“The LEAD summer camps that Shelley MacDonald and Melanie McDuff have been running for youth in Nova Scotia make my heart happy. Their young people’s smiles say it all. The impact is evident. The many volunteer hours that were put in to make this happen have paid off. You can see that these kids have …
Devan Grewal is a fourteen-year-old student and youth blog contributor from Burnaby, BC. and the author of this post. Community is a place where you feel accepted and safe and share something in common with the people around you such as location, interests or a sense of identity. Having a good community and leaders around you …
This article was written by Brooklyn Earl, a student at Britannia Secondary School. She will be going into grade 9 in the fall. My name is Brooklyn, and I am a youthLEADarts graduate who has now become a volunteer. I started with youthLEADarts in grade 7. When I started, I thought it was going to be a leadership program but what I discovered was something …
The youthLEADarts Midsummer Soirée yesterday was a smashing success! We opened a few doors, generated awareness about LEAD’s impact on young people across Canada and heard musical and spoken word performances from up-and-coming youth from coast to coast. Thank you to Bill Coulter for lending his bright voice, sincere passion and talent to the soiree! …
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This post was entirely created and written by youth author and blog contributor Devan Grewal. I was inspired to write this poem on leadership because there are many leaders in our community that are not recognized and do not get the credit they deserve for what they do. Leaders are important because they provide direction, …
Leaders: When You Fall They Help You Rise: A Poem by Youth Contributor Devan Grewal Read More »
Hi friends! The youthLEADarts Summer Fundraising Soirée is only 8 days away! Join us to meet some of our young LEADers from across Canada and be entertained by some dynamic young artists from Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. Help support real change and RSVP now to info@youthleadarts.com. You will then receive an invitation to …
Meet some of the wonderful volunteers who are making this an extra special summer for rural youth in Nova Scotia. Programs are running weekdays in Lismore from July 7th to August 22nd. Johnny Baker MacDonald has been a part of the youthLEADarts program since it started in Lismore. He puts the V into volunteering taking everything he …
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Last week youth in Nova Scotia spent the week planning and prepping for the Lismore summer Recreation program that began July 7th and will run until Aug 22nd 2025. Wednesday, as part of their training, youth achieved certification in First Aid. Thursday the team gathered together with other recreation team leaders from across Pictou County …
youthLEADarts is excited to welcome Brooklyn and Devan as contributors to our blog. They are volunteering to write several stories over the summer and beyond, offering insight into what youth are thinking, feeling and responding to in the world around them. Brooklyn will be going into grade 9 in the fall. She is a youthLEADarts graduate …
Introducing Brooklyn and Devan: LEAD’s New Youth Blog Writers! Read More »
The Project: Youth at Britannia Elementary in British Columbia needed to raise funds to cover the expenses of their grade seven exchange trip between their class and a class of youth from Ontario. (This was no small feat as the funds raised had to cover plane fares, accommodation, food and transportation). The Challenge: How? (The funds required …
Measurable Differences: How LEAD Youth Turned Their Project Into Profit Read More »