Educational Program Innovations Charity Society

Epic promotes social-emotional and educational advancement of marginalized cape breton youth through after-school 1-to-1 tutoring and mentoring to build healthy school-year relationships between referred high-risk youth and slightly older youth volunteers. Youth peer program is delivered daily in sydney and weekly in youth peer outreach programs in whitney pier new waterford glace bay and northside. Epic provides annual scholarships and a humanity award to graduating high-school students for perseverance in overcoming obstacles to advancement or for noteworthy volunteer service to the community. Epic provides volunteerism awards to graduating post-secondary students who have distinguished themselves for outstanding volunteerism beyond course requirements. The charity delivers a weekly evening parenting group parents encouraging parents to help caregivers of high-risk school-aged children to feel empowered and supported in addressing the challenges of parenting their children who have high social and academic needs.