THERE’S LOTS GOING ON for youth in Squamish!
YOUTH RELATED LINKS
Squamish Youth Resource Centre
Big Brothers / Big Sisters
Check Yourself Website
Girl Guides, Brownies, Sparks, Pathfinders and Rangers
Junior Forest Wardens
Scouts, Cubs and Beavers
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
The Hot Spot
Canada World Youth
The Youth Resource Centre
Information, resources, referrals, group activities, one-to-one support, drop-in, and special focus groups for the young people of Squamish. Recreational activities, music jams, pool tournaments, weekly cooking group and more.
1135 Carson Place
Phone: 892-2207
Email: youth.centre@sscs.ca
Big Brothers / Big Sisters
To promote the healthy development of children through a variety of quality mentoring programs which match children with positive role models.
Phone: 604-892-3125
Email:seatoskyinfo@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca
Web: www.bigbrothersvancouver.com
Check Yourself Website
For youth, designed to help young people understand themselves in relation to alcohol and drugs.
Web: www.checkyourself.com/
Girl Guides, Brownies, Sparks, Pathfinders & Rangers
BC Council Girl Guides of Canada
Toll Free: 1-800-565-8111
Direct: 604-714-6636
Email: info@bc-girlguides.org
Junior Forest Wardens
Junior Forest Wardens is a fun family-friendly organization dedicated to the education of youth ages 6 -18. Through hands-on activities, outdoor recreation, environmental projects, community events & weekly club meetings, we aim to provide our JFWs with the experience and the knowledge necessary to make responsible decisions with regards to our forests and related natural resources.
Web: www.juniorforestwardens.com
Scouts, Cubs & Beavers
Scouts Canada, the country’s leading youth organization, offers seven challenging programs for boys, girls and youth age 5-26 in nearly 3,600 individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada
Email: squamish_scouts@yahoo.com
Web: www.scouts.ca
Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Squamish
Open to children ages 12-18, the program is designed to promote leadership, citizenship and physical fitness.
Contact: Capt. David R Timms
Phone: 898-892-5776
Email: Timms.DR@cadets.net
Canada World Youth
Canada World Youth offers youth between the ages of 17 and 29 the opportunity to become an active player in community development in Canada and overseas.
Phone 604-732-5113
Email: west-ouest@cwy-jcm.org
Web: www.cwy-jcm.org
The Hot Spot
The Hotspot is a community resource centre operated through a partnership beteween the Sea to Sky Freenet Association and the Squamish Volunteer Centre Society. The centre provides a drop in space, wireless internet access, bulletin boards, pamphlets, newsletters, as well as a public computer lab with internet access and education opportunities.
38027 Cleveland Avenue
Phone: 604-815-4142
Email: hotspot@sea-to-sky.net
Web: www.sea-to-sky.net/hotspot
