National Youth Week is dedicated to the celebration of youth and their active participation in their community. Whether it is recreation, drama, sport, dance, civic engagement, art, volunteerism or leadership, every day young people are involved in meaningful activities during their discretionary time. National Youth Week is a time to honour their involvement! Anything you do, or that you know of happening in your community during the week of May 1 through to the 7th and that celebrates, encourages, or showcases the involvement of youth in play in your community, can be part of National Youth Week.

Through activities, such as recreation and art, youth learn five basic life skills, which include social, moral, ethical, physical and cognition competence. Additionally, through their involvement, young people are meeting the seven developmental needs which they need in order to feel fully engaged in the world around them. These needs are: self-definition, physical activity, meaningful participation, mastery and achievement, positive interaction with adults and peers, structure and clear limits, and creative expression. Programs and services that are designed to meet meets the needs of youth and help them develop their basic skills are called Intentional Youth Development programs.

WHAT’S PLANNED FOR NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK?

National Youth Week will be driven by what happens in local communities across Canada. Anything you do or that you know of, happening in your community during the week of May 1 through to the 7th and that celebrates, encourages, or showcases the involvement of youth in play in your community, can be part of National Youth Week.

Date :
May 1 to May 7, 2016

Location event :
Rideau Lakes, ON

We all broke down all the barriers that obscure the youth to contribute to the society only at the much-awaited National Youth Week. The youth week had a lot of goals they wanted to achieve by the end of the event and we take great pride in saying that we have achieved a lot of those goals. The youth have become a lot more confident to take part and contribute in the society; the youth also learned a lot of things about leadership and management. The youth is an important component of the society and this is why the organizers were looking for ways to empower the youth and make them feel like they have a great role in the community.  The annual Youth Week was held during the 1^st day of May right through the 7^th at the Rideau Lakes. A lot of guests attended the event and they were not disappointed since they clearly had a whole lot of fun and amusement.

The youth is a major priority of the locals of the area as they can do a lot and the locals can see a lot of potential in them. The event also aimed to develop those potential and make it grow to something useful and helpful. All of those who attended were expecting something fun and exciting activities. And as mentioned, they were not disappointed. They got exactly what they were expecting, a fun, exciting and active week where they can socialize, meet new friends and create joyous memories.

This year, the youth week was a blast. Everyone had so much fun and was happy with the outcome of the event. The goals that were set were achieved. Next year, the organizers will soon be faced with the challenge of making it even better to attract more of the youth to come and join us for a week of fun and growth only at the National Youth Week.