Rayside-Balfour Youth Action Network

We are also beginning to work with the community food bank to offer a meal program for youth that do not receive consistent meals throughtout the day. This involves prepping fresh produce to provide healthy snacks after school and creating take-home packages for those in need of something more substantial. By listening carefully to the youth that attend our centre developing connections with them and focusing on asking the right questions we are able to understand the types of programs that are needed in the community. While our team is very small we plan to continue to provide a variety of programs to meet these needs. We have also started hosting bingos at delta gaming centre which have been significant fundraising events. The rayside balfour youth centres mandate is to provide a variety of programs and services that meet the needs of youth in the community. The youth centre offers after school programs and a full summer program to our community youth ages 10 to 17. The centre operates year-round to match the schedule of our youth attendees. In the summer we are open all day long organizing and facilitating activities to keep youth active and social while on break. Once the school year begins we switch our hours to offer after-school programming that focuses on helping youth succeed in their studies and future plans. Our programs include but are not limited to various sports and physical recreation tutoring resume building arts and crafts instrumental 'jam night' scavenger hunts trivia youga and meditation baking classes field trips holiday dances and dinners