inside pages Fall 2025 guide

Leadership/Certification

Babysitter Training (11-18 years) Join us for this fun, informative course as we cover important in formation to help prepare you to be a babysitter! Topics include: managing challenging behaviors, leadership and professional conduct as a babysitter, first aid, managing risks and emergen cies, child development, how to feed, diaper, dress and play with children and babies and starting your babysitting business. Refer ence Manuals and information from Canada Safety Council. #16737 Tuesday Sept 2 Lewis Craft Room B #16738 Friday Oct 24 Bill Moore Park Lawn Bowling Building #16739 Sunday Nov 9 Lewis Meeting Room #16740 Sunday Dec 14 Lewis Meeting Room 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $95

Emergency First Aid & CPR-C/AED (13 years & over) Join us for a one-day course covering the ABC’s of first aid - airway, breathing and circula tion. We’ll cover how to deal with obstructed airways, breathing distress and how to control bleeding/wound care. As well, you’ll learn one-person CPR, and more. A 3-year certificate will be issued at the end of the course upon successful completion. #17157 Saturday Nov 1 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Native Sons Hall Lower Lodge $145

High Five Principles of Healthy Childhood Development (14 years and over) This 4-hour training equips front-line leaders working with children 4 - 12 years (i.e. camp counsellor, coaches, after school staff, swim instructors) with the tools to immediately enhance the quality of the programs they are leading and arms them with the tools to ensure they understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional and cognitive needs are met. Includes breakfast or lunch. #17147 Saturday Oct 25 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Lewis Meeting Room $95

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Gnarly Little Christmas Craft Fair (9-19 years) Saturday, December 6 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Filberg Conference Hall $10/table courtenay.ca/gnarly

Courtenay Youth

Fall Program Registration starts Monday August 11 | See page 102

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