Shelley MacDonald

The Spooky Season in Nova Scotia

Everyone loves a good Halloween gathering!  All set up at youthLEADarts Lismore for a Spooktacular evening of pumpkin carving and mask painting. The food table was designed by youthLEADarts culinary artist and youth mentor Melanie McDuff.  Youth got ‘creepily’ creative, ingeniously inventive and literally scared the guts out of some gourds! 

Melanie McDuff: Volunteer Extraordinaire! 

This week, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, youthLEADarts Inc would like to feature and celebrate an incredible young woman, leader and community volunteer, Melanie McDuff.   Melanie is the heartbeat of youthLEADarts Inc Nova Scotia. Melanie has been volunteering at the Lismore District and Community Centre since she was a little girl, as well as …

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The Great Canadian Cupcake and Cookie Decorating Contest

January’s youthLEADarts Nova Scotia drop-in program for youth aged 7-14 was a great success! An abundance of local community kids joined us for the Great Canadian Cupcake and Cookie Decorating Contest.   In teams, they created a company logo, poster, promotional shot or commercial and presented them, along with their beautiful cupcakes, to our local celebrity …

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