It's a first for the Yorkton Boys and Girls Club and an exciting opportunity for a local youth.
Yorkton's Patricia Shingoose-Sembhi is the recipient of the Future Shop's Future Generation Scholarship. This is the first time that a youth from Yorkton has received this opportunity. Shingoose-Sembhi has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Yorkton since she was nine years old. She was a regular attendee, eager to help the leaders in any task and always asking when she could work at the Club.
In September of 2011 Patricia applied for the position of Programmer for the six to 12 age group and has been doing an amazing job as a recreation leader.
"We are so proud to have Patricia work for us and think it is so wonderful to have alumni staff," says Erin Nelson, Program Manager Boys & Girls Club of Yorkton.
"We are very happy and proud that Patricia was chosen for this scholarship, she deserves it!"
Through the support of Future Shop, 40 Boys and Girls Clubs youth from across Canada will have the opportunity to pursue their higher education goals as recipients of Future Shop's Future Generation Scholarships.
Scholarship recipients are selected based on their outstanding contribution to their Boys and Girls Club and local community, good academic standing and financial need. This year, scholarship recipients spanned coast to coast - 18 youth from Ontario, five youth from British Columbia, four youth from New Brunswick and Newfoundland, three youth from Manitoba, two youth from Alberta and Nova Scotia, and one youth from Quebec, made up the 40 deserving recipients for 2012.
Together with Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC), Future Shop has been supporting the post-secondary dreams of Boys and Girls Club youth for over 10 years through the provision of much needed scholarships through Future Shop's Future Leaders scholarship program. Seen as an evolution to this program, the Future Generation program aims to provide young people in Grade 10 with the financial resources they need to achieve their long term education goals.
Future Shop's Future Generation program promises students in Grade 10 a scholarship for their post-secondary education at a critical time when it may still be possible to influence their decision about whether or not to continue their studies past high school. Research indicates that while many students lack the financial resources to attend post-secondary education, many also lack accurate information about the costs, especially for tuition. By awarding these scholarships in Grade 10, successful applicants may realize earlier on that pursuing post-secondary education can still be a realistic option.
