Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi challenging local youth to improve their communities

What would you do for your community and the environment with $500? That’s the question at the heart of a project by the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Memphrémagog (CJE), which offers youth employment services in the Memphremagog region. Following a successful first call for project ideas in the fall of 2018, local 18 to 29 year olds in the region are being invited by the CJE to use their creativity to improve their communities and their environment this fall through an initiative known as The Volunteering Project.

According to Sandrine Hébert, project agent with the CJE, this fall’s call for projects is different only in that there is now an explicit requirement that the project submitted have some kind of positive environmental impact.

“The idea is to promote projects that will have an impact on the

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Ten new members were added to Sherbrooke’s Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The inductees include athletes, community builders, and teams selected for the honour by the City of Sherbrooke for their accomplishments.

“Once again this year, the Sherbrooke Sports Hall of Fame’s selection committee

worked very hard and we are glad to welcome our new inducted members,” said Jean Perrault, chairman of the Sherbrooke Sports Hall of Fame’s board of directors, in a recent press release. “All of Sherbrooke and Quebec will be happy to learn about these extraordinary people’s achievements.”

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environment,” she said, explaining that projects must also have a community impact and usefulness, occur within the Memphremagog MRC, and take place in the fall of 2019.

Last year the CJE funded two projects based on six proposals; a community fridge in Saint-etienne de Bolton and flexible seating plan classroom for the local adult education program. Hébert said that based on last year’s results, she is optimistic that the response to this year’s return of the initiative will be even better.

While not strictly required, the project agent said that it would be beneficial for proprosed projects to be original, based on local needs, involve community partners, promote a by-youth-foryouth approach, promote social diversity, and be something that could be duplicated or sustained.

The Volunteering Project is funded through the Quebec government’s Secrétariat à la jeunesse, and aims to increase opportunities for youth engagement and local ownership through involvement in a community-based initiative.

All interested parties can submit a project individually or as a team. With the help of the project agent, they will be able to develop and implement an idea for a volunteering project that challenges them within the Memphrémagog’s community. Funding of up to $500 will be granted to encourage commitment to the selected project.

To submit a project, you must complete the online form (found at https://forms.gle/6gs5fj9vlb11xzqt5) before September 30, 2019.

For more information or help with the application form contact Sandrine Hébert, Project Agent, at Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Memphrémagog by email: volontariat@cjemm.com or by phone: 819-843-3007 extension 229