Koala Koders
Koala Koders provides free programming (coding) education to SD44 students through game development and programming language courses targeted to elementary students who may lack access to STEM education tools and classes. Programming classes meet once a week for 2 hours to learn more about coding and practice their knowledge through problem sets. The program will be offered at no cost to students and operate on a similar model to what is in place at DNV and CNV public libraries.
Magic The Gathering Youth Club
After school card game club at North Vancouver City Library (NVCL) for a 6-8 week campaign. NVCL providing in-kind support through use of their space(s) and participant recruitment. Provides a new hobby or after school activity for youth. Funds will be used for facilitators, advertising, card decks, dice, and cases.
Sustainable Lawn Gardens
Sustainable Lawn Gardens will conduct events, presentations and workshops for daycares and elementary schools to inform and advise on how to build a lawn garden. Funds will be used to provide complimentary plants/seeds to participants, gardening equipment, advertising, and refreshments during events.
Fearless: Girls Empowerment Camp
Fearless: Girls Empowerment Camp is a 2 week camp to empower teenage girls and gender diverse youth, providing them with knowledge and tools to help navigate adolescence. Camp includes many opportunities and workshops from external organizations, bonding, crafts/activities, and an outdoor trip. Funds will be used for a group facilitator, honorariums, day trip and workshop expenses, art supplies, PPE, food, transportation, staff wages, and facility costs.
Crafternoon
A once-a-week arts enrichment program for children and youth at Driftwood Village Cohousing. Crafternoon provides an opportunity for youth of different ages, genders, abilities, and interests to connect with one another. The program has grown to include participants from outside Driftwood. Funds will be used to purchase more equipment/materials/tools for art making, storage units for supplies, and honorariums for instructors.
Westcoast Boys Club Network
A mentorship program for boys and provides connection and builds confidence through workshops, education, outings, social functions, and opportunities. Funds will be used for meeting refreshments, clothing and shoes for those needing extra support, and transportation to activities within the lower mainland.
Youth Art Competition Using Upcycled/Reused Materials
A free youth art initiative that will introduce a variety of reusable materials available in the community to create unique, beautiful things. Hands on experience will engage youth in creative problem solving and a variety of methods/processes that can be used to upcycle. Funds will be used for facilitator costs, equipment rental, and supplies.
Kid Teaching Kids
Kid Teaching Kids will help children and youth develop confidence through providing a peer-to-peer teaching opportunity. Teachers will provide mentorship on how to command the room and will guide them on how to plan the craft they will be teaching. Funding will be used for facility rental, staff time, materials, and honorariums for child teachers.
Queen Mary’s Social Diversity Club
A social justice action club dedicated to raising awareness about student identified issues, including race, ability, and sexuality in our school community. Students committed their year to raising awareness about these social injustices by dedicating their grant towards a Black Lives Matter/Black History Month presentation, hosting wheelchair basketball, along with Pink Shirt Day and Pride Week. The initiatives driven by students this year reflect a profound understanding of how uniting diverse, marginalized communities creates a greater understanding of empathy and self-awareness.
Talk at the Top Jack Summit
An annual community-based mental health advocacy summit that brings together high school students from across BC for mental health education, skill building, and collaboration opportunities. Grant funds would be used to cover event and staff costs.
World of Choices
This program focuses on three pillars of financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship skills for students in grade 4-12. It is designed to raise awareness to youth and families about career possibilities and education pathways to those careers. Grant funds would be used for program staff, operations and administration.
PROUD2BE Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation Virtual Event Series
A series of educational and responsive sessions for LGBTQ2S+ children, youth, parents, caregivers, and professionals will attend to build connections, address inequity, reduce stigma, find support, and receive expert metal/physical health. The program also offers a limited in-person youth rec night. Grant funds would be used for staff, technology, programming, speakers, promotions, and administrative costs.
Moon Time Sisters BC Drive
This project collects and sends menstrual products to remote indigenous communities in BC through donation and volunteers across the North Shore. Grant funds would be used for menstrual products, boxes, printing, and shipping.
Ecole Boundary Elementary
Junior Dungeons and Dragons club at school providing benefits for children who struggle socially. Grant funds would be used for purchasing books, dice, and bins for materials.
AB Seedlings
K-Trees, a program that allows children to adopt and plant a tree somewhere in the City of North Vancouver. Grant funds would be used to purchase seedlings.
Mountainside Secondary
Yoga and Wellness Activities, a wellness (non-competitive) PE class aimed at youth who are not able to participate in a traditional PE program. Grant funds would be used for field trips to yoga classes, climbing gym, snowshoeing, and the driving range.