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Youth Council |
Jr. Leadership |
Youth Focus
Youth
Council
Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you have ideas about changes & improvements in our city that can make it a better place for youth?
Join the Abbotsford Youth Commission’s Youth Council to meet with other youth, discuss issues and take action.
 Information & Training
- How to be an effective leader
- Conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation
- How to listen effectively
- Public speaking
- Working with others in groups and teams
- Learn about youth issues
- How to advocate for your rights and needs
Opportunities
- Attend an overnight leadership retreat
- Attend community meetings and share a your youth perspective on specific issues eg. the need for skateboard parks and other recreational opportunities, drugs & alcohol, violence, racism, drop-in centres, emergency youth shelters, and the list goes on and on
Benefits
- Become a community leader for youth
- Learn new skills that today’s employers are looking for
- FREE food at monthly meetings
- Get a letter of reference from the Youth Commission
- Meet lots of other youth from your community with similar and differing ideas
- Tons of opportunities to get your ideas across to others (and really be listened to)
How
to Join
Jr. Leadership
Are you a youth in grade 7 or 8?
Are you interested in learning leadership skills and planning events
for your friends?
Join the Abbotsford Youth Commission’s Junior Leadership program to
meet with other youth, plan events and have fun.
 Information & Training
- Leadership skills
- Peer Pressure
- Goal Setting
- Role Models
- Team Work
- Giving Back
Opportunities
- Help plan events for youth in
grade 7 and 8
- Learn leadership skills
- Meet once a month with other
youth in your school
Benefits
- FREE pass to all AYC dances
and events for active participants
- FREE t-shirt
- Pizza Party
How
to Join
- Ask your teacher or youth
leader to contact the AYC to get this program in your school
- Contact the AYC at:
info@abbyyouth.com or
Phone: 604.854.8785
Youth Focus
Do you attend our free
Youth Centre Programs at the Abbotsford Youth Commission or the
Abbotsford Recreation Centre? Are you interested in making the
program the best that it can be? Do you have something to say about
issues facing youth in Abbotsford?
Join the Abbotsford Youth Commission’s
Youth Focus program to have a say in what happens at the AYC and or
the ARC.
Information & Training
- Learn conflict
resolution
- Develop leadership skills
- Team building
- Youth issues
Opportunities
- Have a say about what happens at AYC/ARC programs
- Help to make the AYC/ARC a better place for youth
- Volunteer at events
Benefits
- FREE t-shirt
- Employability skills
- Be the first to hear about events
How
to Join
- Talk to one of the staff at your Youth Centre and we will get you signed up today
- Contact the AYC at:
info@abbyyouth.com or
Phone: 604.854.8785
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