February 3, 2025
It has been everything I hoped for and more. The students have all shown incredible growth in not only their mechanical skills, but their social skills as well. The Gap program has helped them and me advance in ways we previously thought unachievable. When writing a script, sincerity can be hard to communicate and hyperbole is easy ,but we live in a time laid with uncertainty and many youth feel lost or unwelcome in this world, so when I say that this program is life changing, I mean it whole heartedly, as I’ve seen it first hand, and every single Gap alumni I've talked to tonight 100% agree.
Earn-a-Bike
Programming
March 20, 2023
Lately I’ve been hearing the voice of Ross Gellar in my head an awful lot. While he had many great lines over the seasons of the TV show Friends, there is one scene in particular that feels really relatable right now.
Programming
March 20, 2023
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a process of attaining the knowledge, attitudes, and skills we need as humans to ‘understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.’
Impact
March 20, 2023
There is a large body of evidence that supports the value of quality mentoring, including an analysis of more than 70 mentoring programs that found positive outcomes across social, emotional, behavioural, and academic areas of youth development.
Community
March 20, 2023
In a world where the definition of community has changed drastically – from the people who lived on neighbouring farms within a short distance to more than one billion people who are active on Facebook – is it more important than ever that we focus on building positive relationships with the world around us.
Community
March 20, 2023
When it comes to providing positive outcomes for young people, combining the resources of family, community and schools has proven to be the recipe for success. However, we believe youth development programs do more than just change the lives of the kids – they also impact the community in positive ways.
TWV Team Member