2022 Year-End News from HELP YOUTH CANADA & PROJECT BACKPACK PROJECT BACKPACK – 17th Annual We do our best work when we are connected to the community: & this year PBP has already connected with 12 schools.  They include: L’Ecole Cleveland School, Highlands Elementary, Mulgrave School, West Point Grey Academy, University Transition Program, Southridge School,…

Help Youth Canada is proud of our community partnerships. Listen to John Kehler, of Directions Youth Centre, talk about youth homelessness in Vancouver and how Project Backpack has made a real difference in their work and in the lives of homeless youth. Watch the video here.

Sara began it all for us at HELP. Referred to us by Directions Youth Center Vancouver, Sara was ready to take on her studies to become a Dental Receptionist. She kindly provided this video upon her graduation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rQg_W8neA0

We are pleased to announce that Cara Sinclair, founder of Project Backpack and HELP Youth Canada, was awarded the BC Medal of Good Citizenship in June of 2021. The B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship celebrates British Columbians who have acted in a particularly generous, kind or selfless manner for the common good without expectation of…