YELL News
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Free Introduction to Soccer Coaching Course - Apr 2, 2011
If you are interested in getting involved in coaching soccer then you might be interested in this free learning opportunity. Date/Time: Saturday, April 2, 2011 1:00-4:00pm Location: Dickens Elementary (map) Instructor: Joe Jhutty To register or for more information contact Kris.Hildebrand@moresports.org ...
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JumpStart Helps Elementary Leaders - Dec 1, 2010
We wish to thank JumpStart for supporting and enhancing Leadership and Playground Games for Inner City kids in East Vancouver. Through their support, MoreSports/YELL was able to provide leadership training for grade 6 & 7 students to lead grade K-2 students in fun play ground games. This kids are often ESL (english as a second language), new immigrants, and/or At-Risk Youth, who when engaged young become amazing leaders....
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Mentoring for Elementary Schools - Sep 20, 2010
This year, YELL and MoreSports with the help of Canadian Tire and the Community Schools Teams will be expanding their Y2 Mentoring Program. Y2 Mentoring involves connecting the Secondary School Leadership Mentors with the Elementary Leadership Learners once a month. Last year 5 elementary schools and 2 Secondary Schools participated in the program, this year the program has expanded to 12 elementary and 3 secondary schools....
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Rowena Capacit: Gold Medal Wrestling Champion! - May 27, 2010
Rowena Capacit: Gold Medal Wrestling Champion! John Oliver Wrestling Team finished its longest season ever and proved it was a force to be reckoned with at the 2010 Canadian Cadet Wrestling Championship held April 9-11 at Simon Fraser University. John Oliver's student athletes competed in their age groups against top competitors from across Canada and came back with the school's best results ever. Defying all odds, Rowena Cacapit, a Grade 12 YELL student from John Oliver Secondary earned the school's first gold medal …...
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Volunteering This Fall - Nov 18, 2009
Fall 2009, has seen a lot of new faces volunteering in the Hastings Hub. We are proud to announce that most of our volunteers are from Templeton and Vancouver Technical Secondary. We thank our returning program leaders for your constant support and commitment. We are also looking forward to our new volunteers to get enough experience to soon be able to lead their own programs! You guys are all awesome!!!...
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Andrew Leung: Making Every Minute Count - Apr 9, 2009
Shy, soft-spoken, serious and sincere: That's 15-year-old Andrew Leung at first impression so you wouldn't expect him to lead you down the garden path right out of the gate.... See our profile on Andrew in our profiles section....
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Patricia: An Ideal Olympic Torchbearer - Feb 10, 2009
It started out as an ordinary day for Patricia Moreno. She was volunteering at Ray-Cam Community Centre and performing her usual responsibilities. Then a team of representatives from Coca-Cola Canada appeared at the information counter. Patricia knew them from an event where weeks earlier she'd given a speech about how she wanted to be a torchbearer for the 2010 Olympics, but she didn't know why they were there. They were there because they wanted to talk to Patricia. Ray-Cam …...
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Sivansh: Working Like a Dog in His Community - Feb 9, 2009
They say that dogs are great judges of character, that when a dog rejects or accepts you it indicates how trustworthy you really are. If that's true (and a consensus of canine-lovers says it is), 16-year-old Sivansh is a keeper, an authentic soul, someone with whom you can connect, someone with whom you feel safe, and someone you'd appreciate having as your two-legged best friend. Visit his profile on our website....
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New Inner City Hub Developer - Jan 23, 2009
MoreSports is pleased to announce Kris Hildebrand as our new Inner City Hub Developer. Some of his previous work experience include: engineer working in inside sales, industrial engineering, estimating, plant engineering, and planning and manufacturing within the corporate world. For the past 20 years he has coached swimmers and triathletes of various age and fitness levels, from recreation to national champions. He is currently employed as a Triathlon Coach at Templeton Pool with Exceleration Jr. Multi-Sport Club. He has a strong passion for …...
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New YELL Community Youth Worker - Jan 21, 2009
MoreSports is pleased to announce Tennyson Wong as our new YELL Community Youth Worker. Previously employed at Riley Park Community Centre, he served for 3 years developing programs for New Immigrant Youth in the Cultural Buddy Program. He first began working as a Youth Leader with MoreSports 4 years ago, and has since been actively involved with youth programs at various community centres throughout Vancouver. He has a strong passion for working with inner city youth to enable leadership through mentorship, and for …...
