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Spotlight: Carol Kipps-Sewell

What is your name?  Carol Kipps-Sewell. What is your position with the Y?  Employment Facilitator. What Y Centre/program do you work with?  YConnects, Career Development Services, Pandosy Street.
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Spotlight: Jason Nijjar

What is your name?  Jason Nijjar. What is your position with the Y?  Mindfulness Facilitator. What Y Centre/program do you work with?  Mindfulness Department of the Community Division. What do you always find yourself saying? “Be, and enjoy being”
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Spotlight: Alyssa Cavill

What is your name?  Alyssa Cavill What is your position with the Y?  I am a swim instructor and head lifeguard. I have been working at H20 for just over two years now. I also took swimming lessons at both the Rutland YMCA and H20 since I was a baby, up until I got my lifeguarding certifications. 
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Spotlight: Tara Brisson

 What is your name?  Tara Brisson What is your position with the Y?  Member Services Supervisor and Volunteer Coordinator What Y Centre/program do you work with?  Kelowna Family YMCA
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We are a local charity determined to build a healthy and thriving community. Whether it’s homework help for vulnerable kids, mindfulness strategies for youth, or heart health programs for seniors, see the range of who and how we are helping individuals at all ages and stages.