Alberta Block Parent Association | 
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ABPA is an affiliation of more than 40 Block Parent Programs in Alberta communities. ABPA is a voting member of the Block Parent® Program of Canada Inc and serves as the liaison between BCPPCI and the local programs in Alberta.
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Allied Arts Council (Lethbridge) | 
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The Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge was established on 20 March 1958, with the objectives to encourage arts activities in Lethbridge and the surrounding district; to coordinate activities of member organizations; and to cooperate with persons, groups and organizations in the promotion of arts activities.
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Big Brothers and Big Sisters - Lethbridge AB | 
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lethbridge has been creating friendships since 1973. We started out matching Big Brothers with Little Brothers and have grown to include a variety of different programs that serve both boys and girls. We are proud of our achievements and continue to strive to be on the leading edge of the Big Brothers Big Sisters movement in Canada.
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Boys and Girls Club of Lethbridge | 
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The Boys & Girls Club of Lethbridge & District is one of more than 100 clubs of its kind in Canada. We have been serving Lethbridge and the local community since 1987. We are fortunately to have our own facility to operate from and we are located at 1405 8th Avenue North, just south of the Adams Ice Centre. We are open from 7:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday.
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Canadian Blood Services | 
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Approximately every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood. In fact, according to a recent poll, 52 per cent of Canadians say they, or a family member, have needed blood or blood products for surgery or for medical treatment.
The good news is that one blood donation - in just one hour - can save up to three lives.
Remember - It's In YOU to GIVE
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Child Find Alberta | 
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Our main goal is to keep Every Child Safe from Harm. CFA provides valuable resources at no cost to the public in the prevention and location of missing children. Child Find Alberta teaches children how to prevent and recognize child exploitation and abductions.
CFA is a member of Child Find Canada, a national network of charitable non-governmental organizations and is recognized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Missing Children's Registry and the RCMP
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Chinook Country Tourist Association | 
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Chinook Country Tourist Association is a member-based, not-for-profit organization that has been serving the tourism industry in Southern Alberta since 1969. Our mandate is tourism promotion and development in the area known as Chinook Country.
Chinook Country, as a region, borders British Columbia and Montana, and extends north to Calgary city limits, following the Bow River east and including Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park.
Chinook Country Tourist Association is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors elected annually from within the membership. Each director contributes a variety of skills and qualifications to the association. This ensures that the needs and goals of the entire region are encompassed in the association business plans and long-term vision.
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City of Lethbridge | 
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Lethbridge, Alberta is one of the warmest & sunniest cities in Canada with a pop. of 85,492. The community is proud of its parks & recreation facilities not to mention the friendliness & community spirit.
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Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, | 
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Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, provides services to children and their families as a Family Resource Centre. It is a Government of Alberta Parent Link Centre and an Alberta Promise Agency.
Family Centre is a community-based organization, working with children, families and caregivers to enhance identified strengths, to build capacities and to promote healthy development.
It provides a comprehensive range of prevention and early intervention services to children, youth and families as well as offering early learning through play programs.
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Galt Museum | 
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The Galt Museum & Archives engages and educates our communities in the human history of southwestern Alberta by preserving and sharing collections, stories and memories that define our collective identity and guide our future.
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Girl Guides Canada | 
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Benefits of Membership
Girl Guides of Canada is the leadership organization of choice for girls and women in Canada, offering Members the experience of a lifetime.
What we offer
For girls, Guiding is an accepting environment with diverse and exciting programs and activities that offer the chance to discover new interests, learn valuable leadership skills and make lasting friendships. Guiding gives girls the tools and resources they need to achieve greatness.
For women, Guiding is a chance to be part of their community by helping girls develop their potential. It is a place for personal growth, mentoring and travel opportunities.
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Healthy Canadians - Government of Canada | 
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Government of Canada's own Healthy Canadians Website. Learn about product safety, recalls and advisories, healthy living initiatives, consumer products and more!
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Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge | 
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Our mission is to recognize the human dignity of those in need and to provide food and access to services and resources generated from within our community.
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Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 | 
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When young people reach out for help, either by phone or online, Kids Help Phone is there for them with the immediate, caring, professional, anonymous help and hope they need and deserve.
Kids know they can trust us as we do not trace calls or IP addresses or use call display.
On the phone, Kids Help Phone provides immediate, bilingual, professional counselling to kids 24 hours a day. We receive calls from young people between the ages of five and 20 who call from almost 3,000 Canadian communities every year.
