How Mentoring Creates Opportunity
Big Possibilities is a flash mentoring program focused on supporting youth (14-24 years old) with career readiness and exploration. It gives youth the opportunity to attend workshops, explore a variety of careers and learn from local professionals, either in-person or virtually. The program鈥檚 mission is to provide youth with life skills and experiences that allow them to explore, be inquisitive, and feel optimistic about life after high school.
Workshops are 2-hour sessions that run about every 6 weeks. These sessions are grounded in youth voices to ensure programming meets expectations and needs. Some topics of discussion include:
- Resume and cover letter development;
- Interview preparation;
- Post-secondary school applications;
- Financial literacy, budgeting, and building credit;
- Employment and disabilities;
- Being 鈥渇uture ready鈥;
- And more.
Unlocking a child鈥檚 true potential creates a future where anything is possible
In addition, offers volunteer and co-op opportunities for youth looking to gain work experience during their placements. Mentees can request to work at Thrive through their secondary school co-op teacher or email hope.wood@bbbso.ca.
Once placement is complete, youth receive a reference letter based on their performance.
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Thank you for your interest in our program. We have recently had an influx of applications from generous community members, like yourself. In order to catch up, we are temporarily pausing enrolment for this program. We will notify you once we reopen. In the meantime, you can explore opportunities for our In-School Mentoring Program which is currently accepting applications. Thank you!
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