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2500 People Live On Quadra Island, Bc, Canada, Year Round, With Many Diverse Backgrounds And Lifestyles. Summer People And Part-Time Residents Swell That Number To Double Or More In The Summer Months. The Economy Encompasses Resource-Based Workers, Artists, Local Service Providers, And Commuters Who Work In Campbell River. This Is The Kind Of Place Where People Smile And Say Hello, Even If They Don'T Know You.

The popular old adage ''history repeats itself'' is certainly prevalent in describing our Wing's activity during the past several years. The early history leads us through the formation of 888 (Komox) Wing of the ''Royal Canadian Air Force Association'' and very accurately mentions the popular social events that took place during those years as well as leaving a living image in our minds of the hard work performed by volunteers in building our great facility up until our official opening in March 1992.

The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) helps individuals and organizations to connect across cultures. We provide information, support and tools to help immigrants reach their goals. By engaging people through networks, education and arts programming we create a welcoming community.

Welcome! Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue has played a vital role in the Comox Valley for over 35 years and we look forward to many more years of service.We are a volunteer organization providing a wide range of search and rescue services, including rope and swift water rescue, avalanche rescue, and first aid. Our coverage area ranges from Oyster River in the north to Cook Creek in the south and from Buttle Lake in the west to the Georgia Strait in the east, including Denman and Hornby Islands. We also work closely with other Search and Rescue groups to provide mutual aid to Vancouver Island communities.Our highly committed volunteers are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In 2011, we collectively contributed over 10,000 hours to search and rescue operations, educational programs, and community events. In early 2012, we recruited 20 new volunteers for the upcoming Ground Search and Rescue course.

Good planning is the key to success in many things in life, and being ready to care for ourselves and our families following an emergency is one area where planning can make a life-altering difference.The Comox Valley Emergency Program functions in partnership with Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, and the Comox Valley Regional District to provide coordinated emergency programming to the entire valley.The purpose of integrating the emergency program is to ensure that each area's transcend geographic and political borders.

UNITE TO CHANGECampaign Kick OffTHANK YOU to everyone who attended our Community Fund Kick Offs in Comox, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Parksville and Nanaimo!View photos of the Kick Offs here .Remember that you can donate anytime to United Way's Community Fund by clicking on the big blue button at the top of this page.Your donation stays local and helps people in your community.Starlight Galaxy Film Festival for TeensClick button.All night movies on Friday, October 3 for school aged students! Get more info here . United Way Central & Northern Vancouver Island serves the Central Island (Ladysmith, Gabriola, Nanaimo, Parksville-Qualicum and Port Alberni), the Comox Valley and Campbell River. United Way is directly involved in major issues that impact our community:poverty

CVFSA is a dedicated group of staff and volunteers, committed to promoting health and well being of families in our community. We serve the Comox Valley which includes Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland and South up to Bowser.

Welcome to L'Arche Comox Valley!L'Arche Comox Valley is a community of people with and without developmental disabilities sharing their lives together. In L'Arche we live, work, pray and learn from one another. We are invited to share fully in community life, to live a life that's unique and help each other to discover one's hidden gifts.L'Arche Comox Valley has a home Jubilee House , in Courtenay, British Columbia, a supported independent living program, for people living on their own and an Outreach and Creative Art Centre where people come to participate in different activites such as beading, painting, and candle making.L'Arche is an international organization founded 50 years ago in France. L'Arche began in Canada in 1969, and local educational leader Lock Mawhinney and a group of dedicated volunteers created L'Arche Comox Valley in 2000.

L'Arche Comox Valley is a community of people with and without developmental disabilites sharing life together and celebrating the unique value of each person, revealing each other's gifts and recognizing our need for one another.L'Arche is a faith-based society and as such its values of compassion, inclusion, respect for diversity and the dignity of the individual are shared Canadian values. It has no affiliation with any church or religious community and welcomes all from any belief and ethnic background into its communities.