Drop-in youth centre to open at Don Ross
A safe place for youth to go and hang out is coming to the Battlefords. Renovations are being done to the Don Ross Centre to accommodate a drop-in youth centre.
“We’re looking to get something going over the summer,” Executive Director of Concern for Youth Nicole Fidelak said. “We are just going to start with drop-in basketball and hockey games at the Don Ross Centre and then really get everything going in the fall”
Concern for Youth is an outreach program that provides services to people ages five to 19 in the Battlefords.
“We have a van we drive around in and most of the youth around here know who we are,” Fidelak said. “They know they can wave us down and our staff will pull over and give them a sandwich or just hang out with them.”