Highlights from the year
Big Moments & memories 2019 - 2020
September
Take a Hike Nanaimo program opened on Vancouver Island
We held our Community Leaders Breakfast in Nanaimo, joined by MLA Sheila Malcolmson
We expanded operations in the West Kootenays with additional KCLC youth being served
Annual Raft Day Fun!
December
Burnaby youth Joaquin appeared on Global TV’s CKNW Kids’ Fund Pledge Day
Take a Hike Burnaby held their annual Holiday Lunch
March
We launched online programming for all Take a Hike youth and their families
July
We extended online clinical counselling to all Take a Hike youth throughout the summer, as well as to additional youth referred by our school district and community partners
October
We presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, as part of the 2019 and the 2020 Budget Consultations, in October and in June
January
Youth participated in multi-day winter trips to the Tetrahedrons, Hollyburn Mountain, and Ripple Ridge, Creston
May
We expanded online counselling support to youth in partnering school districts and the wider community
August
With your help, we raised $236,686 for the COVID-19 Response & Recovery Fund providing 1,538 online counselling sessions in 5 months
November
Geoff Livingstone and Cam MacDougal hosted the premiere of their brilliant and beautiful documentary, Shorten the Divide, about their fundraising ride from Banff to Baha for Take a Hike kids
February
At our 14th Annual Moonlight Snowshoe, Coast Capital Savings announced a transformational gift to Take a Hike
SalmOlympia fundraising event premiered in the West Kootenays
June
Black Lives Matter movement inspired action, and commitment to education and change in Take a Hike youth & staff
With the support of our friends at Traction on Demand and their online platform Gather, we held our very first virtual event, “By the Fire”