1. Act 1

2. With Trillium, we can chart a course to build community Community Resource & Learning Room funding presentation by Brent MacKinnon

3. We connect synergy in schools, community, and youth

4. Choosing solutions to complex social problems is difficult

5. In-kind support alone cannot steer the CR&LR’s course

6. We are poised to grow with a watertight plan

7. With youth as crew rather than passengers, we are stronger

8. Act 11, Scene 1

9. We serve at the junction of citizenship, and livelihoods

10. We are located in a civic learning system & growing

11. Our school believes in our unique role within the school

12. We prepare youth for life long learning

13. We benefit youth, teachers and administration

14. Follow a strength based approach with youth as partners

15. A Youth Advisory Committee supports program development

16. Youth are active practitioners in service delivery

17. We engage youth and adults as partners and life long learners

18. We address challenges by tapping into youth assets

19. We engage the community by sharing youth perspectives

20. We bring the community to youth

21. We use a walking & learning with youth approach

22. Act 11, Scene 2

23. Our success rests in our effective partnering practices

24. We support youth in citizenship & life long learning roles

25. It’s our second year of in-kind support with the YRDSB

26. Youth participation and use of our resources is increasing

27. The YRDSB depends on community partnerships

28. We are well positioned as this interest is translated into practice

29. We place youth are at the forefront of community building

30. Street Kids International is our partner in the ………………………..

31. Youth Community Mapping Program

32. Youth poverty & homelessness are of primary concern to us

33. We focus on fostering youth assets and citizenship activities

34. Our funding base is growing as we succeed in our programming

35. Funding: National Crime Prevention Strategy and Laidlaw Foundation

36. With added support from IBM Canada & the YRDSB

37. Our strength rests in the delivery of youth driven programming

38. We are eligible for future renewal and program grants

39. Our interest is youth citizenship and youth inclusion

40. We tap into underutilized youth assets to build sustainability

41. Act 11, Scene 3

42. Our partnership model is transferable to other schools

43. Our partnership with SKI brings added value to our work

44. Through our Youth Mapping Program we deliver workshops

45. Our organizations will continue to share resources & supports

46. The Job Skills agency helps us address employment needs

47. Collocation of staff from Job Skills, extends reach to youth.

48. This collocation model can work with other service providers

49. We have demonstrated transferability to other schools

50. There is existing interest from other schools in our program

51. We actualize the York Region District School Board Mission…

52. and the Communities of Character Charter – York Region

53. Will the CR&LR survive their coming economic challenges?

54. Act 111

55. In-kind funds alone cannot navigate CR&LR into the future

56. With youth as crew, rather than passengers, we build together

57. With Trillium, we can chart a course to build community

58. CR&LR – youth strengths & adult partnerships for community health

59. Community Resource & Learning Room Brent MacKinnon Program Manager Community Resource & Learning Room Division: York Community Resources Group Huron Heights Secondary School Tel # 905.895.2384 ext. 6614 crlr@aci.on.cahttp://crlr.civiblog.org