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When You Need Help
Positive, caring and supportive relationships with adults and the community are a proven component of a child’s healthy growth and development. The City of Lethbridge supports various programs to provide this service in our community.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Lethbridge and District is a volunteer based agency dedicated to servicing the needs of children aged 6 to 16 by matching them with positive adult role models (45 matches in 2000) who will provide for them an atmosphere of sharing, caring and trust. School mentoring, one of the newest and most successful programs (20 matches in 2000), involves the development of a one to one relationship between an elementary school student and an adult volunteer.
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Lethbridge & District
622 - 6th Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 0Z3
Phone: 328-9355
Email: info@bbbslethbridge.ca
Website: www.bbbslethbridge.ca
Boys' and Girls' Club of Lethbridge
Together with families and other adults, the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Lethbridge provides children and youth the skills, knowledge and values necessary to become responsible individuals. The Boys’ and Girls’ Club provides an environment where club members are surrounded by positive role models, stimulating activities and structured challenges that build personality and character.
Boys’ & Girls’ Club of Lethbridge
1405 – 8th Avenue North
Lethbridge, AB T1H 6N9
Phone: 327-6423 Fax: 327-1711
Email: bgleth@telusplanet.net
Teen Naturalist
The Extreme By Nature Teen Naturalists is a volunteer naturalist program that provides teens to work in the City’s parks and interpretive programs. It enhances opportunities for youth to make a positive contribution to this community by volunteering in programs that serve adults, youth and young children, as well as special needs individuals and groups. Two of the teens involved with this program are recipients of the Youth Leader of Tomorrow Award. This youth development program aims to integrate the optimism and energy of youth with the increasingly urgent role of environmental stewardship.
Teen Naturalists
c/o Helen Schuler Coulee Centre
City of Lethbridge
910 – 4th Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 0P6
Phone: 320-3064
Email: hscc@lethbridge.ca
YWCA Girl’s Club
Girl’s Club provides year round programming for young women, creating a safe environment to share their thoughts, explore ideas, address issues specific to young women and create projects in a youth and female centred environment.
The program fosters confidence/self esteem, celebrates the achievements of young women, increases independence and self awareness and leadership capacity for the Lethbridge community.
YWCA Girls Club
604 – 8th Street South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 2K1
Phone: 329-0088
Website: www.ywcalethbridge.org
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