Youth 20/20 Can Nanaimo

Hi Nanaimo youth ☀️ Are you between 15 and 29 years old? Do you want to make a real difference in our community?

Youth Can is calling on YOU! Bring your ideas, passion, and energy to help us create positive change in our community. Whether you’re into organizing events, supporting local causes, or simply want to give back, there’s a place for you on our team.

✨ Make lasting friendships, gain valuable experience, have your voice heard, create a better Nanaimo

Email [email protected] to sign up. Let’s make this summer unforgettable!

🌿 Our native plant garden at Beaufort is almost ready for its grand opening! We've added a fresh layer of mulch to our pathways, and everything is looking beautiful. 🌸

Join us this Friday, June 21, from 4-7 PM at Beaufort Park Food Forest to explore the garden and learn all about native plants. 🌱✨

Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with nature and our community. See you there!

We are excited to invite you to the grand opening celebration of our native plant garden at Beaufort Park on Friday, June 21 from 4-7 pm.

Join us for a tour of the native plant garden, food forest, and community garden. The event will also feature music, snacks, refreshments, and children’s games.

We thank the City of Nanaimo Local Government for their Community Environmental Sustainability Project Grant.

We are excited to invite you to the grand opening celebration of our native plant garden at Beaufort Park on Friday, June 21 from 4-7 pm.

Join us for a tour of the native plant garden, food forest, and community garden. The event will also feature music, snacks, refreshments, and children's games.

We thank the City of Nanaimo Local Government for their Community Environmental Sustainability Project Grant.

In May, our youth volunteered 319 hours, making our community a better place. Here are the highlights:

💥This month, youth volunteered at Curious ComiCon and Volunteer Nanaimo’s monthly craft market, where we sold our self-made Cyanotype cards and bags.
🎉 Youth who volunteered at the Maple Sugar Festival enjoyed a fun bowling outing.
🌱 We continued our work at the native plant garden in Beaufort Park and removed invasive blackberry bushes at our adopted park, Diver Lake.
🌈 Ongoing Engagements: We maintained our regular activities, including Guitar Lessons, Safe Space Meetings, Planning Sessions, Study Groups, and Game Nights. Additionally, we hosted an Identity and Media Workshop series.

Happy Pride 🌈
Our youth celebrated by marching in the Pride parade. It was a fantastic event filled with joy.

We volunteered at the NCDC’s Family BBQ ☀️. We helped with face painting and assisted with food service. It was heartwarming to see the joy on the faces of the children and families. Thank you .cdc for the great work you do in our community.

Father’s Day is around the corner and Volunteer Nanaimo is hosting a craft market featuring local, handmade, unique gifts.

Join us on Saturday, June 8 from 11am-4pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

Our youth will be selling handmade cyanotype cards to raise funds for our Volunteer Nanaimo youth programs.

We volunteered with the Wellington Action Committee to help remove invasive plants along Loudon Walkway. 🌱

Last weekend, our youth team created a beautiful pathway in the native plant garden at Beaufort Park. 🌱 Stay tuned for our grand opening later in June!

We're reaching out to the community for support. Do you or someone you know specialize in crafting log benches? If so, please feel free to reach out to us here, call 250-758-7121, or email us at [email protected]. We'd love to discuss how we can collaborate. Thank you!

During Youth Week, our youth crafted Cyanotype cards and tote bags that we sold at Volunteer Nanaimo’s monthly craft market.

It felt like summer at our last Beaufort Park work party.☀️ We weeded our native plant garden and began adding mulch to the path.

Mother’s Day is around the corner and Volunteer Nanaimo is hosting a Craft Market featuring local, handmade, unique gifts.

Join us on Saturday, May 11 from 11am-4pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

Our youth will be selling handmade cyanotype cards to raise funds for our Volunteer Nanaimo youth programs.

In April, our youth volunteered 346 hours, making our community a better place. Here are the highlights from this month:
🎉 National Volunteer Week: We volunteered at the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon hosted by Volunteer Nanaimo and celebrated the diverse cultures within our community.
🌱 Earth Month: We promoted volunteerism and environmental stewardship at the City of Nanaimo’s Earth Day event. This month, we also planted more shrubs at the native plant garden in Beaufort Park, pulled invasive species at Diver Lake Park, and cleaned up garbage.
🌈 Ongoing Engagements: We continued our regular activities including Guitar Lessons, Safe Space Meetings, Planning Sessions, Study Groups, and Game Nights. In addition, we hosted an Identity and Media Workshop series.
Volunteer Nanaimo Monthly Craft Market: Volunteer Nanaimo hosted its first Craft Market with the support of our youth.

We celebrated youth week with a work party at our adopted park, Diver Lake. 🌱 look at all the blackberry we pulled 💪🏼

We volunteered at Curious ComiCon today 🧚🏽‍♀️

We are celebrating BC youth week.

If you are between 11-29 years, you are invited to join our youth week events. Email [email protected] or message us if you would like to join.