Talking about community issues: employment for teens and youth was first on the table. Let’s talk about how difficult finding a job is if you have a disability and now with COVID-19 it’s almost impossible. So what can we as a crew do? Together the crew decided that doing education classes, interest courses, learning new things and preparing was the answer. “Filling our minds with new learning opportunities will help us prepare as well as build a stronger resume.” Says Aiden and Sierra. The conversation last night made both Ms Lisa Portelli and myself realize that our youth are 100% concerned about their future. They want security, to be employed, respected, included just like any other youth member. “I want to have a job.” Said Mel We as community/society need to take their futures seriously, start preparing early. It’s important that we have opportunities for our youth to grow, develop and be independently successful - let’s plan ahead. Last on our agenda, we also had a craft session- making masks by reusing and re-purposing old t-shirts. This was perfect for our sensory friends. Soft personal tee’s turned into personalized masks was a perfect way to end the meeting. Comments are closed.
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January 2023
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