SHARP is a program that happens once during the school year and once in the summer and I, Death Race, will tell you what the fish we do in this program. SHARP is a place where you learn about yourself, your community and life in Canada. There is a lot of talk about your values and self-appreciation. Some people ask what SHARP stands for and it's simple. It's the: Self-esteem Health Appreciation Respect Project. The program is about protecting yourself, working together, developing leadership skills, and being respectful and open-minded about diversity.
This program is much more than learning. There are many interactive activities where we do different things such creating a poster to show how life in Canada. We also take part in activities where we chose a side-- “agree”, “disagree”, and “don’t know” for phrases that the facilitator said and we discussed why we chose whichever side we were on.
Through this program, you get to hang out with friends and do the Banana Dance (which I came up with) and you get to eat, too. The Banana Dance is where we sing and dance about how to eat a banana. The catch is that you only have to do the dance if you are late for programming.
When I went to the first program that happened in the Summer of 2010, I learned many new things and also made new friends. More importantly, I received forty volunteer hours! Who wouldn’t want 40 volunteer hours? After returning to the program again during the school year, as a Volunteer Peer Educator, I made more new friends and I received forty more hours. THAT is how awesome this program is!
The facilitator of SHARP is named Rhobyn James. He’s cool, and comes up with the very interactive schedule each week when the program is on. If I were you, I would definitely drop by to talk to Azza at the Flemo Health Centre or Rhobyn at PPT (rjames@ppt.on.ca) and sign up for the summer program. But remember—have to be 13 years old and up!
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