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 to sharpen their leadership skills in an all-day training program with Pictou County Recreation. Friday it was meet the volunteers and set up the space day with a workshop in the afternoon led by Autism Nova Scotia.
It was a great week of training, connecting and preparing for this inspiring summer program for kids aged 4-12, the only one in the area available to youth.
Meet Our LEADers:
Maya MacGillivray (returning from last year). Maya is our veteran and is our Preschool Summer Recreation Program Leader. She is going into her second year at St. FX for her Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics. Maya loves to be active and spend time outside. Her goal this summer is to have fun and build positive relationships! Her favourite colours are blue and pink. Her favourite food is burgers. As leader she is bringing all the LEAD values to the table. Listen, Empathize, Act and Drive and hopes to continue to strengthen these values during the summer.
Lacey MacKay is our Youth Mentorship/leadership Coordinator and is in charge of participants ages 7 and up, including our youth mentors ages 13-16. Lacey is going into her second year of Engineering at Dalhousie University. Lacey feels happiest when she is hanging out with her family and friends. This is her first summer with us at Lismore Summer Recreation. Her goal is to have fun, get to know the participants and build relationships with them. She loves sushi and the colours purple and red.
Cohen Ross is our Summer Arts and Recreation Leader and this is his first job. He will be going into grade 11 at North Nova Education Centre. The most important thing to Cohen is his family. He loves fishing in his free time, the colour blue, and KFC. His goal for the summer is to do his best and he feels the LEAD value that he is bringing to the table is LISTEN.
Mariah Wilkins is our Day Camp Counsellor for Recreation and in charge of one- to-one support as well as the indoor activity station. She loves to help people and is going into Gr.11 at the North Nova Education Centre. She loves the colour pink, cheesecake and her family. She is LEADing the way with EMPATHY this summer and hopes to continue to build upon the LEAD values.
