Nonprofit Organizations in Barrie

Mission: Living Green Barrie’s mission is to guide citizens, businesses and local leaders toward actions that foster sustainability and resilience in our community. About Living Green Barrie: Formally known as Environmental Action, Living Green Barrie is a registered charity celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. For three decades, Living Green has been Barrie’s go-to environmental organization. With support from grants, sponsors, donors, and a great deal of volunteer efforts, we have initiated projects and programs that have made Barrie a cleaner and greener city. We started Barrie’s first plastics recycling program, initiated the annual Spring into Clean events, and installed the first Community Garden, just to highlight a few.

Make-A-Wish Canada is an independently operating affiliate of Make-A-Wish international. We create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses, and we are on a quest to bring every eligible child's wish to life, because a wish is an integral part of a child's treatment journey. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight a critical illness. Make-A-Wish is the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, operating in 50 countries. Here in Canada, we serve children in every community from coast to coast to coast. Since 1983, Make-A-Wish Canada has granted over 37,000 wishes across the country, over 1,000 last year alone.

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. From our humble beginnings with one boy’s wish to be a police officer, we have evolved to be one of the world’s leading children’s charities, serving children in every community in Canada. With the help of generous donors and nearly 1,100 volunteers, Make-A-Wish grants more than one wish a day in Canada.

March of Dimes Canada’s mission is to maximize the independence, personal empowerment and community participation of people with disabilities. Dedicated volunteers have helped March of Dimes Canada to become a national leader in the provision of programs and services for this growing community. Our vision is to create an inclusive society for everyone. Volunteering with March of Dimes Canada will provide you with opportunities to use your diverse skills to make a difference in your community - while gaining valuable knowledge and hands-on experience.

March of Dimes Canada operates with the mission of maximizing the independence, personal empowerment and community participation of people with disabilities. We aim to provide solutions, through service, advocacy and research, to further equal opportunity, self-sufficiency, dignity and quality of life. As part of March of Dimes Canada, After Stroke is a national service offering support, education and community programs for stroke survivors, their caregivers, and families.

Who We Are - Champion Equity. Empower Ability. Our mission is to be Canada’s leading service provider, resource and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.

Morton Youth Services is a community based youth detention facility that provides youth justice services to children who have found themselves in trouble with the law. Morton Youth Services operates under the direction of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services to provide 24 hour custody services in a 10-bed facility.

In 2009 Audrey Guth, a mother in the midst of her own cancer journey realized the burden that many parents with cancer face, juggling being a parent and patient. After meeting a mother with cancer and her child in a waiting room, she identified a gap in cancer care and knew she had to do something to help. Guth founded the Nanny Angel Network (NAN) giving respite to moms with cancer. Since then she has made it her mission to innovate and lessen the social and emotional impact of cancer on families by providing free support to mothers, fathers, and primary caregivers with cancer. NAN has evolved to Nankind, providing critical intervention to children experiencing the trauma of parental cancer. One family at a time, Nankind has built a community of volunteer angels, referral partners, and sponsors that together provide free supportive cancer care to families. To date, Nankind has supported 1,750+ families, provided 35,000+ meals, and empowered 3,200+ children to build emotional resilience.

The Nanny Angel Network is a registered charity and the only organization of its kind in Canada. We have been providing free, specialized childcare support and programs to families living with cancer since 2009. Three main goals that drive everything we do: Provide specialized, Child Life-informed childcare support and programs for parents with cancer to give them the time they need to take care of themselves and reduce existing social support burn-out. Build resiliency in children by teaching life-long coping skills. Provide a sense of normalcy for children during a tumultuous time in their lives. Backed by 30 years of nanny agency experience, NAN has continued to successfully provide free resources for cancer patients and their families for over a decade. We support families at any point during the cancer journey. We’re there from the time of diagnosis, during treatment or through palliative care. We continue to support families who need help for up to a year during the bereavement period.

Provide Certified Service Dogs to Childern with Autism, Veterans and First Responders with PTSD and Facility Dogs.

The Navy League of Canada has a presence in over 230 communities and supports approximately 10,000 young Canadians in the largest maritime-themed youth programs in the country: Royal Canadian Sea Cadets and Navy League Cadets. Our programming is made possible by the support of over 6,000 dedicated volunteers who contribute at all levels of our organization, from local activities all the way to national initiatives. Who are these members? Most of our volunteers are friends and family of current cadets, or past cadets themselves who want to share what they learned. The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet program (12-18 years old) Navy League Cadet program (9-12 years old) offers young Canadians between the chance to learn new skills, make life-long friends and grow into well-rounded individuals through fun and educational community based activities with a maritime focus. We also offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for adults. Whether you are interested in teaching and working with youth, or would like to develop your own professional skills as a member of your local Branch, the Navy League is happy to welcome you to our community and find a suitable volunteer position for you, based on your availability. Consider joining us for a rewarding opportunity to have a lasting impact on the youth in your community!

​The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is your public agency dedicated to the preservation of a healthy environment. As your partner, the NVCA provides the expertise to help protect our water, our land, our future.