This is officially the 1,000th blog post on Youth Are Awesome, a milestone we are very excited about reaching here at Youth Central! As the coordinator for the program, I’m so proud of this site and what it has become. We came from 5,000 page views in November 2009 to over 38,000 page views last…
Last Saturday, Sir Winston Churchill was swarmed by a group of suit wearing, briefcase touting, dictionary carrying teens ready to do battle over the contention: This House believes that Churchill’s objections to Indian independence were warrented. This tournament, sponsored by the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary, was one of the many debate tournaments that…
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) is the home to approximately 65 world class musicians, and Robert Penner is one of them. Penner fortunately happened to be the father of a very good friend, and having been overwhelmed by the grand majesty of the CPO like in the Wonder of Chopin concert and the Mozart and…
I was on my way home from school when one of my friends mentioned that she wanted to join the Calgary Police Cadets. Being intrigued, I went online to check out the programs website. I was fascinated by the program. The Police Cadets teaches you valuable skills that can be carried on after the program.…