With the participation of the Tillicum Society Native Friendship Centre, the Quesnel Youth Centre and community members, Katimavik volunteers are planning an open mic night in February.
Together, they are hoping to start a regular event where youth from all different cultures in Quesnel can come together and just have fun. The need to connect the two centres and give youth something to be involved in was identified by Quesnel’s current Katimavik group, now in the final phase of their six-month program.
Volunteers decided to embark upon this specific project after consulting with the youth coordinators of both centres.
The goal of this event is to encourage youth to become actively engaged in their community while bridging the cultures between different groups in the city.
The open mic night will be an evening of music, poetry and the occasional song and dance.
All members of the community are invited to come out and enjoy the event. If you are a performer of music, dance or spoken word, you are asked to attend Feb. 10, 6 p.m. at the Native Friendship Centre.
All skill levels are welcome; just remember to bring friends and family to support you. Refreshments will be served and admission is by donation.
All proceeds go to support future quarterly events, and to fund programming at both centres.
Yearly community projects are an opportunity for Katimavik groups to put their civic engagement skills to practical use and to make a lasting impact on the communities in which they live and volunteer.
This project is just a starting point for both centres and they are looking forward to working together in the future.
Katimavik promotes civic engagement and fosters sustainable communities through challenging national youth service programs. Since 1977, Katimavik has enabled more than 30,000 Canadians to be involved in more than 2,000 communities throughout Canada. Volunteers between the ages of 17 and 21 live with 10 other youth from across the country in one or two communities.
They commit to volunteering in the context of a six-month program where they provide work 28 to 35 hours a week for a variety of not-for-profit organizations. Youth also benefit from Katimavik’s structured learning program that focuses on the development of lifelong personal, professional and social competencies in the areas of civic engagement, healthy lifestyle, cultural discovery, official languages, communication, environmental stewardship and project coordination.
For further information, visit www.katimavik.org.
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