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YOUTH ARE AWESOME

Youth Are Awesome, commonly referred to as YAA, is a blog written by youth for youth. YAA provides the youth of Calgary a place to amplify their voices and perspectives on what is happening around them. Youth Are Awesome is a program of Youth Central.

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Monthly Archives: June, 2015

Motivate yourself to study

Oh, June, the month of exams! Are you ready? Have you began studying? If not, you probably don't have enough motivation. Lucky you, I...

Adversity vs. You

Missing two months of school due to a chronic concussion from rugby is not fun. Going from a very active lifestyle to basically being...

Undefined: an original spoken word

Spoken word is a hybrid between poetry and speech, emphasizing certain words and rhymes to create a sort of music. 'Undefined' was written to highlight...

Best Apple Cinnamon Roll Recipe

  Cinnamon Rolls are everyone's favourite! I really love baking and found this awesome easy to make recipe for cinnamon rolls using apples. Now instead of...

Wonderful YouTubers: Prince Ea

You may have seen this man's videos floating around the Internet space, or at least heard about them. I only just recently discovered the...

Concert of Hope – Review

What's better than music? Music for a good cause! The 9th annual Concert of Hope was held on May 24th at First Baptist Church. Subtitled the "Best...

Youth of YYC: Steven, 14, Nikoo, 14, and Daria, 15

"We find volunteering very fulfilling. Helping others and seeing the impact we've made in their lives is its own reward." Steven, 14 & Nikoo, 14...

My Volunteer Experience: CPL’s Reading Buddies

Every Tuesday, from April 21st to May 26th, I was lucky enough to have had a volunteer position as a Big Buddy for Calgary...

Week 3 of… 5 Happy Things!

See this post for an introduction to this series, and this post for the second week of 5 Happy Things!   Ignoring society's labels and expectations Quirky socks Glitter tattoos (preferably...

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YAA Accepts: The Whisper Challenge

Your two favourite bloggers are back this week with yet another challenge video! Yes, this time, Rebecca and I yell incoherent sentences at each...

Blogger of the Month, June 2015: Serena Gadamsetti

On a gloomy Thursday evening, at the Starbucks located in Chinook's Chapters, I sat down with one of the brightest and effervescent young people...

Favourite YYC Locations for Studying

Ahhh... It's almost that time of the year again. Summer vacations on glorious beaches, two whole months of little responsibility, sleeping in, spending all...

Monthly music favourites: May 2015

{Source} The month went by so fast that I'm not sure it even happened. But what I do vividly remember was being blogger of the...

Youth of YYC: Elvin, 16, and Ryan, 16

"This internship is taking us places. Not a penthouse, but places." Elvin, 16 & Ryan, 16 Seen at the EarlyBird Youth Services shortlisted candidates meeting

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