Youth Empowering Parents ([VIRTUAL] USE $500 TO CREATE YOUR OWN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY)

• Appropriate for youth (i.e., less than 18)
• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55

This program is an opportunity for you to gain leadership skills, run a project of your choosing, receive valuable experience for post-secondary applications, or get volunteer hours. This is open for youths, ages 15-29 years old.

Here’s what you will do: 

Identify a need/issue in your community and organize a project that will address that need/issue. You will also receive a grant of up to $500 (or more, depending on your project details) to fund your project. You can run a basketball tournament to bring youth together and promote physical exercise, you can host a video game night to help others destress, you can start a community library box to encourage reading, or you can do just about anything else you think of.

*Check out this website to see more awesome community projects that you can do! (www.youthfund.ca/ideas)

Learn from different workshops and 1-on-1 coaching to help you plan your project and gain useful skills (e.g. project planning, budgeting, etc.).

Here’s how you will benefit: 

Develop project management skills
Gain volunteer hours
Get a certificate of recognition and reference letter
Learn and/or improve your skillset (like identifying community issues, budgeting, marketing, public speaking, evaluation)
A chance to make a positive difference in your community!

Program schedule:

Please choose the time that works best for you. If you are only available in August, register anyway and we’ll get back to you.

July 8, 2024 to July 19, 2024 (online – Zoom), Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 12 pm – 2 pm
July 8, 2024 to July 19, 2024 (online – Zoom), Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

TO REGISTER:

Copy and paste the link into your browser. Complete the form. We will contact you after you register to discuss your application.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxBpvehdeSIJFxWlwgaTJ1eOtNwy96KQQMrmrqUXNjOCn02Q/viewform