by admin | Aug 15, 2024 | All About YFS
Written by: Nihal Mir and Benson Yu Staff note: Nihal and Benson are two of our extraordinary Market Leaders this season running the Youth Food Market, a seasonal project in Waterloo Region that aims to support youth skill building and leadership, as well as...
by admin | Sep 9, 2023 | All About YFS
Written by Declan Murphy Edited by Kiritika Rana Designed by Kiritika Rana Published by Kiritika Rana Are you a volunteer, or are you interested in volunteering? Good for you! No, seriously – it’s good for you! In Ontario, high schoolers are...
by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | All About YFS
Written by Rayna Almas A few weeks ago, it hit me that we were coming up on a whole year of our youth volunteer program, a program that we’ve aptly called “Youth in Food Systems” (YFS). It all started because of COVID-19. Leading up to the pandemic, our...
by admin | Jan 3, 2022 | All About YFS
Happy New Year, everyone! As we look ahead at this new year that we find ourselves in, we want to introduce to you a few more additions to our blog writing team. Many of our writers from 2021 will be continuing their work with us (yay!), and we have invited a handful...
by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | All About YFS
Written by Rayna Almas As I sit down and open my computer for the last time before Christmas, I can’t help but smile as I reflect on what this year has brought for us at WRSFG. At the beginning of 2021, we didn’t have any high school volunteers on our team, let...
by admin | Jul 30, 2021 | All About YFS
A few months ago, we introduced you to a few of our blog writers. Since then, we’ve added another two dozen high school youth to our team. They come from all kinds of backgrounds and locations, meaning our blog has become a beautiful array of unique voices...
