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: 

1. 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! (http://www.youthfund.ca/ideas)
2.  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: We have 4 different cohorts running in July. Please choose the week that works best for you. If you are only available in August, register anyway and we’ll get back to you.

• July 2, 2024 to July 5, 2024 (in-person, Express), from 12 pm – 2 pm [condensed version of the program]
• 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
• July 22, 2024 to July 26, 2024 (in-person), from 12 pm – 2 pm

TO REGISTER:

Copy and paste the link to 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