& — Wednesday, November 2, 1988 - Capifano Chronicle

CAP SOCIETY FORMED AFTER RIOT IN 1968

IT ALL started in 1968.

the scene.

The event prompted citizens, merchants, church people and youth workers to band together to review the need for youth social programs in the Capilano

area.

Hargreaves.

She says the project's biggest success has been with teens help- ing teens who have problems with depression and peer pressure, and more serious drug and alcohol problems.

At a Peer Counselling workshop, teens learn counselling strategies which they use to help others in crisis situations.

Whitney Williams, 18, joined the Youth Project because he was interested in learning counselling skills. :

and now works there as a. volun- teer.

She says many teens do not turn to their parents or school counsellors for help, :

“I'm not intimidating and am probably more approachable than someone older, and yet I’ve been there (at the project) long enough that I’ve carned their (teens’) respect.”

McPhee says most of the youths are ‘non-joiners’, and don’t get involved in community programs or at schuol. The

That search eventually gave birth to the Capilano Community Services Society. in the 70’s and

SEE PHOTO PAGE 1

the Capilano Youth Project near-

ly 20 years later.

According to CCSS executive the ‘talter- natives to the negative influences

director Alice Hargreaves, Youth Project offers

of the street.”"

Four nights a week, teens visit a drop-in program at the Teen Centre in the William Griffin Community Centre for a game of

pool or foosball.

Here, teens havé a choice other than drugs and alcohol, says

Says Williams: ‘‘lt’s a very positive peer group. Kids learn role-modelling, time manage- ment, and are involved in deci- sion-making.”*

To a large extent the project's success is due to the relationships formed between the teens and the youth worker and _ volunteers, most of whom are not much older then the teens themselves.

Alyson McPhee, a 21-year-old Capilano College student, used to attend the teen drop-in sessions

drop-in centre gives them a place *

to go where they feel they belong, she says.

Support is also available through summer out-trips. The project offers hiking, camping and canoeing at nearby locations such as Black Tusk and Alouette

ake.

As McPhee puts it: for teens, getting involved in these activities is far ‘“‘better than hanging around the local 7-Eleven.”"

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The next issue date of your neighborhood newspaper — which covers Pemberton Heights, Capilano, Highlands, Canyon Heights, Grouse Woods, Delbrook, Edgemont, Westview

and Upper Levels — is Dec. 7. The Chronicle is published on the first Wednesday of each month.

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Join flower-arranging club

FLORAL ARTISTS are invited to become members of the Capilano Flower Arranging Club, which meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Capilano Library at 3045 Highland Blvd.

The club, which boasts 50 members, hears guest speakers and lectures and holds demonstrations and workshops. Past speakers have been UBC's David Tarrant, who

spoke on foliage for flower ar- .

rangements, and a designer from West Van Florists, who discussed flowers for the home.

The club has been in existence almost four years. A guest fee of $3 is charged, or an annual

membership can be purchased for

- $16.

Rikki says... please recycle, it helps everyone. Thanks.

-People interested in joining are

asked to call Mavis Shulz at 92I-

7907. The club meetings run from 7:30 to 9:30.

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