New youth ambassadors to participate in the 2012 Arctic Winter Games
CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge raises $335,000 for charity
New youth ambassadors to participate in the 2012 Arctic Winter Games
Twenty-five inspired and talented youth from across the Northwest Territories have been selected as NWT Youth Ambassadors for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games by the Honourable Robert C. McLeod, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.
“The 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon present a significant opportunity for the development of young northern leaders,” said Minister McLeod. “The Youth Ambassadors Program will provide participants with an opportunity to represent their communities and the NWT while building leadership skills through volunteer assignments at the Games.”
The Youth Ambassador Program provides a guided and structured volunteer experience for NWT youth at major events to develop significant life and job skills and build the confidence necessary to deal with many of the complex challenges in modern society.
Youth Ambassadors have attended the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games and participated in the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Royal Visit to Yellowknife.
NWT Youth Ambassadors are chosen based on their interests, experience and what they hope to achieve from the experience. To get acquainted with the responsibilities and roles that are involved with being Youth Ambassadors, the group attended a week-long training session in Yellowknife earlier this month.
Youth may also participate in subsequent Youth Ambassador assignments over the next six months and be encouraged to assist with leadership development initiatives afterwards.
CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge raises $335,000 for charity
CN announced November 23rd that the seventh-annual CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge raised $335,000 to assist charitable organizations supported by the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund.
Ted Nolan, Blair Tisshaw and Lenore Rosberg, Taylor-Birks Foundation, Guy Carbonneau, Sylvie Lauzon, Diabetes-Quebec, Lucie Joyale, Marie-Vincent Foundation, Luc Jobin, CN, and Guy Lafleur.
The Marie-Vincent Foundation, which helps abused children under 12, and the Ted Nolan Foundation, whose mission is to promote healthy lifestyle choices for Aboriginal youth, received $150,000 and $50,000, respectively. Other beneficiaries included the Taylor-Birks Foundation, which supports persons with an intellectual disability and their families, and Diabetes-Quebec, each of which received $25,000.
The CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge has raised more than one million dollars for charity since it began in 2003.
Luc Jobin, CN executive vice-president and chief financial officer and co-president of the fundraising campaign of the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund, said: “CN employees and retirees have raised funds benefiting charitable organizations for many years through the Fund. We are proud to make a significant contribution that will help promote the causes championed by the organizations selected this year for the CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge.”
In the game Nov. 19, former NHL coach Ted Nolan was at the helm of CN’s hockey team that battled former Montreal Canadiens, coached by Guy Lafleur, including Donald Audette, Steve Bégin, Patrice Brisebois, Guy Carbonneau, Mathieu Dandenault, and Stéphane Richer.
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