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Lethbridge Area Search and Rescue Association (LASARA) | 
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Founded in 1998 and received official Accredited Association Status in January 2000, Lethbridge Area Search and Rescue Association (LASARA) is a registered charitable organization dedicated to providing fully-trained volunteers to assist local agencies such as RCMP and Municipal Police Services, in ground search and rescue operations.
When called upon by the authorities to help in a search, our members are ready and able to be deployed into the field within hours. Upon setting up a base camp and command post near the point last seen or last known position, searchers are briefed by our experienced search managers about the subject and circumstances, broken into groups of three or more and spread out around the search area.
When located, the individual(s) is stabilized, secured and evacuated from the area, then taken to the nearest hospital.
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Lethbridge Astronomy Society | 
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The Lethbridge Astronomy Society is comprised of individuals from all walks of life who share an interest in astronomy and space science. In 1984, the Lethbridge Stargazers Club was formed and later, in 1988, was transformed into the Lethbridge Astronomy Society. Meetings of the Society are held on the last Friday of each month, with the exceptions of July, August and December. Annual membership fees are just $50, with spousal and associate members fees just $25. The main activity of the Society is to serve as an astronomy resource for the community of Lethbridge and environs.
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Lethbridge Crimestoppers | 
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Welcome to Lethbridge Crime Stoppers!
TO REPORT A CRIME 1-800-222-TIPS text: TIP232 and your message to CRIMES (274637) www.tipsubmit.com The Crime Stoppers Association of Southern Alberta is a charitable, not-for-profit organization serving a large area of southern Alberta.
Crime Stoppers relies on the financial support of the community to deliver its programs and services. The Association is governed by a volunteer board, administered by staff and service volunteers, and works in cooperation with the media, the Lethbridge Regional Police Service and the RCMP.
The Board pays out awards to individuals who provide tips to the Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS line, via the internet, and now through text messaging with your cell phone.
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Lethbridge Food Bank Society | 
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For over 25 years our organization has been proudly operating within the community of Lethbridge and the surrounding area.
Lethbridge, Alberta is home to over 80,000 people and is continuing to grow rapidly, making the LFB an important part of the community. Acknowledging the disparity in the availability of resources among Canadians and recognizing that while food banks will be needed for the foreseeable future, they are a short-term response for those living with difficult circumstances
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Lethbridge Housing Authority | 
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Safe and Secure Housing for All.
The LHA strives to provide safe, secure and affordable housing for people in need, in our region.
324-B, Mayor Magrath Drive South
Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 3L7 Canada
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Lethbridge Neighbourhood Watch | 
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Why Neighbourhood Watch?
Prevent crime before it happens
Work together to watch your homes
Make your neighbourhood less inviting to criminals
Help to identify suspicious behavior
Make safer communities
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Lethbridge Photography Club | 
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Welcome to the Lethbridge Photography Club!
Our club meets the third Thursday of every month at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery starting at 6:30. For a complete listing of our meeting dates please check out the website.
If you are new to us, you are more than welcome to come and try us out for a meeting before deciding to join.
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Lethbridge Regional Police - Victim Services Unit | 
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We are a team of over 50 trained Crisis Support Workers and first responder who provide support during the first few critical hours after a crime or tragic event.
We are citizens from the community who have a willingness to help others and volunteer to receive approximately 45 hours of training by a civilian program coordinator.
We are at least 22 years of age and go through a strict selection process and sign an Oath of Confidentiality.
We provide 24-hour service and respond to only those incidents that have been attended by the Police.
We provide an essential link between the Police and victims and are able to provide information regarding the status of investigations, court cases and trial dispositions. We even are able to forward information to investigating officers if needed.
We will attend court with victims and support them through their entire ordeal.
We provide information regarding Victim impact statements, Restitution and Financial Benefit programs.
We are conscientious citizens who take on extra training to provide free home security checks to the community of Lethbridge upon request.
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Lethbridge Social Housing in Action (SHIA) | 
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Bringing Lethbridge Home is a strategic plan to end homelessness in Lethbridge by 2011. Homelessness is one of the most critical issues facing our community, so this might appear to be a bold, even unrealistic plan. But it is not. We believe that by offering the right housing with the right supports, homelessness can become a thing of the past. That is why we are building partnerships, initiatives and strategies to literally bring homes to the hundreds of individuals and families whose circumstances have forced them to live without adequate, safe and affordable housing in Lethbridge.
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Not4Me - Youth Drug Prevention | 
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Are you, or is someone you care about having a problem with drugs? It's important to know that there's lots of help out there, even if you just have questions that need answering. Getting help almost always improves a situation, no matter how serious it may be.
