Get To Know Us

Overview

Synergy Collective Society is a community-based organization that blends art with social enterprise. Synergy builds integrated partnerships with local Vancouver charities to support direct service and sustainable community programming. This is achieved by teaching collaborative partnership skills and by putting these skills to practice through monthly and annual events that showcase prominent West Coast artisans. Synergy integrates music, dance, film, spoken word, art, food, and comradeship to celebrate the spirit of culture while strengthening the fabric of community.

Mission Statement 

Synergy Collective Society develops partnerships to support local charities by creating a synergy within the community to blend arts and commerce with social responsibility.

Strategic Outcomes

• Solidify stewardship of charity mentorship program
• Increase Volunteer and Youth recruitment, retention and engagement
• Create learning opportunities to strengthen capacity building skills
• Increase social enterprise through community engagement
• Build authentic communities of practice

Statement of Community Priorities

A key element to building sustainability is through creating reciprocal relationships. To this end, participants, volunteers, sponsors and donors are requested to work in cooperation with a sense of openness to developing relationships of trust, understanding and reciprocity. Our values our: 

• Inclusion
• Integrity
• Altruism
• Resilience 
• Celebration

Who We Are

Synergy is a volunteer base organization that integrates music, dance, film, spoken word, art, food, and comradeship to celebrate the spirit of culture and the value of community connection. Lower Mainland charities work in partnership to build/increase or sustain direct service/resources and/or community programming.  Efforts focus on constructing sustainable relationships based on cooperation and capacity building through experiential learning and practical skill development.  

What We Do

• Promote the development of local Vancouver artisans (visual art, dance, film, music, drama).
• Provide events that promote social responsibility and community development.
• Facilitate collaborative partnerships skills with local charities.
• Develop sustainable relationships between local charities and their communities.
• Increase exposure for local charities.

How We Do It

• Increase visibility of local Vancouver artisans (visual art, dance, film, music, drama).
• Provide 7 to 12 annual events that promote social enterprise and community development.
• Provide skill-building training opportunities to facilitate collaborative partnerships with local charities.
• Increase development of sustainable relationships between local charities and their communities.
• Enhance awareness and exposure for local charities.

 2011 / 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Anastasia Humenuk
Training and Organizational Development Leader, Nature's Path Foods

If you are interested in joining the Synergy Board of Directors, please contact Yvonne McSkimming at (604) 726-5277 or by Email at yvonne@synergycollective.ca

Society Highlights

Since its inception in 1998, Synergy has:
 

• Showcased 400 artists.
• Entertained over 19,000 people.
• Raised $1.4 Million for 57 local charities.
• Supported over 85,000 North Shore, West Vancouver and Lower Mainland residents through direct funding for 25 community based programs.

Synergy maintains a consistent patron base of approximately 4,000 attendees a year, with approximately 1,500 of these being new.