Week #6: The End of Our Journey

Hello Everyone! As you can see from today's title, today is our final post of this wonderful journey. We all learned so many things from this journey, and the lessons that we have learned will stick with us till the end. The OSEG Foundation is a great organization with goals in the future for the children and youth of Ottawa, and programs like the Girls On The Run and the RedBlacks Youth Mentorship program are great and innovative ideas that will ensure the education and development of our population.

Our meeting with Nancy Crump was very insightful, and it taught us many things about their programs and how they envision the children and youth of Ottawa post pandemic and in the next 10 years. The 5K Run for the Youth has really been great to raise awareness towards recreation for at-risk youth, it went well and was awesome to see people donate and contribute towards such a cause. The charity soccer match at the OZ Dome was AWESOME!!! We want to thank all that helped and attended to play, not only did we raise some money for the OSEG Foundation, but we got to build new relationships and bond over the beautiful game of soccer and recreation. Many asked “why did you guys do this?”, and we took the time to explain what it was for and what was the reason behind it and they were surprised and automatically fell in love with it.

This journey has a special meaning to us all, we have all played sports or have been to a recreation program. It has shaped us to be the people we are today, and we wouldn’t change a thing. It is a part of our lives and we would hopefully like to evolve the art of recreation in our own and individual ways. We also believe you can do the same, you reading this are an important part of this journey and we thank you for being part of it and standing with us, the children and youth, the future of this world.

THANK YOU!!!

Regards,

Algonquin College Recreation and Leisure Students