Tree For Me: Tree Giveaway Event

On May 27, 2018, Youth in Action and SEAP Programs hosted the Tree for Me event at CultureLink Children & Youth Centre. Tree for Me is a community-powered backyard tree planting program where Toronto residents and non-profit organizations were able to receive free native trees in order to improve the tree canopy in Toronto for future generations. This event was in support of the Every Tree Counts campaign in partnership with Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation.  This connection was made possible by the Bike Host program.

There were 7 volunteers from SEAP and Youth in Action who worked hard to make this event possible with community outreach and facilitating workshops. On the day of the event there were 75 trees given away and Councillor Sarah Doucette was able to come visit and support the youth in our community.  

Thank you to Councillor Doucette for coming out and showing support for our environmental event, and to our student placement Denise for all her hard work.

The biggest thank you to our amazing youth volunteers (especially Yahya, Zak, Muad, Amaar, Charlie, Layal and Mahnoor) for their help outreaching and facilitating and for their enthusiasm in building a brighter future!

Youth in Action and Sankofa Youth: Historic Scavenger Hunt!

Yesterday, Youth in Action and Sankofa Youth teamed up to take on an intense scavenger hunt of downtown Toronto. These scavenger hunts are done by Urban Capers, where you race around urban areas, collecting clues, taking silly photos and learning about the history of the area!

 Here, the hosts explain the rules. Everyone getting VERY excited to start the race!

Sometimes, the challenge was to complete a task (like Sawsan writing an old Victorian letter, above), and on other challenges, we had to take a silly picture in front of a historic building and answer a question about the place (Sawsan posing while the rest of the team deciphers an old grave stone, below).

 Here we are trying to figure out where our next clue is. It was challenging for the brain and the body (as you can see below!).

 Above: we had to take a picture in the gallows, where people were punished a long time ago, by the townspeople throwing vegetables at the prisoners!

Below: A group photo at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Below: the teams came together to rest after an exhausting race around the St. Lawrence Market and surrounding area. 

Below: Waiting for the results and the answers to the questions and challenges!

Above: The winning Team (team Falafeladies!)... We did it!!!

Thanks for coming out everyone, and a HUGE thank you to #UrbanCapers for hosting such an amazing event!

See you at our next adventure!