Engaged Youth

Big Brothers Big Sisters Central Vancouver Island

The Teen Mentoring Program matches high school teens with a student in a nearby elementary student. The program provides a positive mentor to elementary students, and high school students gain leadership skills and work experience.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island

The South Side Teen Centre places emphasis on youth planning and implementing their own activities with the guidance of adult mentors. The goals of the program are for the youth to develop and maintain a positive leisure lifestyle and a sense of responsibility towards themselves and the community.

Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society

The Youth Suicide Prevention Program is a three-tiered approached to suicide prevention that provides evidence-based training and information on the subject of suicide to counsellors and resource staff, teachers and students in School District 68.

Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society

The Cooking Out of the Box is a nutritious cooking program, free to participants, which encourages the use of fresh fruits and vegetables from a monthly Good Food Box as the foundation of a nutritious cooking session for low income individuals.

Nanaimo Family Life Association

Volunteer Counselling Program provides one-on-one accessible and affordable counselling to individuals, couples, and adolescents.