GivingTuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. The “Opening day of the giving season,” it’s a time when charities, companies and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes.

Enter win a $100 gift card from Miss604 and support the Kaboodles Toy Drive! You will receive 10% off items purchased for the Toy Drive from now until December 24th, and all donated gifts will be delivered to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau.

Metro Vancouver’s largest free outdoor lights display is on now! Lights at Lafarge runs nightly until January, with hundreds of thousands of lights illuminating one of Coquitlam’s star attractions. Tag your #ExploreCoquitlam frame photos with @Miss604 and post to social media to enter to win a Coquitlam prize package.

Pet Photos with Santa Hosted by the BC SPCA: Various locations across BC from November 17 – December 9, 2018. The whole family can come meet Santa and get your holiday photos for Christmas cards or keepsakes, and the funds will help support animals at your local BC SPCA branch. All well-behaved pets on leash or in a carrier are welcome.

Free Surrey Education & Career Fairs on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at KPU. Join ECF’s 22nd annual series of events across BC that can kick start your career this fall. Free admission.

Owls and racoons are easy to spot but some of the best gifts of Stanley Park come in very small packages, and it’s worth the time it takes to find them. Read about these tiny discoveries in this month’s Stanley Park Ecology Society Guest Post by Kathleen Stormont.

Vancouver Gift Guide for a Cause: These gifts keep on giving, through being an awesome item or experience, from which proceeds also support non-profit organizations in the Greater Vancouver area, and beyond.

Free! The Park and Tilford Hi-Light Festival kicks off with a lighting celebration on November 30th then runs nightly until December 30, 2018. Fright night family fun nights include live entertainment and other activities.

Christmas in Abbotsford Event List: The Fraser Valley is full of Christmas cheer and at its heart is Abbotsford’s artisans, retailers, farms, and markets. Enjoy festive family-friendly events, unique shopping opportunities, and the very best memory-making opportunities.

BC’s largest outdoor carolling competition, Yule Duel, returns to the streets of Gastown for a fourth consecutive year on Thursday, December 6, 2018.