Youth Central is celebrating its 25th anniversary! To mark this milestone Youth Central is profiling 25 of its alumni throughout the years. Youth Central’s Youth Are Awesome (YAA) program is helping out by interviewing and profiling the alumni. This article is written by Malika Daya, one of...
Youth Central is proud to look back on its 25 years of giving youth in Calgary opportunities to volunteer and develop as leaders. To celebrate this milestone, we are profiling 25 of our alumni. One of our programs, Youth Are Awesome, is a blog of...
Our next featured alumnus is Sheliza Kassam, who volunteered with Youth Central from 2009 - 2014. She was involved with the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC), Mayor's Youth Council (MYC), Youth of Distinction Awards (YODA), Youth Week, and Youth Are Awesome (YAA) committees. "I never really used...
Kevin Capuno is our third alumnus to be celebrated for Youth Central’s 25th Anniversary. Kevin was a volunteer on the Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) in 2011 and the following year joined the staff as a Team Lead on projects. “I had these ideas for contributing...
As we go through all of our amazing alumni, we realize how lucky we are to be blessed with so many wonderful people. Our next alumnus is Jane Wu who volunteered with Youth Central from 2003 - 2008. Jane got involved with Youth Central through...
Rob Gray participated in our first Mayor's Youth Council in 1994. Read about his experiences and what he's learned from volunteering with Youth Central and how he has applied those lessons to life. ...