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2009 Fall/Winter Mothers & Daughters in Touch (for 9-11 year olds)

Mothers and Daughters in Touch group photoCreated by Youville Centre and approved by Healthy Child Manitoba, Mothers and Daughters In Touch is some dedicated time just for Moms with their girls. The program is offered in two varieties: 9-11 year old daughters and 12-14 year old daughters.  The program runs for eight weeks with a focus on communication, self awareness, healthy self esteem, and most of all FUN!  Network 4 Change will run two rounds of program per year (fall and spring) accepting a maximum of 8 mother/daughter pairs in each age group. 

Registration is FREE, but space is limited. 

Mothers and Daughters in Touch for daughters aged 9-11 years is being offered again this year. The sessions are held Monday evenings from 6 - 8 pm, beginning October 19, 2009, and ending December 7, 2009 at the Network 4 Change office: 17-31 First Street South in Beausejour.

Pre-registration is required, so sign up now! 

Fall/Winter 2009 Session (for daugthers aged 9-11 years)

Monday, October 19 - Monday, December 7, 2009

(Monday evenings) from 6 - 8 pm

Network 4 Change Resource Centre, 17-31 First St. South, Beausejour

2009 Winter S.A.G.E. Session

img_0625.JPGS.A.G.E. is a positive peer mentorship group for girls.  Senior girls are 15-19 years old and junior girls are grades 4-6.  S.A.G.E. focuses on having fun and has the girls participate in activities that celebrate the “Whole You”.  The program is FREE, though registration is required.

Our 2009 Winter Session is on right now. We have 10 junior girls and 9 senior girls signed up and having a blast.

MIDDLE YEARS FOCUS

Programs, resources and events focused on Ages 7-12. These include:

  • S.A.G.E. - Strong Active Girls Encouraged
  • Mothers and Daughters in Touch
  • Making Connections
  • Breakfast for Learning
  • Time to Play
  • H.O.P.E. - Helping Out Parents Early Outreach
  • Parenting Programs: Triple P and Nobody’s Perfect

Rachel’s Challenge - Year 2 Presentation Coming Soon

poster-labeled-average-small.jpgWith the students overwhelming response to the Rachel’s Challenge presentation in February 2009 it has been decided to have the Rachel’s Challenge team return for our community.  On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the school and the community have the opportunity to be part of the very powerful Year 2 Rachel’s Challenge presentation.

Rachel Scott was the first victim to be shot at the school in Columbine. Through her journals, poetry and drawings, her family discovered that she had five very clear visions for how people should help create a better world.  These five challenges are:

  • Look for the best in others
  • Dare to dream
  • Choose positive influences
  • Commit acts of kindness
  • Start a chain reaction with friends and family

During the day, all students will listen to the one hour presentation given at the Brokenhead River Recreation Complex:

9:30 to 10:30     Grade 9 - 12 students (ESS)
11:00 to 12:00   Grade 6 - 8 students (ESS & Gillis)
2:00 to 3:00       Training Session for up to 50 SY students
7:00p.m.            Community Presentation - OPEN TO EVERYONE

Shuttles buses will be provided for students.

Having received the Elementary level “Chain Reaction” kits in 2009, both BEYS and Gillis have started their 2009-2010 school year implementing the program and imbedding Rachel’s messages into their school environments.

There will be another training session for up to an additional 50 Senior Years students in the afternoon from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Adding to last years trained students our communities will have more than 100 trained Friends of Rachel peer mentors to continue to spead the message through our schools and communities.  This session will be to teach our students how to perpetuate this message and to continue Rachel’s Challenge within the school.  Students interested in attending will have an opportunity to sign up at the end of the presentation.

All students will also be asked to return in the evening with the significant adults in their life. Parents, guardians and community members are more than welcome to attend with or without the students for the evening presentation.  This session takes place at the BRRC from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

If any adults would prefer to attend a session during the day, we would ask that they simply contact Edward Schreyer School at 268-2423 so that we have accurate information about the number of people attending.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about this event or to check it out at www.rachelschallenge.com.  Hope to see you there taking advantage of this community opportunity that has been funded by Network 4 Change and is offered FREE to all who wish to attend.

Photovoice Project

Joshua's Tree picture from PhotovoiceIn April of 2009, twenty local students were part of our first Photovoice Project. During the project students took pictures based on the twelve social determinants of health. One picture stood out, taken by a Grade 9 male student from ESS.  Please watch for the final video product this Fall 2009.

Within a project that is trying to allow youth to see their world in new ways and question what is going on around them, this seemed the quintessential picture for the project, as planting the seeds of ideas is what this is all about. When discussing the meaning of the picture, the student said:

“A tree is standing there because a seed found it’s way there”.

Network 4 Change is looking to launch a second Youth Photovoice Project.
Our Photovoice Project is a research study with youth in our community who are typically under-represented or excluded from participating in community planning and development. Youth in two groups participate: one group from grades seven and eight, and another group from grades nine through twelve.
This is a way of documenting community strengths, challenges and needs for our community youth and initiating dialogue about what is significant to them.  Quite simply, it is a way of giving voice by using photography.

We are currently gathering the names of interested youth who wish to be part of our next Photovoice project.  We are looking for students from grades 7 to 12.