What would you do for your community and the environment with $500? That’s the question at the heart of a project by the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi Memphrémagog (CJE), which offers youth employment services in the Memphremagog region. Following a successful first call for project ideas in the fall of 2018, local 18 to 29 year olds in the region are being invited by the CJE to use their creativity to improve their communities and their environment this fall through an initiative known as The Volunteering Project. According to Sandrine Hébert, project agent with the CJE, this fall’s call for projects is different only in that there is now an explicit requirement that the project submitted have some kind of positive environmental impact. “The idea is to promote projects that will have an impact on the environment,” she said, explaining that projects must also have a community impact and usefulness, occur within the Memphremagog MRC, and take place in the fall of 2019. See full story in the Thursday, Sept. 5 edition of The Record.
Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi challenging local youth to improve their communities
By Gordon Lambie
