Pender Island is flavourful in the different types of groups and organization you can participate in. Whether you are relocating to Pender on your own, with your partner or with your family you don’t need to worry about meeting new people. I have to say it is very easy to make your way in our community and you can choose to be as withdrawn or as involved as you would like.
Here are some groups you can join, I doubt I got them all but I have tried to categorize them. Mostly the numbers provided are those of volunteers and this is their private residence:
Arts/Creativity
Art Society 629-6571
Artist Co-op
Trincomali Community Arts Council 629-8309
South Pender Island Art Group
Choral Society 629-3515
Floral Arts Design Workshop 629-6384
Pender Highlanders Pipeband 629-6523
Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society 866-859-0634
Quilters Circle 629-6091
Shop Craft Guild
Pender Photo Play
Celtic Music Society 629-6726
Solstice Theatre Society 629-9965
Physical/Exercise
Aerobic Rhythmics 629-3700
Badminton 629-3375
Let’s Go Walking 629-3906
Pender Island Runners 629-3205 or 629-9959
Pender Island Otters Summer Swim Club
Golf Club
Yoga 629-6808 or 629-6639
Darts
Taoist Tai Chi 629-6989
Volley Ball 629-3016
Disc Golf 629-6494
Clubs/Social/Friendship
Bridge – two groups 629-6627 & 629-3245
Texas Hold’em
Legion
Lions 629-6884 or 629-8387
Newcomers’s Club 629-3974
Newcomer’s Graduates 629-6513
Women’s institute 629-6392
Yacht Club
Shop Craft Guild
Youth Clubs
Kid’s Club 629-6168
Parent Advisory Council 629-3435
Pender Island Childcare Society
Play Group 629-3778
Pender Island Pirates (Baseball) 629-3823
Pender Island Mariners & Seastars (Soccer)
Pender Island Otters Summer Swim Club 629-3067
Junior Golf Club
Kid’s Choir
Pender Island Junior Sailing
Karate
Pender Islands 4-H Community Club – Agricultural learning 629-3819
Young Naturalists’ Club
Nature/Outside/Land use
Conservancy Association 629-6797
Field Naturalists 629-6797
Garden Club 629-6595
North Pender Island Trustees 629-6137
North Pender APC
Parks Commission 629-3435
South Pender APC 629-2009
PAWS –Pender Animal Welfare Society 629-9909
Farmer’s Institute
Pender Island Farmer’s Alliance 629-3819
Broom Pulling
Beach Clean up
Historical
BC Historical Federation Gulf Islands Branch 629-3483
Museum
Working Committees
Magic Lake Property Owners’ Society 629-3703
Magic Lake Water and Sewer Committee
Recreation and Agricultural Hall Association 6293669
Recycling Society 629-6962
Pender Post Society
Pender Island Community Services Society
Pender Island Ferry Committee 629-3353
South Pender Property Owners Association 629-9922
Volunteer Work Opportunities
Librarians
Nu-to-yu 629-2070
Film Night at Community Hall
Hope Bay Bible Camp
Farmer’s Market 629-6663
Community Support Worker/Volunteer Program 629-3346
Pender Island Food Bank
Pender Island Elementary Secondary School
Museum
Annual Events Planning Committees
Fall Fair Committee 629-6700
Lantern Festival – New Year’s Eve event
Santa Ship (Lions)
Operation Christmas Child – Shoe boxes (Samaritan’s purse)
Social Responsibility
African Aids Angel Making 629-9994
Wheels to Meals 629-3346
Pender Island Food Bank
Santa’s Sac 629-6066
Support Groups
Al-Anon Family Group 250-383-4020
Alcoholics Anonymous 629-6797
Prostate Cancer Support Group 629-3273
Grief Support 629-3461
Health and Safety
Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary – Unit 20 – Salish Sea 629-6270
Canadian Power & Sail Squadron 629-6767
Health Care Society 629-3326
RCMP
Search & Rescue (Land) 629-3133
Pender Island Fire Rescue
Emergency Social Services
Emergency Management
Neighbourhood Program
HAM Operators Group
Religious
Anglican Church Women
Hope Bay Bible Camp
Pender Island United Community Church – Interdenominational
Parish of Pender & Saturna Islands Anglican Church of Canada
Chapel of Saint Teresa Roman Catholic Services
Business Opportunities
Chamber of Commerce
Farmer’s Institute 629-2057
Farmer’s Market 629-6663
