At the Festival

COMMUNITY

WHAT IS THE SERVICE CANADA CENTRE FOR YOUTH?
With the goal of promoting and facilitating student employment, the Vancouver Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) opened its doors for the summer on May 11, 2009! The SCCY is looking forward to another successful summer of helping young people find work and employers find enthusiastic employees.

The Vancouver SCCY, located at Unit 1100-1166 Alberni Street , is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You can reach the centre by phone at (604) 666- HIRE , by fax at (604) 666-9856, or by e-mail at kelly.a.morrison@servicecanada.gc.ca. Job postings are available online at www.jobbank.gc.ca, under "Student/Youth Job Search", " British Columbia", and then "Vancouver/Surrey/Fraser Valley."

For more information on the Government of Canada's programs and services, call 1 800 OCanada (TTY: 1-800-926-9105 ), or visit servicecanada.gc.ca.

The Disabilities Association (DDA) is a non-profit charitable association that provides a myriad of community-based programs and services for children, youths and adults with developmental disabilities. DDA strives to enable people with developmental disabilities to reach their full potential.

DDA also operates a clothing pick-up and clothing donation business. All revenue generated from this business goes directly to helping people with developmental disabilities. For information on how you can support our charity, please visit www.develop.bc.ca.

Starlight Activities at Dragon Boat Festival
When a child is diagnosed with a serious illness, the everyday joys of childhood often take a back seat to the rigors of treatment and hospitalization. With programs like Wishes, Great Escapes and Hospital Happenings, Starlight Children's Foundation touches the lives of seriously ill children and their families in BC more than 3727 times each month! Our programs reach out to children and teens with chronic or life threatening conditions and their families both in and out of the hospital, because we know that when a child is ill, the whole family is affected. We have taken our children and families on train trips, to nights at the aquarium, to concerts, to professional sports games and much more. We have granted the wishes of many of our children, including those to swim with dolphins or to visit Disneyland . Join us at our booth, find out about our programs and how you could help, and enjoy face-painting, balloon animals, arts and crafts for children of all ages. www.starlightcanada.org

Katimavik is a national volunteer service organization that aims to empower youth to make a significant contribution to local communities and participate in nation-building while fostering their personal and professional development through a challenging youth-volunteer, leadership and service-learning program.

Drop by the Katimavik booth to find out how you can travel, live and volunteer in this unique, once in a life time experience.

With the excitement leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the Richmond Olympic Oval is offering innovative summer camps. Under the Olympic spirit, these camps strive to INSPIRE our community youth through sport and wellness!

This state of the art facility offers plenty of exciting sport camp opportunities which serve as an alternative to sport specific camps for young athletes, as well as an introduction for children just starting out in the world of sport.

Young athletes aged 6-13 can Get Cool skating on the 400m international speed skating track, Get Wet paddling in western Canada's only indoor rowing centre, Get Outdoors adventuring nearby areas, and Get Skills playing your favourite sports inside the Oval. Shoot, kick, jump, and throw your way to the greatest summer ever!

Looking for that competitive edge? Want to shape up? Check out this summer's Power Performance program for ages 10-15 at the Richmond Olympic Oval and bring your game to the next level!

Check out richmondoval.ca for more details.

rmsmithstudio is both a professional reconstructive micropigmentology studio and a professional art studio. rmsmithstudio is professionally trained and specializes in 'natural' permanent make up, scar repair, scar camouflage, and areola and nipple repigmentation. Her unique techniques create her 'natural' signature looks.   rmsmith is a professional artist with art in many different international art collections.

Don't miss the Silent Auction with: 'natural' permanent make up procedures (1000.00) value to raise money for breast cancer survivors, one piece of original art by rmsmith, gift baskets from OMEGA nutrition and MARY KAY skin care, and  selling fundraising gift certificates on a 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME BORNEO TO THE PHILIPPINES' journey on a million dollar yacht. 

For more than 30 years AFABC has promoted adoption and supported adoptive families in BC. We're Province wide and we provide education, connections and support for adoption. We're dedicated to finding a family for every child, both in BC and abroad.

For more information about how you can adopt or how you can get involved, visit www.bcadopt.com

The Shanti Uganda Society improves the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of communities impacted by war, poverty and HIV /AIDS in Uganda.

We value:
Community Participation: All projects are locally initiated and supported with a deep sense of solidarity and ownership. Work on   the ground is supported through the time, passion and employment of the local communities we work with.

Unity: We support and embrace everyone within the global family and believe in the power of unity to change the world. Moving towards a vision of 'we' allows us to act and serve from a place of love and compassion.

Sustainability: Our projects reflect our deep respect for the earth and all those who live here. Each project is able to sustain itself over time and provide long-lasting benefits for generations to come. Traditional Values and Knowledge: We believe in the sacred power of traditional healing, wisdom, culture and community. All     projects are rooted in cultural sensitivity and reflect the knowledge of the given community.

Programs:
Through the use of yoga, the healing arts and health education, participants are empowered to heal from the inside out and to facilitate positive change in their communities. Birth Programs improve child and maternal health and restore traditional birthing practices in rural communities through education and birth assistance. Sustainable community development initiatives include a scholarship and skills training program and income generating initiatives for women with HIV /AIDS.

For more information go to www.shantiuganda.org.

TAIWANfest is an annual multi-disciplinary festival celebrating the rich and diverse Taiwanese culture. This year TAIWANfest is celebrating its 20 th year anniversary in Vancouver . With a marriage inspired theme, "A New Journey," our programs continue the direction of fusion focus artistic expression in performing, visual, and culinary art.

This year's programming highlights include a glamorous yet edgy fashion show of a renowned designer, Goji Lin once a mechanical engineering graduate, featuring couture dresses mingled with Eastern element. Also, a music marathon concert of three bands from the world are brought together to rock it out in one night. Hsu Nami, Tizzy Bac and Van Fan's energy will blow the audience away.

Regardless of culture, a wedding reception plays an essential part in the entire wedding process. Documentaries of real wedding banquets during TAIWANfest, including traditional street party and hotel banquets will be showcased. Banquet chefs from Taiwan will also have live demonstrations on preparing a few dishes of typical Taiwanese wedding banquets. Local restaurants will also be invited to present wedding banquets, Vancouver style.

Eco art exhibition returns to TAIWANfest this year in response to popular demand. A series of work crafted that's both functional yet elegant for older generation will be on display.

TAIWANfest also partners with Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) to introduce a few highly acclaimed movies from Taiwan . Featured film "Cape No 7" has the all time box office second to "Titanic" in Taiwan where its lead actor, Van Fan will appear in the opening screening besides performing in the concert.

Main Festival Programming:
Sept. 5th - 7th 2009/ Plaza of Nations
Exhibition: Sept 5th-21th/Roundhouse Community Centre
Movies: Aug 27th-30th / Vancity Theatre

For more information, please visit www.taiwanfest.ca

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