{"id":251,"date":"2021-02-03T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:07:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"y-intro guten-block \">\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"y-intro--title\">About PYU<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--content\"><p>Hey there! So, you\u2019re interested in getting to know what\u2019s going on with Youth Unlimited in Peterborough? You are in the right place!<\/p>\n<p>Youth Unlimited in Peterborough offers a number of programs for youth between the ages of 8 \u2013 24. We have several mainstay programs, and we are constantly evolving as we respond to current needs and trends in youth culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-intro-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YFC CANADA PROMO 2022\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qb7BK7GupQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen ><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t<style>\n\t.video-intro-container { \n\t\tposition: relative; \n\t\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%;\n\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\theight: auto;\n\t} \n\n\t.video-intro-container iframe,\n\t.video-intro-container object,\n\t.video-intro-container embed { \n\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\ttop: 0;\n\t\tleft: 0;\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower--left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-columned-content white two   guten-block\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--column y-color-responsive-text\"><p>We operate primarily out of our main building at The Bridge Youth Centre (256 Brock Street), as well as offering some programs off-site, in schools and day trips throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>At The Bridge, we are all about creating a safe space based on respect in community with one another. We are a faith-based organization operating under Christian principles, and welcome anyone who walks through our doors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-columned-content secondary one center  guten-block\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--column y-color-responsive-text\"><h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It is our vision that through strategic partnerships and alliances, as well as through our own front-line endeavors, to see the lives of youth in the Greater Kawartha area attain their full potential as God designed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Serving the needs of youth, by offering Christ\u2019s hope in a safe, loving environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-columned-content white two   guten-block\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"y-columned-content--title y-color-responsive-text\">Our History<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--column y-color-responsive-text\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/billy-G-YFC-2-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/billy-G-YFC-2-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/billy-G-YFC-2-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/billy-G-YFC-2.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/The-Bridge-program-BW-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/The-Bridge-program-BW-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/The-Bridge-program-BW-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/02\/The-Bridge-program-BW.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--column y-color-responsive-text\"><p><strong>The Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Youth for Christ was born in the mid-1940s through an impulse from the heart of God that simultaneously touched dozens of leaders in different places with a concern to reach young people normal church channels were missing. This led to dynamic young evangelists, using revolutionary methods, conducting lively mass rallies in dozens of cities under the name of Youth for Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billy Graham<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1944 Billy Graham becomes the first Youth For Christ staff member beginning the ongoing legacy of serving youth in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1990 &#8211; Keven James<\/strong><br \/>\nBecomes the first Executive Director of YFC in Peterborough. In 1999 Tim Coles become the new Executive Director, ushering in a new focus and direction for the organisation by opening a drop-in centre on Hunter St called \u201cThe Bridge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\n2000 \u2013 The Bridge receives a notice of non-renewal of lease. The building owners wanted to use the location for restaurant space. The Bridge Youth Centre rents office space in the Charlotte Mews as the staff and volunteers don bright yellow shirts and take to the streets to meet with youth in coffee shops and parks. Thus The \u201cvirtual\u201d Bridge is born.<\/p>\n<p>2002 Onward \u2013 The Peterborough Youth For Christ Board of Directors find a new building to make their home. Located at 256 Brock St, on the corners of Brock and Bethune. This building would go on to become a sanctuary to youth and families throughout the years. Programs would grow and change and adapt to the changing culture; but the heart of the organization would remain constant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"y-columned-content white one center  guten-block\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-columned-content--column y-color-responsive-text\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Throughout the Years&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Youth Unlimited has reached kids through drop-in nights, arts programs, in school support, Impact groups, hip-hop nights, concerts, after school programs, movie nights,\u00a0jail visits,\u00a0media nights, photography studios, summer programs, outings and events, mentoring, workshops, young families programs, guys groups, girls groups, cooking programs, one-to-one outreach, and on and on!<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our own programming, we seek to serve the youth through partnerships hosted within The Bridge Youth Centre or outside of it\u2019s doors. Some of these have been STRIVE, CAS, New Leaf, YWCA Gambling Awareness, City of Peterborough Junior Achievement, Park Place for Youth, The John Howard Society, YES Family Shelter, The Brock Mission, DYS and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":763,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/peterborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}