrives on challenges such as exploring the BC coastline by kayak, his favourite form of transportation.

Simple ideas for helping your family volunteer

Nava Atlas is author of Everyday Traditions: Simple Family Rituals for Connection and Comfort (Amberwood Press, 2005). www.everydaytraditions.com.

What Meals on Wheels volunteers say

Candis Elliott is the Director of Meals on Wheels serving Greater Victoria. Her experience with volunteers includes 19 years as a community development worker in a neighbourhood health centre.

Volunteering

The Growing Need for Food Banks

Kind Is Beautiful

Have a Heart For Volunteering

How are You Celebrating International Volunteer Day?

Be a Virtual Volunteer

Become a Citizen Scientist

Get Down and Dirty

We Day: Recap

#2013alive: Next Week, We Get Political

#2013alive: Donate Your Time

12 Months of Wellness

Do Good to Feel Good

Celebrate National Volunteer Week!

Get Rid of Your Pennies for a Good Cause

Get Volunteering! It's National Volunteer Week

Voluntouring

Volunteers for the Environment

Unsung Heroes

Helper's High

Volunteering - If It Feels Good, Do It!

The Value of Volunteering

At the Crossroads

Making a Difference Together

Wheeling and Mealing