Creating a community where kids can grow up great, doesn’t work without community support. This website provides relevant and evidence based resources and supports. Please take a look to see how you can use these resources to support kids every day in your life. Every kid, every day matters.
Community Guest Blogs
Everyone knows the saying, “It takes a villages to raise a child”, and we couldn’t agree more. We encourage our partners and everyone in the community to contribute your knowledge to our resources by submitting a guest blog to the YLL My Home Community page!
Community
“Creating Our Community Story Together.”
Social Hosting
There are lots of amazing things about living in a border community. If you are hosting a party that has alcohol, there are things you need to know.
Lloydminster Youth Council
There are a lot of amazing kids in this community! Let us introduce you to a few that you maybe haven’t met yet.
Vaping
Does it scare you to see young kids vaping? If your child had a vape in their bag, would you recognize it? Does the work ‘vapor’ make you wonder if they are as dangerous as they are made out to be?
Parents of teens have had a lot of new challenges to face around addictive substances that we didn’t have as youth. Let us help you feel confident in helping your child make good choices.
Kindness Wins
Need a ‘that warmed my heart’ pick me up? We get it and we got it. Check out the links to learn about small and big projects happening in Lloydminster that will warm your heart, inspire you and maybe even have you reaching discreetly for something dry your eyes.
40 Developmental Assets
You know the saying “it’s the little things”? That saying really captures what the developmental assets encourages parents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors, support people and the general community to think about when interacting with youth. While the name “40 Developmental Assets” may sound a bit overwhelming, the 40 things kids need to be connected to themselves, family and community are all the little things we can do for kids every day.
Cannabis
Can you hardly remember a time when cannabis wasn’t legal or you are still in shock that it is? Either way, you may have questions about cannabis and how it affects you, your family or friends or the community. You will find links and resources that can answer questions you may have about cannabis here.
If you are more likely to do your own research on cannabis, ensure you are getting information from organizations that understand best practices and know what relationship the website may have to someone who financially benefits from the sale of cannabis.
Mental Health
Mental health is so important for everyone. If you are interested in learning more about mental health, these resources and links will inform and entertain you.
Community Guest Blogs
Father’s Day 2022
After a winter that seemed to go on forever, all of a sudden it is the middle of June, and Father’s Day is this weekend.
Father’s Day looks different for every family. Maybe you celebrate the great dads in your lives, maybe it’s the Uncles, Grandpa’s, or Brothers that you celebrate. Maybe it’s a family friend who is the center of your Father’s Day. Regardless of the who, how, and where you celebrate this weekend, there are some really great geared to men resources we want to share with you.
An Influential Generation Podcast – Youth’s Perspective on the Impact of the Tobacco and Vaping Industry
An Influential Generation first started as a program created with YllMyHome, that uses evidence-based research and best practices to educate youth on informed decision-making and how to use their influence to affect change in public health. Currently, the program includes presentations on vaping and alcohol, with more in the works. We have trained amazing youth in our community who now use the program to give peer-to-peer presentations in middle schools.
PECHA KUCHA 5: POWER
Mark your calendars Lloydminster! The Lloydminster Youth Council is excited to announce Pecha Kucha 5: Power is coming to the Vic Juba Community Theatre on May 17, 2022 at 7pm.
What is a Pecha Kucha event?
Pecha Kucha (Japanese for ‘chit chat’) is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each. In less than 7 minutes, presenters share powerful, fast-paced and visually-compelling stories. Sounds amazing, right! It is, and it gets even better.
How To Support Others Leading With Empathy
How to support Mental Health Awareness today, this week, this month, this year?
The CMHA’s (Canadian Mental Health Association) Mental Health Awareness message this week is all about Empathy.
What is Empathy?
“Empathy. It’s the capacity we share as human beings to step into each other’s shoes. To understand where they’re coming from and what they’re feeling. To listen hard and refuse to judge. It’s also one way to reduce and resolve conflict.” CMHA
BBCoC Bringing a Trauma Workshop to Lloydminster
Beyond Borders Circle of Change is very excited to announce that we are bringing “Trauma – Counselling Strategies for Healing and Resilience” to Lloydminster. This workshop is offered by the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute in Winnipeg (www.ctrinstitute.com).
5 Years and 70 Projects Later
Five years ago Beyond Borders Circle of Change committee members were working through how the group could evolve and move forward. We were no longer offering the “Challenge Days” that had happened within the schools. The Red Cross Anti-Bullying Program had grown to have an amazing team of students at both HRHS and LCHS; elementary schools did and still appreciate the work they do with their students. Parent presentations had been successful but were no longer the direction we wanted to go. That left us struggling with knowing what was next for us.
Moose Jaw’s Community Partnerships Addressing Crystal Meth Awareness and Prevention
The Moose Jaw Crystal Meth Strategy Committee (MJCMSC) is a network of several human service organizations and community members, led by Moose Jaw Police Service. Comprised of 14 members of several human service organizations interested in providing information to community members to increase awareness about the dangers of crystal meth use in Moose Jaw and the area, the committee is set to work in 2019.
New Website Launch for YllMyHome!
We have officially launched our new YllMyHome website! We have had our own little space on the internet for a while now. In fact, we have been present online since 2008. Just like other committees, we have changed and evolved through the years. We originally...
