As Area Director for North York, I have the fun job of making wider connections throughout the GTA, sharing about Youth Unlimited’s work and vision for young people in this city. In this task, our hope is always to develop a ‘wholistic’ sense of community in this city. While urban life can often create pockets of isolation, we seek to bring connection by rallying people around the vast potential young people have in North York.
Last week, we received an inquiry through our website about our new program for youth entrepreneurship – Blueprints. We had posted a video on our Blueprints Facebook page of author and speaker Richard St. John, who has written a book called “8 To Be Great“, and the inquiry was from none other than him.
A few days later, I had the pleasure of sitting down and hearing Richard’s inspirational life story and the engaging presentation he gives to young people around the world. He has run marathons in 7 continents, won international marketing awards and been married for over 35 years. Richard’s desire was to share this story with young people that really needed to hear it, to know that they can succeed by putting to practice a few basic principles. I loved that for Richard, success was not about making lots of money, but about following your passions and dedicating yourself to them. So he has offered to come to Jane-Finch and speak with the young people we work with there in the Blueprints program. That’s connection. Thanks, Richard. (Check out Richard’s website at http://www.richardstjohn.com/.)
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