Partnership delivers a new experience and wheels for kids
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Partnership delivers a new experience and wheels for kids

 Once a week, 10 students at West Island College, a private Grade 7-12 school in Calgary, get together to work in the WIC Bike Club. In 2024, a small group of  WIC students approached Erik Loewen, the school’s Academic and Career Advisor and avid cyclist, about finding a way to give back to their community…

Counting down to ABC Challenge
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Counting down to ABC Challenge

By Sam Hargreaves Our Youth Advisory Council has been working hard planning ABC (Anything But Cars) Challenge. In January, the group put together a Neighbour grant proposal for the Calgary Foundation to  support ABC challenge. They were fortunate enough to receive that grant which allows us to provide schools with funding and prizes for participating….

Capstone team delivers trike improvements
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Capstone team delivers trike improvements

  When is a trike, more than a trike? When young engineers imagine ways to improve it  — and then build a prototype to test it out. Youth en Route (YER) is pleased to share improved adaptations for trikes that will enable more special needs students to experience the joy, skill-building, social and physical development…