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Youth Rise To Challenge

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June 10, 2013

Youth Rise To Challenge

Apparently local youth aren’t willing to sit at home and do nothing.

According to the United Way, local high school students embraced the Change the World: The Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge, exceeding local targets by a wide margin, with 1,813 volunteering for an impressive 8,182 hours.

The United Way Volunteer Centre, which was founded in 2011, administered the challenge throughout the region, encouraging students to log the hours they volunteered for 31 days throughout April and May. In 2012, 834 youth volunteered for 2,498 hours. This year, a goal of 1,000 youth completing 3,000 hours of volunteering was set.

“Seeing so many students rise to the occasion was truly phenomenal,” United Way president and CEO Bhavana Varma said in a release.

All 11 high schools from the Limestone District School Board and Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board participated in the challenge this year as well as Pathways to Education and the Boys and Girls Club.

The challenge, the United Way explained, gave students the opportunity to develop new skills and broaden their awareness of community service organizations.

Source: Kingston Whig-Standard

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