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Here's our August ‘Rand’ sign-up contest winner…

Disadvantaged youth in Saskatoon to benefit from our Social Justice Fund

Here's our August ‘Rand’ sign-up contest winner…

(Posted September 3, 2010)

Congratulations to Andrea Goode! Andrea is the latest monthly winner in our 2010 contest to sign up ‘Rands’, dues-paying co-workers who, for one reason or another, have yet to sign a union card.

Andrea is a newly-signed-up member of Local 14, which represents our Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada members in Toronto..

Welcome aboard, Andrea!

Disadvantaged youth in Saskatoon to benefit from our Social Justice Fund

(Posted September 2, 2010)

Disadvantaged youth in the core areas of Saskatoon are the latest to benefit from the Agriculture Union Social Justice Fund.

The SJF Committee charged with vetting funding requests has approved a grant to Saskatoon’s Core Neighbourhood Youth Co-op, which runs a skills-building alternative education program for young people aged 15 to 21 who are struggling in the regular school system.

Our Fund’s financial assistance will help launch CNYC’s Growing our Future Urban Gardening Project. The initiative will teach a variety of gardening skills while helping the young people obtain high school credit. The youth are taught general gardening skills, as well as such workplace requirements as attendance, punctuality and respect for supervisors.

These young men and women face a variety of personal obstacles, including addictions, mental health challenges, learning disabilities, abuse and a lack of knowledge regarding basic living skills. They spend part of their day in CNYC’s hands-on programming and the other part taking high school classes through a partnership with the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Board.

Programs such as Growing our Future Urban Gardening Project are designed to provide participants with long-term skills, increased confidence to return to school and/or find a job and the ability to make healthy decisions allowing them to contribute meaningfully to their community.