You can help rare protect our environment, foster our natural spaces, build local food security, and build an understanding in the surrounding community of the important role that these spaces have on our health and wellbeing. Giving comes in many forms of generosity, and rare is grateful for the dedication, expertise, and efforts that volunteers contribute towards our mission to make the world a more sustainable place.

Drop-In Volunteer Opportunities

We have ongoing volunteer opportunities at the Springbank Food Bank Garden, with Volunteer Days on Wednesdays, and Land Management activities on Thursdays.

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Wednesdays 9am -12pm

Springbank Food Bank Garden
(2025 season begins Wednesday, May 21!)

Every Wednesday, join our collective gardening space where people come together to grow vegetables and fruits for recipients of the Cambridge Food Bank programs. Your helping hands are needed to produce good crops, while you also get a chance to learn about organic gardening!
CERTAIN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

Land Management

Join us and help conserve native biodiversity through the removal of invasive species! Volunteers can expect to learn invasive plant identification as well as proper removal techniques. This is a great opportunity for those looking to gain in field experience with ecological restoration and become more familiar with the flora of southern Ontario.

Current Calls to Action

Opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Volunteer to Support the 2025 Trail Party

Help support the 2025 Trail Party: 16th Annual Walk, Hike, & Run Fundraiser for rare. This fundraiser supports rare’s Conservation, Research and Education efforts by helping us to protect over 1,450 Acres of environmentally sensitive lands in our communities.

Volunteer to Monitor Salamanders

Help support rare's annual salamander monitoring by walking sampling transects, searching for and identifying salamanders, and recording data.
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Corporate Groups

rare is happy to provide groups with meaningful tasks that present opportunities for team building and personal development while helping to protect our environment and contributing to the resiliency of our community.