6th Annual Power of a Changed Life Banquet 2010
Posted on July 22, 2010
We invite you to join Liberty For Youth as we host our Sixth Annual “Power of A Changed Life” Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010. Enjoy fantastic food and great silent auction gifts for your Christmas list. Best of all come and hear powerful testimonies from youth who are experiencing positive changes in their lives because of Liberty For Youth.
Our key note speaker will be Katy Hutchison from B.C. Katy is a concerned parent and restorative justice advocate with a compelling, real life story. She also is the author of Walking After Midnight. The intent of this event is to inspire and encourage the Hamilton community that a difference can and is being made among our marginalized youth.
Unity Basketball 2010 Event Video Promotion
Posted on June 23, 2010RBC To Present $7,500 Cash Donation to Local Youth Organization
Posted on June 21, 2010
Liberty For Youth along with the RBC is hosting their Second Annual Barbeque to help raise awareness of the RBC’s charitable initiatives within the community. Taking place this Friday, June 25th from 11:00AM to 3:00PM, this free event is being held at the RBC branch located on 545 Rymal Rd. East in Hamilton.
The barbeque will see the RBC Foundation present Liberty For Youth with a cash donation of $7,500 to help the organization continue its work within the community. “RBC’s financial support in the past has provided programming, transportation and scholarships for over 190 at-risk youth.” said Frederick Dryden, Executive Director of Liberty For Youth. “The donation being presented truly shows the RBC’s commitment to the work our organization is doing by helping to change the lives of at-risk youth.”
To date, the RBC Foundation has donated $25,000 to Liberty For Youth, “I have seen firsthand the tremendous positive impact Liberty For Youth is having on at-risk youth.” Said Ken Palmateer, the RBC’s Branch Manager, “Their focus is very grass roots when it comes to education, mentoring and personal support of these youth in any way that encourages the buy in and success of the youth.” The community and the media is invited to attend this free barbeque event. There will be a mini basketball tournament and prize draws.
About Liberty For Youth Liberty For Youth is a non-profit, charitable organization that has been successful in helping all types of youth. Our mission is to provide alternatives for youth who are influenced by a negative environment, and to inspire them to make positive decisions to escape and or avoid a life of poverty, drugs and criminal activities.
Media Advisory: Liberty & Justice Unity Basketball Event 2010
Posted on June 17, 2010Attention: Assignment Editors, Photo and Video Editors, Education Editors and Reporters, Lifestyle Editors and Reporters, INTERVIEW and PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Media Advisory | July 10, 2010
Local Organization Hosts Community Basketball Fundraiser
The Liberty & Justice Unity Basketball Event 2010
As youth violence continues to grapple the streets of Hamilton, one organization hopes to bring city youth together with local Police for a community event. On Saturday, July 10th, 2010 from Noon until 4:00PM, Liberty For Youth host the 5th Annual Police and Youth Unity Basketball Event Fundraiser. Taking place at Cathedral High School, 30 Wentworth Street North this event will help raise money to provide post secondary scholarships and programs for at-risk youth. For a cost of $10.00, the event includes a lunch; an All Star Dunk Contest; an All Star Three Point Contest, a half time dance show featuring Hamilton’s own Ill-usion Dance Crew and of course the main event, the Unity Basketball Game between the Hamilton Police and Liberty Prodigal Sonz. There will also be a draw for a family getaway package sponsored by Via Rail. The goal of this event is to strengthen the relationship between the Hamilton Police and youth within the community.
The Hamilton Police, led by former NBA Draft pick and Police Sgt. Barry Mungar, hope to win the best of five series with the score now tied at two a piece. Liberty For Youth’s Prodigal Sonz are a team of Hamilton All Star players that also includes formally incarcerated youth. Coached by the Principal of the Hamilton District Christian High school, George Van Kampen, their hope is to win the series but more importantly to establish reconciliation and respect for law enforcement.
All members of the media are invited to join the event. There will be one-on-one interview opportunities as well as video and photo ops. Read More
Liberty at YMCA
Posted on April 14, 2010
Former street kid finds Liberty
Posted on July 10, 2009
Off the court, they are street kids. And cops.
“There are no shields. No street thugs in a game,” says a clean-cut 20-year-old named Stewart Cameron. “Everyone is in shorts and a T-shirt.”
Tomorrow, Stewart will play his third basketball game benefitting Liberty for Youth, a homegrown outreach program that gets youth out of jail, off the street and on the right path.
With his close-cropped hair, neatly pressed shirt and shined shoes, it would be easy to assume Stewart will wear a police jersey for the big game.
In fact, he’ll square off against some of the very officers who used to put him in jail.
“I hated cops. I called them pigs. I spat on them. I broke their car windows. Now I shake their hand and say, ‘Thank you.’ ”
Hard to imagine he was ever a badass. That it took Liberty, basketball and — most of all — Jesus Christ to turn things around.
Dryden helps young men find the right path
Posted on October 9, 2008
In the Liberty & Justice Unity Basketball, the bad guys play the good guys — young offenders against police officers, some of whom were their arresting officers.
The score isn’t important. Hamilton Police versus Liberty Prodigal Sonz is a game that promotes respect and reconciliation and breaks down barriers.
The event is part of Liberty for Youth, an organization providing outreach programs for young men who have experienced turmoil and setbacks in their lives. Read More
