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FOR RELEASE #07-128
June 21, 2007
Yukon Government Supports Community Youth Projects
WHITEHORSE - Yukon youth will benefit from $43,698 for 25 projects supported by the Youth Investment Fund.
The projects cover a variety of Yukon-wide youth centre activities, leadership training, after-school activities, physical activities and cultural events and workshops.
The successful projects were announced today by the ministers of the fund's sponsoring departments: Premier Dennis Fentie, minister responsible for the Youth Directorate; Community Services Minister Glenn Hart; Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers; Women's Directorate Minister Elaine Taylor; Justice Minister Marian C. Horne and Education Minister Patrick Rouble.
The Youth Investment Fund supports community-driven initiatives aimed at addressing the needs of Yukon youth. Many of the projects are designed to help youth susceptible to "at risk" behaviors or those who are considered to be "at risk".
"The Government of Yukon continues to be committed in providing opportunities for youth through supportive initiatives such as the Youth Investment Fund," Dennis Fentie, minister responsible for the Youth Directorate, said.
"Being a non-profit organization, the funding received from the Youth Investment Fund is extremely helpful as we begin our much anticipated Keish Summer Day Camps for the 2007-08 fiscal year," Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Recreation Coordinator Chris Nash said. "Our goal is to eliminate barriers of participation for youth, and with help from funders such as the Youth Investment Fund, we have been successful in making our day camps accessible to all youth, and we look forward to offering this successful project in the future."
"The Youth Investment Fund has helped B.Y.T.E.'s community outreach project move forwards," B.Y.T.E. Executive Director Rachel Parks said. "The fund enables young people to be drawn in to positive community based activities."
Since the fund's inception in 1995, 406 projects have been funded. The deadline for the next round of applications is October 1.
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Attachment: List of Youth Investment Fund Spring 2007 Recipients
| Contact: Gord Kurzynski Youth Directorate (867) 667-8213 gord.kurzynski@gov.yk.ca |
Pat Living (867) 667-3673 Health and Social Services patricia.living@gov.yk.ca |
Sandy Sewell Crime Prevention and Policing (867) 667-5367 sandy.sewell@gov.yk.ca |
Attachment: Youth Investment Fund Spring 2007 Recipients
|
Group/Association |
Project name |
Amount awarded |
| Lorne Mountain Community Association | Youth fest |
$3,438 |
| Bringing Youth Towards Equality (B.Y.T.E.) | Connecting Yukon Youth |
$3,000 |
| Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation | Carmacks youth outreach project |
$3,000 |
| Skookum Jim Friendship Centre | Keish Summer Camps |
$3,000 |
| Carcross Recreation Board | Make the Team |
$2,500 |
| Kwänlin Koyotes | Kwänlin Koyotes – Mountain Trails 2007 |
$2,500 |
| Help and Hope for Families Society | Girls mentorship and beading program |
$2,040 |
| Breakdancing Yukon Society | Emerging Artist Development Program |
$2,000 |
| F.H. Collins Secondary School | Challenge Day |
$2,000 |
| Yukon Association of Community Living | Inclusive summer supported recreation |
$2,000 |
| Yukon Youth Outdoor Leadership Association | Climbing adventure program |
$2,000 |
| Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club | River Raiders Youth Leader Development |
$1,600 |
| City of Whitehorse – Parks and Recreation | Youth Leaders in Training |
$1,530 |
| City of Dawson | Youth summer programming and leadership development |
$1,500 |
| Senior Metro Soccer League | Soccer explosion |
$1,320 |
| Liard First Nation | Summer blast day camp program |
$1,250 |
| Champagne and Aishihik First Nations | Whitewater rafting in Ancestral lands |
$1,200 |
| Dawson Shelter Society | Youthline |
$1,200 |
| Tagish Community Association | Tagish water dragons |
$1,200 |
| Faro Arts and Recreation Association | Faro soccer program |
$1,120 |
| Council of Yukon First Nations | Yukon First Nations Graduation Ceremony |
$1,000 |
| Dawson City Arts Society | KIAC Youth Art Enrichment |
$1,000 |
| Watson Lake Secondary School | School climbing wall |
$1,000 |
| Longest Night Society | True Stories youth show |
$800 |
| Tantalus School Council | Carmacks Youth guitar program |
$500 |
|
TOTAL |
$43,698 |