TOGETHER WE CAN!
Our Community Behind the Scenes
with
The Cross Cultural Community Services Association -Community Connections Team
As a Volunteer Centre servicing the broader York Region, our goal is to to connect volunteers to organizations that need them. In doing so, our doors have remained open! We work through a team of passionate volunteers reaching out to engage our community and build bridges to help us all recover from the pandemic. Behind the scenes there is a great deal of effort to meet the needs in our community and ensure that those that need us know we are here.
Introducing Alison Cheng and Rizette Catarroja, working with the Community Connections team at TCCSA focused on Youth.
“Our mission is to assist newcomers in adapting to Canadian life in their neighbourhood and to provide support to Canadians in building a stronger community. We offer settlement services such as one-on-one counseling and workshops, as well as education and language training to enhance English literacy skills.” shared Rizette.
We recently met to brainstorm on how we could work together given our aligned mission and vision as it relates to youth. The conversation was engaging and exciting as we explored the potential of various initiatives to get youth engaged. A second meeting was planned.
TCCSA has a strong, dedicated team and exciting programs to offer youth. Each month they have a calendar of their programs (see below). They are also building more opportunities for youth.
Given Volunteer Markham has an established team of youth leaders on their “Change the World” youth platform and are focused on engaging more newcomer youth; the opportunity to work together couldn’t have happened at a better time.
Our community is highly supportive of our youth and our youth are wanting to get engaged. With the combined experiences and expertise of both Volunteer Markham and TCCSA we are excited to explore how best to meet this need.
Stay tuned and watch out for our collaborative work to engage youth.
To learn more about TCCSA check out their website and social media links: Instagram handle: @tccsa.ontario and Facebook handle: @tccsa.on.ca
Together we can make a difference.
