Spruce Grove 15-30 Summer 2022
Organizations and individuals are joining together through FACTSnet.org to work, this summer, with Canadian and Ukrainian Young People ages 15-30.
Ukrainian Easter Sunday is on April 24th. Celebrate with Jeff Acker, the Mayor of Spruce Grove, either in person or online starting at 6 am to watch the Sunrise and pray for Ukraine on Hamburger Hill, an Easter Egg Hunt, Breakfast, Online, and in-person celebrations, messages, and messages from the Mayor. Go to Spruce Grove Celebrates Ukrainian Easter Sunday to learn more. Email factsumc@gmail.com to get more information updates and an invitation to participate.
Ukrainian Easter Celebrations include sending messages to each other. This was traditionally done by writing on Eggs. Go to Slide 3 in our Digital Egg Presentation to see Spruce Grove's Egg If you would like to participate in our Digital Ukrainian Easter Egg project and/or research Ukrainian Easter celebrations, especially how Spruce Grove can celebrate this year. Email factsumc@gmail.com.
As we celebrate Easter this year, we may be reminded of someone who is no longer with us. Click here to learn about a Memorial Bench that could help you remember your loved one as well as help a family Jewellery Store recover from a recent robbery.
Be a sponsor as follows:
Participating Sponsor: individual volunteers or Organisational Representatives You can help out with celebrations and/or Host a breakfast. See Spruce Grove Celebrates Ukrainian Easter Sunday
In-Kind Sponsor: for example, SaveOn Foods is donating chocolate eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt.
Financially support: a local organization that supports Ukrainians. For example, see Spruce Grove Alliance Church's link with Videos from Poland.
Email factsumc@gmail.com if you would like to be a sponsor.
Dealing With Traumatic Stress from the Ukrainian Crisis of 2022. Anyone can help by connecting with Ukrainian Young People and learning more about Mental Health and Trauma. Email factsumc@gmail.com to get involved.
Volunteer and Summer Job Opportunities, especially for Canadian and Ukrainian Young People. There are opportunities to explore your Career as you help others with their Careers. We are exploring ways to welcome and employ Ukrainian Young People and help them process the trauma they have experienced (see above). Any eligible Young Person, age 15-30, is encouraged to apply. We are particularly looking for people with Business, Computing, Education, Wellness, and Trilingual backgrounds (Ukrainian, French, English, we also accept people with English only or bilingual with English as one of the other languages). You may be over 30 or already have a summer job or have other plans but would like to volunteer to help out for an average of 10 hours a month for the summer. We need volunteers immediately to help contact Canadians and Ukrainians who have connections with Canada and to work on the Digital Egg Project. We encourage organisations to sponsor a FACTSnet 15-30 Representative. To apply, send your resume to factsumc@gmail.com. For more information go to FACTSnet.org and click on FACTSnet Careers, Volunteers, and Employment.
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Meet the Fall/Winter 2020/21 Team
FACTSnet 15 – 30 team is a user-friendly and accessible network for Youth and Young Adults (ages 15-30) to access comprehensive reviewed and summarized resources. Our Fall/Winter 2020/21 team consists of the following members:
Andres - Community Development Business Team Leader
Andres is a recent graduate from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. This is his first year joining CIN and FACTS. As a Business team leader, he has taken on a supervisory and administrative role. He has also been involved with the Social Studies, Bilingual, Alberta/Japan and 15-30 networks.
Diana - Global Soul Wellness and FACTSnet 15-30
Diana is new to FACTSnet this fall. She primarily works on anything related to Recruitment, Camp Projects and Global Soul Care. She is the primary leader for the Global Soul Care Team and anything camp related. She is interested in mental health and is thinking of pursuing psychology in the future.
Kathleen - Community Development Worker
Kathleen is a recent Bachelor of Science graduate from the Faculté St-Jean at the University of Alberta. This is Kathleen’s first year joining FACTSnet and she will be working with the visible minority and newcomers network, Alberta-Japan network, and the bilingual network.
Rhea - Community Development Worker (Economics)
Rhea is currently a student at the University of Alberta in her final year of a BA in Economics. She attends Campus Saint-Jean, where she is completing the majority of her coursework in French. This is her first year working at FACTSnet. She will be working on the Business Team and the Bilingual Team, where she can apply her skills and knowledge of economics and finance, as well as work on projects pertaining specifically to CSJ and the Strathcona francophone community, while making use of her second language, French. Rhea hopes to attend graduate school in the future to obtain a master’s in economics, and later move on to a career in the financial and/or public sector where she can continue to apply and grow these skills.
Community Development Consultant
(Anonymous) is a recent BCom graduate from the University of Alberta, specializing in Business Economics. In school they were active in a number of student groups, and launched their own boutique consulting firm. This is their first term working with FACTSnet. They have been supporting the Business, 15-30, and Cross-cultural teams. Their main priorities have been working on recruitment and HR development, in addition to performing web reviews and other smaller projects. They are also completing the 'Managing Your COVID Leadership Potential' course which involves developing personal introspection and career planning skills. Their vocational aspirations are to support intra- and entrepreneurship development with community and social impacts front of mind, as well as invest time in creative writing (a hobby!).
