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FOR RELEASE #07-273
December 18, 2007
Government Invests $52,484 for Community Youth Projects
WHITEHORSE – Youth throughout Yukon will benefit from the $52,484 in 14 projects being supported by the Youth Investment Fund. Grants to the organizations were announced today by Acting Premier Elaine Taylor.
The projects cover a wide variety of youth activities throughout the territory, including leadership training, after-school activities, physical activities and school presentations.
The successful projects were announced today by the ministers of the fund's sponsoring departments: Education Minister Patrick Rouble; Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers; Justice Minister Marian Horne, Community Services Minister Glenn Hart, and Minister responsible for the Women's Directorate and Acting Minister responsible for the Youth Directorate Taylor.
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".
Since the fund's inception in 1995, 420 projects have been funded. The next deadline for applications is April 1, 2008.
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| Contact: | ||
| Gord Kurzynski Youth Directorate (867) 667-8213 gord.kurzynski@gov.yk.ca | Pat Living Health and Social Services (867) 667-3673 patricia.living@gov.yk.ca | Sandy Sewell Crime Prevention & Policing (867) 667-5367 sandy.sewell@gov.yk.ca |
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| Group/Association | Project | Award |
| 1 | Gentle Steps Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre | Equine Assisted Therapeutic Program | 5,000.00 |
| 2 | Ross River Recreation Society | Youth Employment | 5,000.00 |
| 3 | Tantalus School Council | North Klondyke Highway Music and Dance Program | 5,000.00 |
| 4 | Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Old Crow Winter Recreation Sampler | 5,000.00 |
| 5 | Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle | North American Indigenous Games In Yukon Travel | 5,000.00 |
| 6 | Yukon Volunteer Bureau | Youth Leadership Training and Skills Development | 5,000.00 |
| 7 | Skookum Jim Friendship Centre | After School Sports Program | 4,500.00 |
| 8 | Kluane First Nation | ‘Focus on the Future’ Film and Television Workshops | 3,000.00 |
| 9 | Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation | Project Healthy Foods Program | 3,000.00 |
| 10 | Watson Lake Badminton Club | Badminton Club | 2,700.00 |
| 11 | Faro Arts and Recreation Assoc. | Girls’ Night Out Program | 2,500.00 |
| 12 | Faro Arts and Recreation Assoc. | Youth Arena Attendant | 2,500.00 |
| 13 | Yukon Assoc. for Community Living | Ynklude “Diversity” School Presentations | 2,484.00 |
| 14 | Golden Horn Elementary School | Community Student Leaders | 1,800.00 |
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| TOTAL | $52,484.00 |