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Sun Youth volunteers co-ordinator Dana Foster (back row, second to the right) with Sun Youth volunteers. (Photo courtesy of Nicolas Carpentier)
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Sun Youth: Celebrating the volunteers

In 1954, a group of young volunteers created Sun Youth and today, volunteers remain the backbone of the organization. The work they accomplish is instrumental to Sun Youth’s ability to assist thousands of Montrealers every year. Women are a big part of the organization’s volunteer crew, performing a wide variety [...]

Nothing creates a smile like volunteer work. From left: Marylyn, Natalie, Georgia and Heather helping Generations' kids.
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Generations Foundation: The women behind every great charity

I am going out on a limb to play the devil’s advocate for a biblical female in praise of the female gender. Women are by nature nurturers and can elicit high degrees of whatever they put their minds to. Our biblical Eve did not set out to exact God’s condemnation [...]

Volunteers Kea Sénécal (left) and Claudette Toutant at the Sun Youth Book Store. (Photo by Nicolas Carpentier)
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Sun Youth Book Store is open to the public

All books, CDs and movies donated to Sun Youth get a second life at our bookstore. Open to the public, profits finance Sun Youth emergency services programs. At the heart of the bookstore are volunteers Claudette Toutant and Kea Sénécal. Tuesday to Thursday, they share their love for books, music [...]

Signing the agreement last month were Sun Youth’s Tommy
Kulczyk and CJM-IU’s Jean-Marc Potvin. Witnessing the signing were Sylvain Dupré (from left), Isa Iasenza, Ann St. Arnaud, Stéphanie
Rocheleau and Suzanne
Lepage.
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Sun Youth, CJM-IU renew friendship

Le Centre jeunesse de Montréal-Institut
 universitaire (CJM-IU) and Sun Youth renewed their partnership by signing a new 
service agreement through which clients referred to Sun Youth by the centre with receive clothing, food and other support. “This assistance goes beyond material goods, sometimes vital for
families referred,” said centre director-general Jean-Marc [...]

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Sun Youth Christmas basket registration is on

Even though Halloween is barely over, Sun Youth is already in the Christmas spirit—and has been since the end of August. The Christmas Basket Campaign is a 30-year tradition that helps feed 18,000 people between December 18 and 24th. In addition to providing food for the holidays, Sun Youth will [...]

Apples are healthy. But wash them first.
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Mind-body connection plays role in healthy food choices

“Thank you, dear Lord, for our daily bread.” Amen. In these times, “bread” encompasses a huge variety of foods available in supermarkets; healthy foods, marginally healthy foods and unhealthy food. What is considered “good” food is not always perfectly good. Apples are sprayed, so you must wash them well, but [...]