Deadline for Prince Edward Island applicants is April 1st. The waiting list is building!
ACYL Canoe Cove, PEI – April 30, 2009
ACYL Gros Morne, NL – May 21-24, 2009
Fast Co-op Facts
The Canadian Co-operative Association will be celebrating its 100th anniversary (Celebrating a Century of Co-operation: Honouring the Past, Building the Future) this year. In celebration, the CCA will be developing a Youth Action Strategy for young Canadian co-operators, to engage Canadian youth in employment, leadership and education in the co-operative.
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I guess the first thing is where do I start? ACYL is a mind train full of twists and turns! I had attended the Camp Gencheff in Charlottetown, PEI in September of 2007. Before this camp, I was another person on a plane to a camp, but as we began to come together, it became more of a family than a camp. Everyone was on the same page, and trusting as well as encouraging. The camp was simply a mind blowing experience and changed my outlook on how the world works and changed me forever. I found myself avoiding new experiences and keeping to my own circle of activities, and now, after a mere four days, I am taking the chances, trying new things, putting myself out there, being a leader. ACYL gave me the tools I needed to have the self-confidence to make a leader of myself through the most creative ways possible. I really communicated with people there, and I found it to be one the most enjoyable, as well as informational places I've been. I gotta say, over four days at this camp, I found that people there I only recently met, became people I thought I knew since childhood and it was great.
Coming home was definitely a new experience. It was almost as though I was coming home for the first time. My outlook was totally changed, and I was taking leadership in other groups like JCR (Junior Canadian Rangers), Helping get activities like the Fac minor gun course for the JCR’s, and taking part in a group effort to create activities for younger rangers during JCR summer camp. This camp opened my eyes to the world around me, and gave me the push I needed to take the first step in life, and show the world what I can accomplish!
Derek
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Bloggers Needed
ACYL is looking for bloggers! Is there anyone interested in givin’ it a shot, if so give me a shout! A big thank you goes out to Liam, Patrick, Blake, Bethany, Matt and Megan who will be blogging for ACYL. WICKED! Great response so far!
THE ‘GOOD STUFF’
And the winner is:
Ali Marr (…and the crazy crew from Advance Savings Credit Union) is the winner from last month’s crazy co-operator photo contest. For her Ali’s co-operative efforts she will receive an ACYL North End jacket with embroidered ACYL logo. ROCK ON!
Co-op Atlantic raised $47,801.75 in 2008 for the United Way
The employees of Co-op Atlantic raised $47,801.75 in 2008 for the United Way of Greater Moncton & Southeastern NB Region Inc.
We also earned the Silver Certificate of Merit for the 2008 Campaign results. The employee participation was between 65% - 79% up from 35% the previous year. A big thank you to everyone for your participation. Together we are helping to build a stronger and more stable community for each of us to live. THANK YOU!
The NBTA Credit Union presents a minimum of five education awards of $1000 each. These awards are available to students whose parents are members of the NBTA Credit Union as well as to any member of the NBTA Credit Union. Visit www.nbtacu.nb.ca for more details.
Featured Co-op
Heading to University or College and need a place to live?
Many of the buildings featured in this photo (Central park – Manhattan) are housing co-ops. From the outside, a housing co-op looks like the other homes in the neighbourhood. It can be a new apartment building, a row of townhouses or a charming old triplex. What makes it different is not bricks and mortar, but the way its residents share the responsibilities and control of their homes.
A housing co-operative is more than just a place to live. It is a legal association formed for the purpose of providing homes to its members on a continuing basis. A co-op is different from other housing associations in its ownership structure and its commitment to co-operative principles. – from Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada.
Across Canada, some 2,100 non-profit housing co-ops are home to about a quarter of a million people in 90,000 households. Look for a housing co-op while researching universities or college!
The Canadian Co-operative Association will be celebrating its 100th anniversary (Celebrating a Century of Co-operation: Honouring the Past, Building the Future) this year. In celebration, the CCA will be developing a Youth Action Strategy for young Canadian co-operators, to engage Canadian youth in employment, leadership and education in the co-operative.
I guess the first thing is where do I start? ACYL is a mind train full of twists and turns! I had attended the Camp Gencheff in Charlottetown, PEI in September of 2007. Before this camp, I was another person on a plane to a camp, but as we began to come together, it became more of a family than a camp. Everyone was on the same page, and trusting as well as encouraging. The camp was simply a mind blowing experience and changed my outlook on how the world works and changed me forever. I found myself avoiding new experiences and keeping to my own circle of activities, and now, after a mere four days, I am taking the chances, trying new things, putting myself out there, being a leader. ACYL gave me the tools I needed to have the self-confidence to make a leader of myself through the most creative ways possible. I really communicated with people there, and I found it to be one the most enjoyable, as well as informational places I've been. I gotta say, over four days at this camp, I found that people there I only recently met, became people I thought I knew since childhood and it was great.
ACYL is looking for bloggers! Is there anyone interested in givin’ it a shot, if so give me a shout! A big thank you goes out to Liam, Patrick, Blake, Bethany, Matt and Megan who will be blogging for ACYL. WICKED! Great response so far!
And the winner is:
The employees of Co-op Atlantic raised $47,801.75 in 2008 for the United Way of Greater Moncton & Southeastern NB Region Inc. 
Heading to University or College and need a place to live?
