By Dare To Be You(th)’s Community Youth Council

Local-news.ca is pleased to share the CommUNITY podcast by Dare To Be You(th)’s Community Youth Council (CYC). Dare To Be You(th) is a Burlington-based charity committed to empowering local youth by providing leadership and community engagement opportunities. In this podcast series, the young leaders of Burlington and Halton Region step up to the microphone to interview community leaders “to highlight organizations in our community who we believe are doing amazing work, spread awareness about important issues and inspire viewers to get more involved in their community.


Local-news.ca going back to the archives today, to DTBY’s first CommUNITY podcast series; this is the third episode in series one.

For the third episode of our CommUNITY podcast we are thrilled to welcome Fayrouz from ROCK Halton. ROCK is an acronym for “Reach Out Centre For Kids,” and is an accredited, multi-service organization and the lead agency for Halton’s child and youth mental health sector.

If you or anyone you know are ever in a mental health crisis, ROCK offers a 24/7 hotline at 905-878-9785. To learn more about the services ROCK offers visit rockonline.ca and to learn about their volunteer opportunities click here.