Youth Assisting Youth

🌟 A heartfelt thank you to , the visionary founder of Soul Worx. Your unique blend of Art, Charity, Community, and Basketball is making a positive difference for youth and the community. We are very grateful for your dedication and support. Keep up the great work! 🙌❤️

Empowering each other through every step—cherishing these impactful mentorship moments that spark growth and change. 🌟

YOUTH DAY 2024
Meeting future mentors. Connecting with other community leaders.

"A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself."

A huge shoutout to .worx for their support of our 1:1 Peer Mentoring Program through their amazing Annual Summer 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament! Your dedication to empowering youth through art, charity, sport and community is truly inspiring. Together, we're making a difference and shaping the leaders of tomorrow! 🙌✨

Come on down to Dundas Square for YouthDay2024 for sunshine, great food, great performances & learn about all the different organizations that are helping create the leaders of tomorrow!!

A big thank you to for donating tickets to us for the Mind Over Matter - an evening of mentalism and mind games show. Our clients had an amazing time an we are grateful for the opportunity to attend!

Youth Assisting Youth (YAY) is excited to announce an amazing partnership with .seneca.navy ! This collaboration is set to make waves, not just in the waters of the 2025 World’s Toughest Rowing competition, but also in the lives of countless young people across Toronto and York Region.

To learn more about this incredible initiative and how you can get involved, please visit https://youthassistingyouth.com/team-seneca-navy-yay/

YAY would like to thank the Toronto Police Association for allowing our youth, their mentors and their families this wonderful opportunity for a day out at Wonderland today!!

We’re proud to be selected for , thanks to local Starbucks partners (employees) in our community!

A big Thank you to Toronto Police for coming out and sharing your time and showing the youth your amazing cruiser Empowering Copy
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Let the games begin

All the wonderful staff and volunteers making the Annual Family Picnic a good place to be

keeping the vibe strong at YAY’s Annual Family Picnic- magic show to come

Intro to our upcoming chess program ’s Annual Family Picnic

Youth Assisting Youth is hosting its annual family picnic creek park today and the weather is fantastic

Thank you University of Guelph- Humber for hosting the Partner Appreciation Event. YAY is thankful to the placement students you provide.

We had a great time connecting with fellow placement supervisors while enjoying food and music. Great to reconnect with Tejal S. from Costi - . Amazing event.

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!

Today we recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Youth Assisting Youth extends love and best wishes to our Indigenous clients, volunteers, communities, and partners!

Today is the HumberWood Community Centre DAY OF FUN!! Come on down and enjoy the basketball ball tournament, chess tournament, video games, snacks while you learn about Youth Assisting Youth Mentorship program

Thank you to the City of Scarborough & City of Toronto for inviting Youth Assisting Youth to Movie Night at McGregor Park!! We had a blast speaking to the parents and Kids!! Kung Fu Panda 4 outside with friends and family, what's not to love!!!

Thank you to and for the invite to the June meeting at the Welcome Centre Immigrant Services in Richmond Hill to discuss helping the community and a collaboration between multiple programs for helping newcomers.

Excited to see our program flyer at ! Thank you for showing your support 🙏🏼✨

Mentorship Matters!

Here are some aesthetic locations we have come across during our outreach efforts.

Would anyone be able to guess the locations?

It was great to connect with and at the Talent City Vaughan Careers Expo on May 3, 2024. We also signed up some amazing potential volunteers. 🤗

The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an amazing organization that is making a real difference in the community! With support from OTF's Resilient Communities Fund, we were able to expand our LifeLine Program and provide mental health counselling and self-care training for our volunteers, clients and staff! Thank you OTF for everything that you do for YAY and the community!

A happy surprise to run into one of our previous Volunteer Youth Mentors Kevin Yee!!!

Thanks for coming by and sharing your stories with us. Hearing how our programs affected people lives for the better as far back as 8 years ago is the best motivation for us to continue our outreaching, bettering the community & helping the kids of the city

Congratulations to the winners of our raffle!!! Thank you for visiting our booth & we hope you enjoy your Tim Hortons gift cards