When you’re in high school, February means a new beginning with new subjects, classmates and teachers. For Phys-Ed 20 & 30 students at one of our Climate Improvement Fund project schools, the new semester started with a survey to help the teacher understand what her students hoped to get out of their upcoming Bike Unit….
Last month, Calgary City Council received public submissions on the 2023-2026 Service Plans and Budget. And they got an earful about the lack of dedicated funding for an expanded 5A Network. No less than 28 speakers spoke about the need to fund connectivity and improvements to the Always Available for All Ages and Ability Network…
Everyone can ride a bike. Youth en Route empowers students to gain the confidence and skills they need to use a bike as transportation, no matter their abilities. We’ve been working to deliver adaptive tricycles to six Calgary Board of Education High Schools. To date, we’ve delivered nine new trikes, three loaned ones, and two…
Very often, non-profit organizations find success because of unlikely partnerships. Youth en Route’s work with the Great Forest Lawn Senior’s Center is one of those special alliances. Together, we are celebrating a huge milestone this month– delivering our 200th bike. Merv Graham, who organizes the crew, called the Bike Shed, reached out to Youth en…
We are thrilled to announce that Youth en Route’s High School programs will have funding this year by Alberta Ecotrust Foundation’s Climate Innovation Grant Program. We’ve seen the impact we can have when students have basic tools to get to school on their own power. A secure lock, or a safe location to put their…
When Youth en Route encourage students to ride bikes to school, we focus on safety and being prepared. Learning to change a tire, fix a dropped chain and make minor repairs empower youth, giving them the confidence to ride to school, and even further from home. We tell students to create a safety kit –…
