STYLE - Surrey's Team for Youth Leadership and Engagement

12/10/2015

On behalf of the STYLE team, we want to thank all the participants, sponsors, volunteers, and partner agencies who helped make the conference possible. We hope you all have a wonderful December and we'll be back in January with more updates!

12/09/2015

Check out this Simon Fraser University News story about the Surrey Youth Engagement Conference!

Youth in Surrey generally feel unprepared for entering the workforce or post-secondary education, often lack basic life skills and are impacted by a lack services such as transportation.

12/04/2015

Gordon Shieh ©

Apart from being an exceptionally fun day, the Surrey Youth Engagement Conference was a forum filled with intelligent discussion and insightful dialogue from youth and adult participants.

On Saturday, November 28th, youth and adult participants gathered at the SFU Surrey Campus to discuss the challenges that youth face as they transition to adulthood and what the solutions could look like.

Event hosted by STYLE (Surrey Team for Youth Leadership and Engagement) with support from the SFU Surrey TD Community Engagement Centre, City of Surrey, Pacific Community Resources Society, Sources, Alexandra Neighbourhood House, Vancouver Foundation, VYPER, Surrey School District, Options, YMCA, Surrey Board of Trade, and Surrey Cares.

Photos by Lindsay Hitchcock ([email protected]) and Gordon Shieh (https://instagram.com/gordonshieh).

11/30/2015

Thanks again to Surrey 604 for covering our conference last Saturday!

http://surrey604.com/2015/11/29/recap-surreys-inaugural-youth-engagement-conference-video/

Recap: Surrey’s Inaugural Youth Engagement conference (VIDEO) Education, Events, Video | November 29, 2015 | 0 | by Blake Rozo Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Watch Surrey604 visit Surrey’s Inaugural Youth Engagement Conference. We chat with Trisha Dulku, Youth Engagement Facilitator for…

11/29/2015

For everyone who enjoyed the wonderful food at our conference, be sure to thank the City of Surrey for funding the catering so that we could all enjoy it!

11/28/2015

STYLE will be holding a social media contest during the conference for all our attendees, and here are three ways you can enter:
1. Following on Twitter
2. Retweeting 's posts
3. Using the hashtag to post content on either Facebook and Twitter

And remember you can do #2 and 3 multiple times for more entries. We'll announce the winner at the end of the conference - good luck!

11/28/2015

Calling all hockey fans! The Vancouver Canucks have donated a signed jersey from BO HORVAT that will be given away at our Surrey Youth Engagement Conference tomorrow. We're hope you're as excited as we are about this amazing prize, and you can keep up to date with your favourite hockey team by liking their page here: https://www.facebook.com/Canucks/?fref=ts

Canucks.com

11/27/2015

Wow! The Vancouver White Caps FC donated not one, but TWO pairs of tickets to their games in support of our conference. Come out to the Surrey Youth Engagement Conference tomorrow for a chance to win them.

https://www.facebook.com/whitecapsfc/?fref=ts&rf=432338336861871

Official page of Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

11/27/2015

Make sure to arrive nice and early at our Youth Engagement Conference tomorrow so that you can register for your first-choice discussion group! Do you want to focus on School, Family, or Community?

11/27/2015

The second winner of our 3 days of giveaways is... Manjot Badesha! Manjot will be winning a bundle of two books:

1. Personal Storytelling: Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary by Sam Thiara (one of our keynote speakers for the conference!)

http://www.amazon.ca/Personal-Storytelling-Discovering-Extraordinary-Ordinary/dp/099375810X

2. Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace by Sharon Salzberg

http://www.amazon.ca/Real-Happiness-Work-Meditations-Accomplishment/dp/0761168990

Reminder that tomorrow is the last day to participate in our final giveaway! You can share our contest post or tag the names of your friends in the comments for additional entries.

11/27/2015

Congratulations to Alex Wen for winning the Nov. 25 giveaway prize! You'll receive a gift card for 12 mini cupcakes (courtesy of Cupcakes by Heather & Lori, one of our wonderful sponsors!). Thanks to to everyone who participated in the giveaway, and a reminder that you still have a whole day to enter for tomorrow's prize!

https://www.facebook.com/Cupcakes-by-Heather-Lori-55656963735/?fref=ts

Contact us at [email protected]

11/27/2015

Would you like to win 2 tickets to a BC Lions home game PLUS 2 Manny Arceneaux autographed hats? Come out to our conference on Saturday! Huge thanks to the BC Lions for their generous donation: https://www.facebook.com/BC.Lions/?fref=ts

Official page of the BC Lions Football Club.
Six-time Grey Cup champions.
Go to www.bclions.com for all the latest stories.