ARR president Ian Johnston presents a cheque to NCFC executive director Sandy Wankel.

Cutting seniors’ lawns, painting dumpsters or placing murals on buildings are only a few of the services that the North Central Family Centre provides to Regina’s inner-city area through its Youth Empowerment Program.  This marks the fifth consecutive year of a partnership between the Association of Regina Realtors (ARR) and the NCFC for the ARR to provide assistance to the program.

The ARR’s assistance takes the form of a further $5,000 contribution this year.  In addition, proceeds from the ARR’s golf tournament in July will go towards assisting the program. The ARR has provided the NCFC with $22,000 in assistance over the five-year period.

The program employs 15 to 20 inner-city youth to provide services to Regina’s north-central neighbourhood, many of whom would not otherwise be employed. These services include lawn-care, snow removal in the winter, doing year-round odd jobs for north-central area residents, painting dumpsters and operating an arts and crafts gallery.