At-risk youth in the Downtown Eastside are building a legacy for the B.C. Games, but the program needs more private support.
Ida Chong, minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, was on hand yesterday to unveil the B.C. Games’ new medal podiums — each made from reclaimed pine-beetle wood — as well as a new medal design.
“Training is a focal point of the B.C. Jobs Plan, and the young people at FabShop are learning skills that will help them build a prosperous future in our provincial economy,” Chong said.
FabShop is part of Tradeworks Training Society and relies on private donors and government funding to provide carpentry training to at-risk youth and new immigrants.
The society has been building sports-related paraphernalia and custom wood objects since 1994, having provided more than 11,000 items for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, manager Mark Hetherington said.
“We have 16-person cohorts who receive 20 weeks of training,” Hetherington said, adding that it costs $280,000 for each cohort to complete training.
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From left, Sae Kerr, Minister Ida Chong and FabShop manager Mark Hetherington display the new B.C. Games medal design.
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