Youth Summit

August 22, 2001 permalink

Youth Summit was held at Monora Park Pavilion, August 21 and 22. There were about 40 participants, less than a half dozen of them men. Comparing it to Children's Aid meetings in the same venue, the dress suggested much lower pay grades. The early sessions were brainstorming, the later sessions dealt with the real business, how to get funding, mostly from government agencies. The attitude of the participants suggests that intact families can get no support from anyone in the social service business, though occasionally some of the more desperate CAS clients may get some help other than family preservation. Here are the sponsoring organizations:

• Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Dufferin & District
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Community First Family Resource Centres of Dufferin
• Community Youth Services
• County of Dufferin
• Dufferin Association For Community Living
• Dufferin Parent Support Network
• Dufferin Volunteer Centre
• Georgian College
• Headwaters Peer Support
• Town of Orangeville