Project Renaissance- launched and in full swing!
Official launch held February 2009, Chateauguay, Quebec
Chateauguay Youth Unlimited's newest endeavor has officially been launched! Project Renaissance (in
collaboration with World Vision & Education Plus) is an initiative
to break the cycle of child poverty in our region... Through
preventative work, hands-on training, mentoring relationships, and our
very own accredited Alternative school- we are helping those who have
seemingly slipped through the cracks realize their dreams for the
future. Only a year old- Project Renaissance is
already making a difference! Please feel free to browse our website for
more information and to learn how to get involved in this exciting
"Project".
Project Renaissance- An overview...
Chateauguay, Quebec
By the very nature of what we do at Station 7/Options, our center is mostly
filled with young people from low income areas where crime and violence too
often prevail. Poverty and violence is a difficult cycle to break- a
young girl gets pregnant, she quits school, goes on welfare, the child is
raised in less than ideal conditions, the child becomes a teenager searching
for love, and the cycle starts all over again. We want to help young
people break this cycle and come to understand their unlimited worth. Because
of this, we have launched Project Renaissance- a new initiative for the
Chateauguay area in collaboration with World Vision's "Partners to
End Child Poverty".
Today, maybe more than ever, there is an incredible need for adult involvement
in young people's lives. Young people need mentoring and guidance as they
try and make sense of the issues impacting their lives today. This is
especially true when the young person finds themselves in a cycle of
poverty.Through the Renaissance program, Youth Unlimited staff provides young
people with mentors to assist in them in the development of crucial life-skills
and helps them to overcome barriers not immediately evident to those who have
not dealt with the challenges of poverty themselves.
The goal of the program is to provide young people with the opportunity and
support to move to the next level in their personal development. Successful
participants will demonstrate self-directness in setting and achieving several
appropriate goals (educational, mental, spiritual, or physical).The program
will target youth in the community that are marginalized in terms of a lack of
life-skills and education required to fully participate in mainstream society.
Our projected goal is 150 participants over a three year period, or 10 to 15
per three month cycle.
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