[Background music]

[Text on screen: TeenZones and their facilitators]

[We see a facilitator (Facilitator 1) sitting on a sofa at a YMCA speaking to the camera. She's wearing a name tag that says Charlotte. Young people are playing pool behind her.]

Facilitator 1 (Charlotte): Our TeenZone is really an alternative to the streets. It's a place where kids can go after school and be supervised by trained staff. We have all sorts of activities, so they can channel their energy.

[There are 3 young people playing cards. Then, we see one of them sitting on a sofa (Youth 1) who starts speaking to the camera. Other young people are studying at a table behind him.]

Youth 1: It's a place where you can talk about everything that's going on in your life. They're always there for you.

[Another facilitator who's sitting on the sofa (Facilitator 2) and facing the camera starts to speak.]

Facilitator 2: We try to teach them good lifestyle habits, healthy lifestyle habits through sports. They come here for a reason. We do a lot of prevention, too.

[We notice a third facilitator (Facilitator 3) sitting on the sofa. He's wearing a name tag that says Michael.
He speaks to the camera. Then we see another staff member wearing a David name tag speaking to a young person who is not facing the camera and is sitting at a table. After this, we see Facilitator 3 talking with some young people while eating a cookie. The camera cuts to a young person who's having fun.]

Facilitator 3 (Michael): Everyone has different stories and different backgrounds, just like me when I was younger. It helped me get out of the streets. It helped me, you know, be active after school. And I think what we offer at the Y helps everyone. Certain youth maybe come from the same place that I am, the same community that I am. And, you know, our program helps them, you know, develop their self-esteem and it helps them grow as a person.

[Facilitator 1 (Charlotte) is back, sitting on the sofa and speaking to the camera. Then we see a number of young people playing cards at a table.]

Facilitator 1 (Charlotte): For a lot of young people, the YMCA is their second home, their second family. A lot of kids come here whether things are good or things are bad.

[YMCA logo]

[A dozen youth are on or around the sofa. They're smiling and all looking in the same direction. They get up and leave.]

[Text on screen: We're all committed to supporting youth]

[Desjardins logo]

[Desjardins jingle]