Free the Children has hosted a yearly event called We Day. This year it came to Calgary! I was able to join 18 000 youth in Calgary to attend this awesome event at the Saddledome this year. It was inspiring and so much fun. Free the Children also hosts a number of campaigns, which they…
To many, the ideal life of retired seniors is to become snowbirds and enjoy living a joyful life on pensions and savings. Now free of job commitments and often relieved of mortgages and loans, many seniors pursue the dream life, having a large family who cherish their presence and embracing happiness collected over many years.…
Admit it – wallets are a pain to carry whether you’re just heading to the gym or attending a formal dinner. There just isn’t always the luxury of bags or pockets deep enough to stuff a Twinky-sized pouch. – Besides, do we really need a dozen different gift cards and a blizzard of receipts everywhere…
Statistically speaking, at this point, around 25% of New Year’s resolutions will have failed. However, if you are reading this blog, I have faith that you have more willpower than that. Now, since all of you are awesome, I know that you will have made some resolutions pertaining to making the world a better place.…
I admit, I am overly obsessed with reading my Teen Vogue magazine each month. When I got my February 2013 issue I was very happy, I was even happier after reading a specific article that spoke to me. It was all about expressing yourself through how you style yourself. The articles main focus and message…
By now I’m pretty sure you know who that man is. He’s known as the “father of confederation”, after all. Wait, why are we bringing him up? No, I don’t mean to make youthareawesome.com seem like your Social Studies classroom if you really hate history. There’s a reason why we’re bringing up such an important…
We all have those Saturday nights, you know the one that you neglected all week, and instead thought about other things, when suddenly Saturday came and you were alone at home on Saturday, maybe gaming, studying, or just sitting around bored, wishing you had made plans. Such Saturdays, we have all learned, require avoidance at…
Young people and seniors are on opposite ends of the age spectrum—one is often filled with endless hope, the other filled with a breadth of experience. Many of our futuristic dreams eventually translate to memories that we cherish when we retire. Holidays are meaningful for building stronger relationships between the elders and the kids in…
3 Things for Calgary was a campaign launched by mayor Nenshi approximately a year ago to make Calgary a better place. I think when a lot of times these events or programs take place, the public would take notice for one or two days and then forget about it. We are – to different extents…
Have plans Saturday morning? Scrap them. Thinking of sleeping in? Sleep can wait. Want to redefine your future? That sounds pretty awesome, and that is exactly what the Youth Business Network will help you do! The Youth Business Network is a student-run initiative in partnership with Junior Achievement. Several of the students behind this are alumni…
This past summer I had the phenomenal opportunity of attending the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program offered by Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions. Working under Dr. Careem in the department of Ecosystem and Public Health at the University f Calgary, I experienced first-handedly both the physical and mental aspects of health research. As opposed to the…
Just a little more than a month ago, I had the most amazing opportunity of collaborating with the staff at Youth Central through my school club, Creativity In Action, in creating a mural for Calgary. Here is the excerpt from our club illustrating our inspiration behind the mural. The Creativity In Action team has partnered with Youth…
Interested in business, entrepreneurship, enterprise, or just having a lot of fun? On January 5th of 2013, a student (One of those students being our own Syed!) run initiative in partnership with the Junior Achievement, host to the popular Company Program, called Youth Business Network is holding a competition that put the business skills of…
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This July, rather than suffering at summer school or napping on a beach (wait – that did happen, too), I was part of a magical community called Shad Valley. (Sound familiar?) I’ve been hesitant to blog about my month at Shad – how do you fit all those miraculous experiences and incredible friendships into just…