Youth

Business Skills for Basin Students March 5, 2020 - Students in the Columbia Basin can learn about financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship through JA British Columbia (JABC). Columbia Basin Trust is providing JABC with $460,500 over three years to provide support to students throughout the region. “We’ve seen […]

Supporting Young People to Lead, Take Action February 6, 2020 - The Trust’s Basin Youth Network Leadership Summit will take place in Kimberley this year, April 24 to 26. Columbia Basin Trust is providing a unique opportunity for youth to attend the Basin Youth Network Leadership Summit where they will meet […]

Getting Kids and Youth Moving – for Fun and for Health January 21, 2020 - Whether it involves a new playground to swing in, a better bike track to do loops on, or updated gymnastics equipment to flip on, children and youth throughout the Columbia Basin will have access to new and improved sports equipment […]

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• If you’re a student graduating high school who has done meaningful volunteer work, you could earn a $2,000 Youth Community Service Award.
• If you’re a college student in the Basin needing financial help, our Columbia Basin Bursary could give you aid.
• If you’re looking for a part-time job during the school year, our School Works Program could help someone afford to hire you.
• If you’re looking for a full-time entry-level or career-related job in the Basin during the summer months, our Summer Works Program could help someone afford to hire you.

Through our Basin Youth Network, we help communities increase local activities and opportunities for youth aged 12 to 18, enabling them to learn new skills, like leadership, and engage more with each other and their communities.

• We help Basin children and youth build knowledge about entrepreneurship, self-employment, financial literacy and work readiness through programs offered by JA British Columbia.

Michelle d’Entremont
Manager, Delivery of Benefits
mdentremont@ourtrust.org
250.304.1665