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Local News: YOUTH CHALLENGE FUND
Toronto, ON, December 13, 2006 - Tomorrow, Thursday, December 14,
Michael
Clemons, Coach of the Toronto Argonauts and Chair of the Youth Challenge
Fund (YCF), will announce the fund's first round of investments and
donations aimed at providing positive opportunities for young people
growing
up in Toronto's most under-served neighbourhoods.
The announcement will take place at the Dennis R. Timbrell Resource
Centre
(formerly the Flemingdon Resource Centre) in Flemingdon Park-Victoria
Village, one of the 13 neighbourhoods targeted for funding under the
Fund.
YCF was established by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty in February 2006
as a
direct response to growing concerns about youth violence and gang
involvement in Toronto. The fund builds on the Toronto Strong
Neighbourhood
Strategy, the United Way-City of Toronto plan to address the lack of
programs, services, and social infrastructure in Toronto's most
under-served
neighbourhoods.
WHO:
- Michael Clemons, Chair, Youth Challenge Fund
- The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
- The Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Minister of Education
- Frances Lankin, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Toronto
- Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group (YCF donor)
- Youth Challenge Fund donors, board members and guests
- Community youth and neighbourhood organizations
WHEN:
- Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
LOCATION:
- Dennis R. Timbrell Resource Centre (formerly the Flemingdon Resource
Centre)
- 29 St. Dennis Drive (Don Mills & Eglinton)
About the Youth Challenge Fund
The Youth Challenge Fund (YCF) is an innovative public and private
sector
initiative aimed at making investments in community projects that offer
positive opportunities for young people growing up in Toronto's most
under-served neighbourhoods. YCF makes direct, grassroots investments in
youth-based initiatives that are aimed at building great ideas, creating
youth spaces and providing opportunities for education, employment and
leadership. Initiated by the Province of Ontario, the Youth Challenge
Fund
is actively governed by a 23 member community board made up of a broad
cross-section of community leaders. United Way of Greater Toronto is the
Fund's trustee, providing allocations and fund development support.
Posted on Wednesday, December 13 @ 16:12:52 UTC by jcohen
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