BTS Summer Job Highlights

BTS Summer Jobs 2021 has sadly come to an end but the memories and skills attained by the staff here at BTS will last forever. This summer the work it program presented youth ages 16-24 with the opportunity to obtain hard skills, soft skills and as well as transferable skills. Youth were offered jobs that allowed them to undertake Soft skills (SEL) such as accountability, responsibility, organization, time management, collaboration and problem-solving and undertake Hard skills (Physical literacy) such as development, research and evaluation, digital content creation, data entry and analysis, managing social media, facilitating summer camps and creating reports. The end goal of the Work it program is to help students attain job readiness, resilience, confidence and hard & soft skills, for a smooth transition to the workforce. A special thanks to Canada Summer Jobs for making programs like this one possible.

The following infographic is a highlight of this year’s summer job program.

Quotes:

"My experience with BTST was amazing! I enjoyed every second of it and I learned a lot of important skills that I know will help me! Overall, I loved the program and hope to come back next year!" - Volunteer (Jasreen Sahota)

“I get to get away from home and get to feel like an adult “ - Summer camp councillor (Milan Ewers)

“Beat the Streets has helped me become a confident and more resilient person. I am now leaving this job feeling like I can achieve any goal if I try my best and never give up!” - Summer camp councillor (Brooklyn 26)

"What I loved about working for beat the streets is that I got to meet new people all as interesting. Some were similar to me, personality-wise, while others were totally different. I got to learn more about them through our games and meetings and I sure am not disappointed….throughout the last 7 weeks, I discovered what I was capable of and got to see myself under a completely new lens and I'm glad that I had coach Neal and Jessica as mentors to help me reach that potential (still reaching).” - Summer camp councillor (Christelle Lans)

“Hey my name is Tyler Barry, I worked this summer in the role of a community development officer. I really enjoyed my experience as it was fun to work with a big team on multiple different projects while also get my own work that needed to be done done.” - Community development officer (Tyler Barry)

“My experience at BTS was awesome, I enjoyed every part of it and I especially loved the mentorship meetings and Friday work meetings.”- Community development officer (Phebe Adewumi)

"Through this program, I have seen a tremendous amount of growth in myself and my work. I am grateful to have had another opportunity to work for this wonderful charity! I would like to say thank you to show my gratitude towards my incredible peers and co-workers; my team partner, Taha; my mentors, the amazing Jessica and the great Coach Neal. I would also really like to thank our founder, John Park and Canada Summer Jobs!" - Fundraising assistant (Tarnpreet Saroya)

"My time here was awesome." - Research assistant (Mayya)

“Beat the Streets is a great organization for anyone looking to level up” - Summer Camp Facilitator (Mofe)

"If there were any summer job opportunity that I could recommend to youth in Toronto, it would be the Work It program. I feel as if I'm already ready to work in a professional workspace with all the soft and hard skills I was taught, such as time management or grant writing.” - Fundraising assistant (Taha Shafiqi)