Find MORE GREAT Information here at the Health Canada website
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Phone Busters - The Canadian ANTI-FRAUD Call Centre | 
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Established in January of 1993, PhoneBusters is the Canadian Anti-Fraud Call Centre managed on a tripartite basis by the Ontario Provincial Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Competition Bureau Canada. PhoneBusters plays a key role in educating the public about specific fraudulent telemarketing pitches.
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Prairie Dog Canine Rescue | 
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The Prairie Dog Canine Rescue is a volunteer run organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta. We serve all of Southern Alberta but have rescued dogs from as far away as Nunavut. The dogs in our system come from all different kinds of situations - from the reserve dogs, owner surrenders to abandoned or stray dogs.
At any given time we have anywhere from 2 to 20 dogs. We are 100% volunteer run and as we have no facilities to keep our canine friends so they are put into foster homes where they are taught how to be welcome members of the community.
All of our dogs are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before the time of adoption.
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RCMP MOST WANTED List | 
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Can YOU Help find these WANTED fugitives? RCMP needs Your help
WARNING: Take no action to apprehend these persons yourself. REPORT ANY INFORMATION TO THE NEAREST RCMP DETACHMENT OR THE POLICE IN YOUR AREA OR CONTACT CRIMESTOPPERS ( 1 800 222-TIPS or 1 800 222-8477).
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RECOL - Reporting Economic Crime On Line | 
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Reporting Economic Crime Online (RECOL) is an initiative that involves an integrated partnership between International, Federal and Provincial Law Enforcement agencies, as well as, with regulators and private commercial organizations that have a legitimate investigative interest in receiving a copy of complaints of economic crime. RECOL provides real time data pertaining to the current fraud trends. It also provides support for education, prevention and awareness of economic crime.
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Salvation Army - Giving Hope Today | 
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Did you know that...
The Salvation Army is the largest non-governmental provider of social services in Canada?
The Salvation Army assisted 1.5 million people last year in 400 communities throughout Canada?
The Salvation Army has been serving those in need in Canada for over 125 years?
The Salvation Army is located all over the world in 115 countries and 176 languages?
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Scouts Canada | 
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Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, offers seven challenging programs for boys, girls and youth age 5-26 in thousands of individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada. Over 74,000 young people enjoy Scouts Canada's programs, which are provided by 23,000 caring and dedicated volunteers. Scouts Canada's national office is located in Ottawa.
Scouts Canada is a not-for-profit organization (Charitable Registration No. 10776 1694 RR0028) and a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
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Victims Matter | 
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Is This Your Situation?
How do I find out about .....
Victims of Violent Crime
Canadians Victimized Abroad
Child/Teen Victims
Financial Crime
Cyber Crime
Hate Crime
Family Violence
Elder Abuse
Taking Part in the Criminal Justice System
Raising Awareness in your Community
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Volunteer Lethbridge | 
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VOLUNTEER LETHBRIDGE VISION
The community of Lethbridge takes responsibility for creating a healthy and caring community through civic participation.
VOLUNTEER LETHBRIDGE MISSION
Volunteer Lethbridge enriches the Lethbridge community by facilitating individuals and organizations in the support and advancement of volunteerism.
In 1981 the YWCA started the Lethbridge Volunteer Bureau as a three-year federally funded project. At the end of the funding the YWCA facilitated the transformation of the project to independent not-for-profit status.
Registered as a society in 1986, Renamed the Community Volunteer Centre in the late eighties. In 2000 renamed Volunteer Lethbridge.
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Welcome Wagon | 
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Are you new to the neighbourhood and looking for assistance in finding your way around town? Welcome Wagon is there to help with all the civic information you may need to familiarize yourself and your family with the local community, including:
Letter from the Mayor, Local map
Transit information, Recycling information, Library, Local recreation centre, Newcomers club
Welcome Wagon Representatives also personally recommends local community-based businesses (i.e. grocery store, beauty salon, drug stores, hardware stores, etc) who offer gifts and services to the relocated consumer.
In Lethbridge contact Judie Kopp 403-327-3764 jekopp@shaw.ca or Jaci lalites@shaw.ca
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YWCA Harbour House Lethbridge | 
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HARBOUR HOUSE OUTREACH provides follow-up, referrals, counselling,advocacy and support services for families exiting the shelter or other women and children identified as "at risk" for family violence in the community who have not used our residential services.
Harbour House Outreach is a YWCA signature program.
This service provides accompaniment to court, police, medical, custody and access hearing and so much more. The counselling staff meet with over 1500 women and children in any given year.
There are no fees for this program.
Harbour House can be reached 24 hours a day.
403-329-0088 or 1 (866) 296-0447 (toll free)
Outreach is available Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM 403-329-0088
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