RoTell - July 24, 2019 (Jul 24, 2019)

RCOS eBulletin – July 24, 2019

Lunch meeting was held at KS on the Keys Scribe: Rosemary Parker

Guests

Patti Murphy, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) Charitable Foundation.

Announcements

No meeting next week – Wednesday, 31 July 2019.
Golf update: we raised approximately $45,000. We would like to send out a big thank you to Bernie and the committee for another successful tournament.
National Car Show has been postponed until Saturday August 31. Please contact Jeanine or Scot re your availability.

50/50 Draw

Alex’s number was drawn but the joker remains hidden.

Happy Bucks

Jeanine collected our happy bucks.

Guest Speaker

Luigi introduced today’s speaker, Patti Murphy. Patti is the Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) Charitable Foundation.

There are 1000 – 1400 homeless youth in Ottawa.

50% come from middle and upper class families.

40% identify as being LGBTQ+

80% of youth get placed safely with the help of YSB.

YSB supports youth between the ages of 12-24 years.

YSB helps with:

Youth Housing

Two shelters dedicated to young people
Transitional housing available for more independent living
There are three long-term housing apartment buildings
Fall 2019, a new Youth Housing Hub is opening on Riverside Drive with support services on the ground floor

Mental Health

Youth Employment

Provide resources, workshops and training to assist youth with employment services
Address specific employment challenges for ethnic and visible minorities, youth with disabilities and at risk youth
Match students with job placements, often their first job
Counselling

Youth Justice

Education and Training - help youth make a positive transition back to the community
Counselling – encourage youth to accept responsibility
Ongoing support services – to help reduce risk of reoffending.

Patti gave a great presentation and stayed to answer questions.

President Alex ended the meeting at 1:30 pm.