Summer volunteer opportunities

Help us at Heritage Festival this weekend

UP+DT's Purple City, Pedego Palooza, Symphony Under the Sky

We need volunteers to help monitor the supervised bike parking compounds in Hawrelak Park for a number of events this summer!

No experience or knowledge is needed: on-site training is provided. As a bike monitor, you’ll simply be welcoming people to lock their bikes and answering questions.You can volunteer with a friend, read a book, or just hang out outdoors and relax.

These events are some of our most effective outreach and fundraising events. Many people who arrive to them on bikes are fairly new to cycling. By volunteering, you get to enjoy seeing many new riders who are learning that cycling in the city is fun and rewarding!

See full event details and sign-up to volunteer by clicking on the links below:

• Pedego Palooza at La Cité francophone — Thursday, July 29: E-bike rentals and e-bike group ride fundraiser for Bike Edmonton [Details and volunteer sign-up]
   
• Heritage Festival in Hawrelak Park — Saturday, July 31 to Monday, August 2: The festival has ticketed, timed-entry this year to limit numbers [Details and volunteer sign-up]
   
• UP+DT Music Festival: Purple City in Hawrelak Park — Saturday, August 7: Get a free pass to this festival featuring Cayley Thomas, Calvin Love, Wares, Billie Zizi, and more! [Details and volunteer sign-up]
   
• Community Garden Bike Tour in Millwoods — Sunday, August 15: Sustainable Food Edmonton community garden tours return. Help marshal the rides. [Details and volunteer sign-up]
   
• Symphony Under the Sky in Hawrelak Park —  August 26 to September 6: Free pair of tickets to concerts for volunteers. [Details and volunteer sign-up]
   

Charitable Casino Event

Sunday, Sept 26 & Monday Sept 27

Volunteer here for the biggest impact for your time

No knowledge or experience of casinos, gambling, or bicycles is needed. By volunteering at this event, your 4-8 hour shift is equivalent to a donation of thousands of dollars to Bike Edmonton.  

Bike Edmonton uses licensed charitable casino events to raise funds for our activities. Approximately once every 22 months, we provide volunteers to help staff a casino event. Pooled funds from several casinos over several months is shared by charitable organizations: we generally receive over $70,000. Faced with significant financial impacts from the pandemic, this coming casino is critical for Bike Edmonton's financial stability.

To volunteer, and to see more details (including volunteer roles, perks, schedule, and transportation), please click here.

Whyte Ave Community League Survey

Summer 2021 survey

Help develop a strong community vision for the future of Whyte Avenue. Community Leagues along Whyte Avenue west of the Mill Creek ravine have partnered to develop a survey to gauge what community members think the future of Whyte Avenue as Main Street could look like. They are working with Paths for People, a non-profit focused on safer, more liveable streets, to develop a strong community front that can influence decisions regarding the future of Edmonton's premiere Main Street.

Fill out the survey by the end of July here.

City engagement

• Capilano Bridge Trail (southwest): Provide your feedback for trail repair options until July 30.
   
• Touch the Water Promenade Stage 3: Review the preliminary design for  the Rossdale Area and provide feedback until August 3. [Project website] [Engagement portal]
   
• Pleasantview Neighbourhood Renewal: Register for the final design live online event August 5.
   
• Boyle Street and McCauley Neighbourhood Renewal: Review the proposed ideas, detailed maps and design illustrations then share your feedback until September 30. [Project website] [Engagement portal

Job opportunities

South Assistant Manager position still open.
Executive Director search

We are still seeking to fill our South Community Workshop Assistant Manager position. Please consider applying or forwarding the position to your network.

We are also embarking on the search for a new executive director. Read the full announcement on our website.