YOUTH OUTREACH Culture Shock Canada has made it part of their mandate to maintain a continuous connection with their respective communities. By participating in community outreach programs, local youth are given the opportunity to attend weekly hip hop classes and become a part of a community dance troupe. They are encouraged to contribute to the development of choreography where they develop leadership skills that will enable them to become community leaders, Future Shock or Culture Shock dancers and even instructors developing their own hip hop dance programs. It is without question that today's youth are prone to inactive and even sedentary lifestyles. Through the power of music and dance, Culture Shock Canada's Youth Outreach Hip Hop Programs have been a proven positive fitness alternative among young people. In early 1999, Culture Shock launched its pilot youth outreach project in the Carlington Community in south-west Ottawa. Since then, youth organizations throughout the region and even nationally, have been getting involved in offering hip hop classes in their communities. Thanks to municipal, provincial and federal grants, Culture Shock Canada Youth Outreach classes have been offered free of charge to youth of all ages, races and gendre. These programs take place on a weekly or contractual basis in various key communities in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton
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