Every summer we have approximately 500 youth volunteers spread across the city in various facilities such as: pools, leisure centres, area offices, art centres etc.... Rather than having small multiple celebrations, we pool our resources and plan one large event the last Sunday evening before school starts. This year we were able to gain access to one of our Leisure Centre facilities after public hours. The facility closed at 6:00 PM and we started at 6:30 PM We provided pizza and pop from 6:30 - 7:15 PM and then the games begin! Activities include: the wave pool, carnival games set up in the gym with a DJ and prizes, the dunk tank and climbing wall, beauty tips and makeovers, photo booth and craft station, temporary body tattoos, henna painting and great door prizes the last 10 minutes of the evening about 9:15 PM. This is our second year providing this type of recognition event and the attendance increased by 30%.