Sprout-a-Smile Spreads Kindness
Make a stranger’s day when you buy them breakfast at Little Sprout Cafe. “Sprout A Smile” begins on November 13 – World Kindness Day – and runs to the end of November.
Events
8th Annual Inclusive Employer Excellence Awards Celebrates Inclusive Hiring
With a record number of nominations, this year’s Inclusive Employer Excellence Awards was an event worth celebrating!
Sunshine and Smiles: Inside our annual Summer Celebration
Every summer, Communitas hosts two summer BBQs, one in the Fraser Valley and one on Vancouver Island. It’s an opportunity for the people we serve, our staff, families, and friends to get together to enjoy good food, good fun, and good company. Check it out!
Partnership with Communitas is Great for Business
Communitas and Urban Impact have partnered for years to offer secure shredding to the community. Find out why partnerships like this benefit everyone!
Community Responds With Kindness
On a hot, sunny Saturday in June, staff, trainees, and volunteers from Communitas and Unitex held a Sidewalk Sale and Car Wash at Communitas. The event was an opportunity to raise awareness and funds for Communitas’ services and social enterprises. We expected to wash cars and sell clothing. What was unexpected was the kindness with which customers reacted as they learned more about what Communitas is all about. Check this out!
Communitas Springs Into Action
Spring Into Action is an annual Communitas initiative that encourages people to get active. This year, people collectively walked more than 26,000 kms!
Taste and Tour Celebrates Communitas’ Work in Community
The annual Taste and Tour in Campbell River was a chance to meet with our community, share some great refreshments, and learn more about Communitas work on Vancouver Island.
Kindness Connects
At Communitas, we get to connect with some of the most amazing people in the world. The people we serve teach us every day that goodness exists in abundance, and all it takes is one small act of kindness to prove it. This is something we’ll explore in 2026 with our new annual theme: Kindness Connects. We know you’ll be inspired!
Little Sprout Cafe Wins People’s Choice Award
The people have spoken and they have said: Little Sprout Café is the best place to eat! Find out more!
Communitas Achieves “Exemplary” Accreditation Standard
“We have used just about every superlative in the dictionary.” This was how one of our peer reviewers responded at our final accreditation meeting in June. For the third time, Communitas has achieved “exemplary” status from the Council on Accreditation. We are both proud and grateful! Read our story to see what else was said and how our new CEO, Matt Dirks, responded!
Harvest Party Celebrates Community
A Harvest Party held earlier this fall in Abbotsford was the result of several of our homes coming together to create a fun event for community.
Fifty Years of Hope
More than a hundred people attended a gala event at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford as Communitas held its final celebratory event in honour of its 50th anniversary.
Our Story. Our Community. Our Future. Communitas Celebrates 50 Years!
What began as a small, grassroots initiative in 1974 has grown into an organization that serves people of all abilities across BC.
