June 1975                                                                       Secretary of State comes through
NSYS gets summer grant
Synonymous with youth oriented activities and a desire to involve itself in community affairs, North Shore Youth Services has once again been successful in obtaining a Student Community Service grant from the Secretary of State's office of the federal government.

The summer of '75's grant will he directed by Barbara Moss and Russ Williams, under the banner of North Shore Voluntary Action Project.

Funds will be used in the continuation of community work during the summer months. The Student Community Service Program is designed to strengthen and further develop voluntary organizations by improving their capacity to respond to changing community needs and by channelling the energy and imagination of youth into the voluntary sector.

A spokesman for NSYS said that the staff of the organization will work in various areas of the community this summer on a two-phase program. The first aspect will focus on animation and data collection. The animation phase will assist community members to design and initiate special-interest programs.

On the agenda are programs designed for children, clinic-type health programs, youth activities, programs for young women and family participation programs.

The second phase of the program will zero in on collecting data relevant to the status of voluntary action of the North Shore. This will take the form of an extensive look at voluntary needs and resources available in the community, with the objective of establishing a true picture of the balance in types of volunteer projects, as well as discovering existing gaps in the overall picture.  
It will, according to an NSYS spokesman, also involve initiating volunteer groups around some of the community's special-interest programs.

"We're looking forward to an interesting and exciting summer," the spokesman continued, pointing out that the staff is currently involved in contacting various agencies and individuals in the community as well as participating in an on-going training and development program supported by the West island YMCA.

The spokesman suggested that anyone interested in further information about the program, or interested in participating, should telephone the North Shore youth Services' office at 683- 8690.