Four days of intensive training at the TIG office for Creating Local Connections has prepared me really well for my job. I am so impressed by the office and how the vision imagined by two young people have surpassed everyone's most incredible expectations. I have seen and experienced the power of TakingITGlobal and am inspired and motivated. Our collaboration is going to result in something great this year and some of my personal goals will help me contribute everything I can.

I am impressed by the work done around AIDS and see the HIV/AIDS topic being one of our first workshops in Thunder Bay. Also, it will be important to give an website orientation to YouthScape and work with the Boys and Girls club to do some internet training. Once the group is gelled in Thunder Bay, we can reach more people. I like the idea of a lunchtime networking session to do a brief workshop about the TIG website and organization.

There is a need for TIG to be present at the Go Mental conference in early November and the Strength-Based conference in late November. In October, I am going to look into whether I can get to any of the mental health events around Mental Illness awareness week.

As TIG Thunder Bay grows, it will enlighten people about young people and their issues and pursuits. I want to find out what the youth demographic looks like, wants, and needs.

I just got back from an inspiring day at Minnesota Park in Thunder Bay for a BBQ. I am excited to start working as a Youth Engagement Coordinator in Thunder Bay next month and had a great opportunity to spread some ideas today at this event.

The YouthScape project that is a partner or TIG has hired on a new staff who is eager to share her ideas on the new website we are going to be working on. We were excited to speak to each other as the woman she is taking over for and I have worked together many times before and shared many talents. It was great to get involved with the Action for Neighbourhood Change Office sponsored by the United Way and I will love to become more active, the way it's going.

The head staff at the Boys and Girls club is also very excited about partnerships that are arising in internet and technology especially. They just got four new computers so now they have many at their site. He is someone that we have worked very closely with too, programming jointly. He does really good work for the youth in the community and they are growing and expanding.

The Multicultural Youth Centre where I'm working out of is in a good position to grow and we have grown rapidly in the past year alone. There's a real pull to the internet too among everyone and it's time and we are ready in the Bay to get exposed on the net.