Project Name

Project Description

Anticipated Results

Charlie's Angels                                                                                   

A girls group which meets weekly to participate in activities that will increase knowledge, self respect and peer interaction.  These activities include sewing, crafts, going for walks in the community, visiting local businesses and attractions, participating in swimming, bowling or other recreational activities.  Also, the program will focus on building social skills, self esteem and addressing current teen trends and important issues, such as bullying and drug use

Create positive self images for youth; increase self esteem; allow youth to interact within the community to form relationships with recreational organizations; an opportunity for youth to gain life skills; youth will also gain respect for authority; allows youth to gain social skills and increase their interaction with peers; offers a safe place for youth to go and allows youth to make a trusting bond with peers and program coordinator; the program will also allow youth to explore new opportunities i.e.., sewing, cooking, computer use; the program will also be open to youth on probation so that they can gain these same skills. 

Boyz 2 Men            

A group for boys aged 13- 16 which meet once a week.  The boys meet at PY and then go swimming, working out at a local gym, go to the movies or visit a local restaurant.  Focus on relationships, social skills, self esteem, anger management and alcohol and drug use.

Create positive self images for youth; increase self esteem; increase interaction with community members to form relationships; an opportunity for youth to gain life and social skills; youth will also gain respect for authority.  The program will also allow youth to explore new opportunities i.e. cooking, computer use.  In the future we hope that this program will partner with Youth Probation and act as a place where youth who have committed an offence can learn and practice their social skills with their peers.

Sewing Club

Both males and females met every day over Spring Break to sew clothes including pants, shirts and hooded sweat shirts.  This group will continue to meet on weekends to start new projects and continue past projects. 

Create a greater understanding and respect for their clothes.  Allow youth to gain skills that may lead to future employment or income.

Sober Youth Dances

Dances are held on Friday nights and promote having fun while sober and drug free. 

Youth will feel a greater sense of pride in discovering alternate ways of having fun instead of drinking and doing drugs.  Respect their bodies and what they put into them.  Youth will learn that their actions will effect what decisions their peers make.

Recreational Programs

Youth go skating, swimming or bowling every week promoting individual and team sports.

Promotes physical fitness, team work, and stress reduction in youth.  Allows youth to develop relationships with recreational provider to promote future fitness and use of community resources.  We hope in the future that the Recreation Complex will offer discounts to youth from PY who use their services.

Dinner Club

Youth learn how to make nutritious meals on a limited budget.

By eating healthier youth feel better have more energy and learn a skill making them more self efficient.

Cultural Nights

Cultural worker meets with youth once a week to work on a variety of projects including painting, dreamcatchers, glass etching.

Cultural nights strengthen partnerships with guest artists and youth; youth interested in pursuing art can have a mentor to look up too or a contact to discuss art with.  In the future we hope to have a lists of local artists who we can pair up with a youth.

Guest Speakers

Guest speakers come in and talk to the youth about their area of expertise.

Connects youth with members of the community creating a mutually beneficial relationship.  These community members can act as role models for the youth and show they the benefits of hard work.

Resume Board

Hints on how to produce a resume and cover letter are posted on a bulletin board in the computer lab.  Staff are always available to help youth develop their resumes, cover letters and interview techniques.

This program allows youth to develop resume writing skills which they can use to ensure future employment.

Career Board

A different career is focused every second week on a bulletin board.  A resource center of college and university calendars is being set up.

Posting career opportunities and colleges will allow youth to discover areas of interest they may not have thought of before. 

Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program and Resource Library

A resource center with information on drugs, alcohol and tobacco.  Brochures are displayed with current statistics.  Peer counselling is available at all times.

The resource center allows youth to browse material at their own leisure.  Youth are open to discussing drug issues with Planet Youth staff and are open to listen to staff talk about the problems and issues surrounding drug use/abuse/misuse.  Staff and youth have and continue to develop good rapport and relationships because of this openness.

Arts and Crafts Night

Weekly we get together to make crafts.  Some of these crafts will be available for sale at our craft table to raise money for special trips.

Craft nights allow youth to learn new skills which allow them to have appropriate stress reduction techniques.  Also, some craft projects such as necklace making and art can be utilized in future as a financial back up .

Internet Access/ Web page design course

Computers are available for internet searches, resumes and homework.  Web page design classes were being offered where youth could develop their own webpage with pictures.

Internet use allows youth to develop relationships through email; youth seem to have better peer interaction with those that they also communicate with through email; youth will be able to put computer skills on their resumes; youth use MSN to discuss current events and trends with other youth; most youth enjoy the relaxation of playing games on the internet.

PY Newspaper

Youth are asked for submissions of artwork, poems, short stories, plays etc for their own newspaper.

Offers youth a forum to express themselves through poetry, artwork, song lyrics etc.. Youth will feel more confident in their abilities.

Babysitting course

Nine youth completed a babysitting course which when completed resulted in a lifesaving certificate.

Youth learned valuable life saving skills making them more employable to the work force, and it has increased the youths self image.

Youth Advisory Council

Meet every second week to discuss issues at Planet Youth.

Youth feel in more control of their environment.  Also provides a forum for youth to express their feelings about the program and what they would like to see happen in the future.  Youth will develop their public speaking skills and are introduced to proper ways to communicate in a public forum.

Friday Free BBQs

Hotdogs and Hamburgers are bbq-ed on Friday afternoons by youth to help feed the homeless of Prince Rupert.  The funding for this program comes from a different sorce

By volunteering their time they gain valuable work experience in a fast paced environment as well as to connect youth with community members.  It also helps present youth in a positive manner in that they are helping out in the community.

Daily News "Teen Beat"

"Teen Beat" would be a column in the local newspaper featuring events that are happening around town for young people.  The column would be written by a Planet Youth member.

Promote youth in the community in a positive light.  Youth would learn journalism techniques which could possibly lead to a future career.

Civic Pride

A Community Program where an organization adopts a local block in the community to keep clean.

Youth feel a sense of pride in their community and where they come from.  Connects youth to local community members.  Presents youth in a positive light in the community.