Exclusive UBCTO TFC Event (Help Regent Park Youth Too)

Watch final Toronto Football Club game (Columbus Crew) on Oct 16 from 2 to 6pm.

Mingle with fellow UBC and U of T alumnus at the exclusive Rogers Club, watch the soccer game at BMO Field, and help Regent Park youth in grades 9-10.

(Check out the game highlights between Toronto FC and Chivas USA all in six minutes)

For every seat, we donate $5 to sponsor five Regent Park youth from the Pathways To Education™ program to watch the game with us. Help Pathways to motivate youth to excel in their programs.

Ticket is $52. Order your tickets online today as quantities are limited. For more information contact Eleanor Battison at 1-800-883-3088 or at eleanor.battison@ubc.ca.

About the Pathways To Education™ – Regent Park Community

Regent Park is the oldest public housing project and one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in Canada. While extremely rich in diversity, it is a community that faces many race, language and cultural barriers. The numbers speak for themselves:

• Over 80% of residents are visible minorities, and for many English is a second language;
• Few families are earning more than $18,000 per year (less than 1/3 the national average);
• The region has twice the number of single-parent families as the rest of Toronto.

With an average of 850 high school age youth and no secondary schools in the community, 56% of them (twice the Toronto average) were dropping out – until Pathways came along.

Beginning in September 2001, Pathways enrolled 95% of the eligible grade nine high school students (and their parents) in the program addressing many of the challenges expressed by the Regent Park community.

Now in its seventh year, The Pathways to Education Program continues to enroll and re-enroll over 95% of the eligible grades nine, ten, eleven and twelve students as the program has expanded to include over 835 students attending over 60 different high schools.

For more information on being a mentor or tutor with Pathways, visit: http://www.pathwayscanada.ca/comm-regent.html