Community Connections

Community Building

• Community Service
• Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: LivingRoom Drop-In, Banana Beat, soup kitchen, Edible Garden Project
• West Kootenays: Nelson Women's Centre: gardening, organizing clothing, Rotary: garden building and hot dogs, Yasodhara Ashram: sustainability, gardening,
• Oaxaca: Hijos de la Luna, La Neveria EcoTourism, Tierra del Sol
• School: IYC: Red Hand Day (child soldiers), food drive, 30 Hour Famine, Interact - organizing events, Amnesty International - Write for Rights, YAV - Preventing Violence against Women and Girls workshop/tool kit, Miss Representation screening, Men's Violence Against Women workshop

• Work Experience - customer service, teamwork, numeracy, verbal communication, adaptability, organization
• Tea Garden Salon and Spa - work experience
• The Fairies Pyjamas - sales associate, opening/closing, cashier

hijos de la luna

tierra del sol - mario & sol's

la neveria

edible garden project

REQUIREMENTS
Demonstrate the skills required to work effectively and safely with others and to succeed as individual and collaborative workers, by

• participating in at least 30 hours of work experience and/or community service
• describing the duties performed, the connections between the experience and employability/life skills, and the benefit to the community and to the student