Youth Club continues to offer great programming

Times Reporter    

 

The thought of leaving your child home alone can sometimes invoke images of things going wrong, just like the classic Home Alone movies from the 90’s. While the movies are a bit of a far stretch from what can happen on a day-to-day basis, the Youth Club of Strathmore is offering a course that should help alleviate some of those fears. 

At Home Alone is a course for children ages 10 and up, that teaches youth about home alone safety. The course helps build confidence through safety, first aid and comfort skills  with instruction by ChildSafe Canada. 

“Just because a youth reaches a certain age it does not mean they are ready to stay at home alone.  There is no legal age in Alberta where a youth can be at home alone,” said Colina Clark, Program Coordinator for the Youth Club. 

“That decision is between the youth and the parent, based on the youth’s confidence and skill level.  And this course may provide an opportunity to open up that dialogue between youths and parents.”  

The At Home Alone course will be held at the Youth Club centre, on June 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Youth Club is quickly filling the month of June with a variety of events to please most. On June 6, there will be a Fusion movie night, for students in Grade 7 and older. They will be showing Oz-The Great and Powerful at the centre.

June 7 marks another Fantabulous Friday. Tech is the theme and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Minds in Motion, from the University of Calgary, will be bringing in their LEGO Mindstorm.

“They are a very popular Lego theme that uses robotics. It goes beyond blocks. For a boy, it’s a great opportunity to work with them as the Mindstorm robot is very expensive,” said Clark. 

For all the young anglers out there, the Youth Club is now offering a fishing workshop on June 11, 13 and 15. 

“The fishing workshop came about because of interest expressed by youth in the community and is being delivered by a volunteer who’s a recreational fisherman himself,” said Clark.   

The two classroom instructions will be held at the Youth Club and will be followed with a field trip to the Stavely Reservoir, to put the newly learned skills into action. 

There is still more room for registration into the fishing workshop. It’s $20 for members and $30 for non-members.