BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA EMBRACE INTERNETS POTENTIAL: TORONTO

Randy Tyler, a recognized pioneer and expert in Online Volunteer program development in Canada, is delivering a presentation for Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Canada on using the Internet to compete for precious resources. The national convention will be held in Toronto at the Institute for Learning from July 1-6, 2003.

Winnipeg, Canada (PRWEB) June 28, 2003 -- Randy Tyler, a recognized pioneer and expert in Online Volunteer program development in Canada, is delivering a presentation for Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Canada on using the Internet to compete for precious resources. The national convention will be held in Toronto at the Institute for Learning from July 1-6, 2003.

Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies across Canada are excited to have the opportunity to learn from Randy Tyler at our National Convention this year. We know we will benefit from Randy's expertise and experience in using the Internet to compete for precious resources and help us serve more children in our quality mentoring programs.", said Karen Hancock, National Programs Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada.

With more than 53% of Canadas online population using broadband (comScore Media Metrix Canada), coupled with the number of worldwide Internet users to reach over one billion by year-end 2005 (eTForecasts), the potential for national organizations, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, to use the Internet for both mentoring and recruiting online mentors is unprecedented" said Randy Tyler, The large number of broadband users in Canada will allow online mentoring to move beyond text-based communication to voice and video conferencing."

With the pioneering efforts of Randy Tyler, Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) has been using online volunteers from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the past five years to expand their programs and services.

Macdonald Youth Services is a 74 year-old trusted and respected charitable treatment and support agency based in Winnipeg, Canada, which provides a variety of innovative and leading programming within the following conceptual areas: residential treatment, treatment foster care, mobile crisis and brief treatment teams, specialized individual placements, pre-employment/life-skills training and youth shelter. In the last fiscal year, MYS provided service to over 8,100 clients.

For Further Information:

Randy Tyler
A: Macdonald Youth Services
175 Mayfair Avenue (Head Office)
Winnipeg, MB Canada
P: 1-204-949-4292
E: RandyTyler@mys.ca
W: Online Media Centre: http://www.mys.ca/media

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