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Next Silver
Ceremony
May 23rd 2008
Location
: Calgary
Deadline
for Silver Applications to reach the office is April 30th, 2008
Training
Leader Edmonton -May 31st, (9:00
am to 1:00 pm) at the Edmonton Area office. Please contact Brett at (780)
490-5008 to register
Leader Calgary - April 12th / June 18th Locations TBA. Please contact
Tirian at (403) 237-7476 to register
Skills Days - Do you need help with outdoor skills and planning your Adventurous Journey? Attend one of our training days. Cost is $10.00 per person limited to 30 per session, first registered first served. Contact Nadia at (403) 237-7476/ (800) 668-3853.
Edmonton - May 10th
Calgary - June 6th
Registration cut off is one week before training starts, please register early as this training fills quickly.
Opportunities for You!
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Students on Ice is an award-winning organization offering unique learning expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is to provide students from around the world with inspiring educational opportunities at the ends of our earth, and in doing so, help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet. - http://www.studentsonice.com
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Calgary
Urban Vibe-'The' website for
connecting Calgary youth to each other and to information on volunteering,
career planning, community events, education, peer support and agencies and
services for youth. It’s a venue for youth to share their views by posting
articles, photography and artwork. The website is youth-led with
opportunities for youth leadership and youth skills experience through
writing, web and graphic design, and marketing and promotion of the website.
Currently, the site is collecting doodles from around Calgary and profiling
them on their site. Feel free to email expressions of your work- poetry,
stories, reviews of music and movies etc. Send your digital photos, graphic
designs, collages, drawings to get your work noticed. www.calgaryurbanvibe.ca
Open Challenge!
Global Youth Service Day 2008
The 9th annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) will be held April 25th-27th 2008 during National Volunteer week.
We would like to challenge all participants and groups involved with the Award to take on a volunteer project to count towards your community service section. Take some photos or write a story and send it into us to profile your work! Also send in your work to GYSD to receive a participation certificate.
Aga Khan Foundation
World Partnership Walk
www.worldpartnershipwalk.com
Sunday May 25th 2008
Circle of Challenge
Are you an Award Achiever
looking to give back to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award? Are you an
independent participant looking for help to finish off your level? Through
the generosity of the Calgary Foundation's Community Grants Programme, we
have created a programme that will match 100 independent Calgary
participants with 20 Calgary Award Achievers.
The programme is open to all independent
youth in Calgary and all Award Achievers in Calgary. If you would like to
participate in this programme or get more information please contact the
Division Office at 237-7476.
Mentors will be re-reimbursed
for expenses and we will be supplying camping equipment for expeditions to
mentors and participants in this program.
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