
Young Parent Program - Graduation Sweat Shirts
Help OPEX Regina support a fundraiser for the Young Parent Program. We are anticipating 15 graduates, which is a big increase from last year’s 5! We are fundraising to ensure that each graduate has a Grad Sweater ($55 value each).
Family Service Regina's Young Parent Program works inside the Shirley Schneider Centre to enhance school engagement, school success, and graduation success for pregnant and parenting youth and young adults. The program, a collaborative effort with Regina Public Schools and the MacKenzie Infant Care Centre, bring together a diverse team including teachers, health nurses, school support counsellors, and Indigenous Elders, to comprehensively address the needs of pregnant or parenting youth. While those enrolled in the program attend school, their children receive early childhood education in a fully subsidized daycare setting. In addition, the students have the option to receive counselling through Family Service Regina, without any cost to them.
Here is a profile of one of our past grads:
S was a student at the Shirley Schneider Centre and has been a client of the FSR Young Parent Program since September of 2022. She began school when she was pregnant, finishing as much schoolwork as she could before her baby boy arrived. She has overcome many things in life to get where she is today. With great determination and resilience, she returned to school after giving birth to her son. In the spring of 2023, she successfully graduated from the SSSC program. She is now working on completing a few extra credits, so she can apply for nursing at the U of S. Without the supports of the program, which includes Social Work Support, health support, and daycare she may not have been able to graduate while parenting at a young age.
Last year OPEX helped with 5 grad sweaters, and the young mom’s were so excited. Graduation means a huge deal to these young mom’s and they were so proud to have Grad Sweaters to wear, which would be very expensive to buy on their own.
Organizer
Hayley Flegel
Organizer
Regina, SK
Family Service Regina Inc
Beneficiary