Youth4Water is coming to you!

September 30, 2008.

Hello, to the poor soul who may be reading this (joking).

Today our group participated in an outreach at the Scri Fri event at the Ontario Science Center. I would like to extend applause to Youth4Water’s Shire and Amzad for taking on this initiative - I know they did a great job.

And I look forward to the Her story outreach that is to come very soon. Recently I found out one of the Professor’s from my program helped start the TDSB eco-school program. As you may already know the high school that we started collaboration with is an Eco-school member. I am looking forward to the meeting with the Kipling teachers to bring Youth4Water to their school.

I read in the newspaper recently that Barack Obama wants to invest more money into cleaning up the Great Lakes, I hope if he becomes the next president that he keeps his promise.

Bye for now

- Jae Kim

Youth4Water coming to York U!

September 13, 2008.


I have officially started university and I am very eagerly looking forward to how Youth4Water is going to bring our initiative to the school. Me, Shire and Amzad choose to take on this task since all three of us attend York University.

If somehow we can start a youth movement in school, what a sight it would be to watch and participate. Youth4Water and all our supporters are hoping for the best because we have a very busy year ahead of us, full of opportunities where with will, hard work and a pinch of good luck we can make productive momentum for the times ahead.

- Jae Kim

Looking Ahead

September 11, 2008.

On Saturday the 6th of September Y4W went on an over night retreat to camp Geneva, in Orilla, Ontario.

Camp Geneva is a leadership camp. During our stay we participated in leadership and team building activities, but we also got to learn more about ourselves and others in Y4W.

We got to plan the future of Y4W and how we figure how our group is going to grow and continue to be successful.

Personally I feel that going on our overnight excursion was like a break through. As a group we got to discuss things that we really never did before, such as, the pros and cons in our group. I consider this past weekend, the weekend of a true break through and a weekend of true team building!

- Leann Hughes

Youth4Water Retreat Photos!

Youth4Water has just returned from a weekend retreat to the YMCA's Geneva Park.

Here are some photos!


Travis, Amzad and Chrstine having fun while practicing their public speaking skills.



Youth4Water measuring up the ropes course.



Youth4Water and Colette Carman from Geneva Park.



Jae and Travis working hard during the strategic planning session.



Jae gives the low ropes course a try.



The Youth4Water guys during Geneva Park's drama workshop.



Travis Dixon gets a helping hand from his fellow Youth4Water members on the low ropes course at Geneva Park.

Upcoming Youth4Water Events!!

September 9, 2008.

Youth4Water returned from our intense 2-day retreat at YMCA's Geneva
Park on Sunday afternoon.

After some laughs, a few tears, bonding, and a lot of hard work, we've finally come through a stronger and more passionate, committed group, ready to tackle the 2008-2009 school year.
Interested in joining? Come out to one of our two information sessions
on Saturday October 18 at 1:00 pm or Tuesday October 20 at 6:00 p.m.!
RSVP us at our NEW email address, youthforwater@gmail.com.

Also visit us at some of our upcoming events!

We'll be at:

Havergal College Wednesday September 17th at 2:40pm
showing our film and presenting our campaign;

Sci Fri at the Ontario Science Centre Friday September
26th at 7pm;

HER Story hosted by TCHC at 931 Yonge Street Saturday
September 27th at 9:30 am

Keep in touch and don't forget to email us at youthforwater@gmail.com

- Christine Moon
if you have any questions or concerns.

The Start of a New School Year

September 2, 2008.

September has arrived, and Youth 4 Water members are going back to class! But never fear, we haven't forgotten about water! We have a lot of new ideas that we're excited about putting into action; the group is getting together next week for a retreat to make these plans concrete, as well as learn a few new skills.

If you're interested in joining, stay tuned to our blog, as we'll have updates for you soon!

Feel free to also keep in touch with us via email at youth4water@hotmail.com, or post a comment to this blog entry!

See you soon!