IJB Thinks #21 - Truth or Dare!

Hey JBers! We know you were all excited about the upcoming IJB Thinks edition: Truth or Dare, but many of you didn't have the time to get your article submissions in. Well... You're in luck! Because the submission deadline has been extended until April 30th! So get writing!

Canada Wide Video Call?!?

Yes that's right! A Canada wide video call will be happening on April 25th at 4:30 PM PDT. This call will give the opportunity for any JBer from Canada to talk to any other JBer. Canada is a huge country, and with only a few national events throughout the year, something had to be done to improve JB communication. This is how the JB Canada wide video call came to be! This video call will be a place for chapters to talk about everything and anything from their recent JB activity, to the weather, to the awesome camps they'll be attending this summer. 
So remember, April 25th at 4:30 PM PDT. Be there or be square!

LGBTQ in CISV Canada

This is an amazing project undertaken by two amazing people. Sierra and Erin, who will introduce themselves shortly, have spend an unbelievable amount of time building resources for LGBTQ Youth in CISV, as well as building a pair of activities around addressing LGBTQ concepts safely with your chapters. More info after the break, including an quick piece from both of them. For now, if you're in a rush go check out CISV LGBTQ and Inclusion

JB London is on Fire!

Shout out to JB London for being super on top of activities and write-ups!

Here is a little update from their JB on some activities they have held recently

Regional Camp: Regional Camp was held in London this past October at Stevenson Children's Camp. There was about 55 participants from the London, Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal Chapters! It was a fun filled weekend. All the activities were very original and went along with our theme of Lord of the Trek Wars ft. Batman, The ultimate quest for Sustainable Development.

Chapter Wide Event: We held our Annual General Meeting in February. We held it at the "YOU made it Cafe." This Cafe is run by the organization Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU). YOU is an organization that focuses on the communities youth's most pressing needs, engaging all youth in learning and creating opportunities to build their future.

Cookie a thon: On March 23rd we held our annual cookie a thon! This year we decided to make the event only 12 hours but it have it loaded with classic but also some new CISV activities. We baked over 2000 cookies and donated them to the Men's Mission, Soup Kitchen, Masonville Manor Retirement Home, Women's Community House, The Unity Project and The Boys and Girls Club of London. For the first time ever we didn't lose money on this event. The money we made is being designated as the JB's money. The JB have decided to put this money towards the templates for our new merchandise.

Upcoming events for CISV London: Bottle drive on April 21st, and a 14+ Activity cleaning up the community on April 20th

Check Out the Latest Monthly Digest!

Hey JBers! 

Here is the link to the latest Monthly Digest that is put out by the IJB team.

http://issuu.com/cisvjuniorbranch/docs/march_2013

It talks about the next IJB Thinks (which you could contribute to!) coming out soon, as well as the new CISV International website!

Check it out, you won't regret it! 

Also, if you want to find previous issues of the Monthly Digests, you can always find them in the JB Library (talk to us if you need the username/password).