SYC Drop-In Centre (1 Dermot Baldwin Way SE) volunteering coming up: Sunday, Feb. 5 from 5:30-7pm. Next one is Sunday, Feb. 26 from 5:30-7pm. Volunteers help serve food to the clients there. Please email sikhyc@gmail.com if you would like to help out!

Come up with a unique Design and slogan/quote for the new 2012 SYC Shirts!!!

For 2012 Submit designs/slogans which are related to one or a combination of the following:

1) Charitable causes (cancer, food drives, famine, etc)

2) Sports

3) Life Events (Changes in the upcoming year, Revolutions, Sikhi Related, etc)

Send your entries to sikhyc@gmail.com.

Deadline March 1, 2012!

 Winners will be announced!

Who: All kids/youth with artistic talent

What: Design – A – T-shirt Contest 2012

When: Starting Now! Deadline March 1, 2012

Where: Email your ideas to sikhyc@gmail.com

Why: Create a new design and slogan/quote for the 2012 SYC Shirts! Winners will be chosen and recognised!

A total of $11,813.25 was raised towards our goal of $6,000

SYC Light The Night Walk to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada

Light the Night is an annual event to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help patients battle blood cancers. This year, SYC was able to exceed our goal of $6000 and raised an incredible $11,813.25!! Thank you to each person who donated and came to the walk to support this cause. Together, we were able to contribute a large amount and help in this positive change for the greater community.

Funds donated are used to provide:

• Lifesaving blood cancer research
• Educational materials for patients and their families
• Programs such as: Family Support Groups and First connection (a peer-to-peer counselling program)
• Personalized assistance through Light the Night’s Information Resource Center
   

Update to Flair4Famine Event:

With support from our youth, sponsors, volunteers, and organizers we were able to double our goal for Flair4Famine and raised an incredible $20,706.20! These funds will go towards Canadian Red Cross and Oxfam Canada to help those families and children suffering and dying every day from the famine in Somalia/Horn of Africa.

Who: Sikh Youth Calgary

What: Meet and Greet. Get to know everyone and have a good time!
When: Sunday August 7 from 2pm – 7:30pm
Where: Panorama Community Center (88 Panamount Hill NW)

The goal here is to involve everyone regardless of their lifestyles so we can all be ourselves. This will be a casual, open, and friendly environment without any formal lectures/presentations. You are welcome to share your own ideas for events and discuss ways to contribute/volunteer for the good of society.

Along with some entertaining team building activities, there will be pizza, pabhi/bhabhi (card game), and people like you that want to create positive change within our communities.

For questions or comments, please call Jasmeet @ 403 973 1630 or Amarpreet @ 403 397 2362 or email sikhyc@gmail.com.

Thanks, and hope to see you there!