United Way — United Way Youth Day of Caring Grows Bigger

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Arthritis Society

$2.00 per pay …provides subsidy for a low income individal with arthritis to participate im the YMCA Arthritis Aquability class.

Canadian Mental Health Association

$2.00 per pay … provides a monthly support group for one family of a person with mental illness.

Crossroads for Women

$1.15 per pay …provides a child with 2.5 hours of play therapy intervention.

Family Service Moncton

Up to $3.46 per pay …provides a counseling session to treat a victim of family violence.

Mapleton Teaching Kitchen

$2.00 per pay …provides basic school supplies for a year for a young child.

YMCA

$4.90 per pay …provides one individual with access to nutritious foods and educational workshops.

Ability Transit

$5.39 per pay …allows a person with disability to go to and from work for one week. $3.23 per pay …allows 3 physically disabled persons to go bowling one afternoon.

CNIB

$1.25 per pay …provides a white cane to a person with vision loss.

Dieppe Boys and Girls Club

$2.25 per pay …will pay for 2 ball hockey registrations.

Moncton Boys and Girls Club

$4.00 per pay … offers a child 17 development programs each week.

VON Moncton

$1.35 per pay …provides one session of foot care in a clinic setting to ensure that a senior can remain active and independent.

YWCA

$2.30 per pay …provides in take counseling, referral and follow up for individuals in need or crisis.  $3.80 per pay …provides free psycho education to school aged children to prevent eating disturbances and body image problems.

South-East Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

$1.75 per pay …provides an ear mould for a hearing aid.

Support to Single Parents

$2.00 per pay …provides nutrition snack/tea, coffee, milk, sugar for parents who are taking our program.

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United Way Youth Day of Caring Grows Bigger

May. 12, 2010

(Moncton – May 11, 2010) – Growing and expanding are key words for the second annual Youth Day of Caring hosted by the United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region.

On Friday, May 14, more than 70 students from 6 high schools in Districts 1 and 2 will spend the day working on projects in schools and out in the community.

These projects include Moncton High School students working outdoors at Sunny Brae Middle School, where they will be painting swings and raking gravel. In addition they will organize active and inclusive games with young students during recess, providing another in motion opportunity.

Emphasizing partnerships with municipalities, École secondaire l’Odyssée students will work on landscaping and exterior painting at Fairview Knolls Park under the supervision of City of Moncton staff.

In Riverview the bandstand in Caseley Park will get a fresh coat of paint for the season. Walking trails on the grounds of Claude D. Taylor Elementary School will be cleaned up. Both these projects will be done by students from Riverview High School.

During the day several focus groups will discuss other projects and initiatives such as strategies to encourage community pride and to prevent vandalism.

“This is a wonderful way for young people to get to know their community and for the community to be aware of the many valuable talents our youth contribute,” says Marc Doucette, Chair of the Board of Directors of United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern NB Region. “By engaging students in projects like these, we are building the next generation of caring, supportive citizens.”

Based on United Way’s well-established Day of Caring, the United Way Youth Day of Caring is a project of the United Way Youth Relations Council and is supported by United Way’s Youth First Committee (see backgrounder for details).

The inaugural Youth Day of Caring in 2009 involved committed, community-minded young people from Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton who took part in an outdoor beautification project at Moncton’s Beaverbrook School.

Karen Branscombe, Superintendent of School District 2 states that she is so pleased with the continued focus on community and citizenship that students demonstrate. “The Day of Caring is a further example of the way in which young adults can contribute to their communities. Our students seek opportunities to help others and they understand how important giving back to others is in their lives”.

The United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern NB Region is a local, non-profit charitable organization that partners with and offers support to front-line human care and social services programs and services that truly make a difference in our community.

For more information, contact Paul Toner, Early/Middle Years/Youth (EMY) Community Coordinator, United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region, at 858-8600 Ext. 65 or at “paul.toner@moncton.unitedway.ca”mailto:paul.toner@moncton.unitedway.ca.