The Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) is proud to announce the donation of 2 monitors and 1 printer to the Children and Youth Dance Theatre which will be for administration and office use.
Children and Youth Dance Theatre provides community engagement programs for youth across North York. At CYDT, dancers become exceptional at their craft. Children and Youth Dance Theatre is a place where students can experience the power of dance, cultural preservation and flourish in their potential.
Their mission is to provide dance training for students through African Cultural dances, classical technique, concert and commercial styles and street styles including Hip hop.
The Children & Youth Dance Theatre is a charitable dance studio founded in 1993 by Andrea Douglas. The Children and Youth Dance Theatre provides technical and performance dance training for under serviced children and youth throughout North York. CYDT based in the Black Creek, York University heights wards of Toronto, North York Region, where access to arts education and quality programming has been a challenge.
Andrea also worked as a freelance choreographer, staging performances for the Miss Guyana/Canada Pageant, the Miss Jamaica Pageant, the Miss Caribbean/Canada pageant, and the Applause Institute’s Annual Cotillion Ball.
Today Andrea continues to lead the Children and Youth Dance Theatre while engaging parents and mentoring youths in the arts. Andrea has built various arts education partnerships with schools as well as community organizations. Andrea is currently the resident choreographer with the Youth Development Program and Cotillion Ball.
Students at the Children and Youth Dance theatre have trained extensively in Toronto as well as internationally, representing as Canada’s ambassadors at Project Dance in the USA, International Festivals of Dance in Mexico, and Germany, the International Youth Dance Festival in Scotland; Dance and the Child International in Jamaica and most recently The Caribbean Festival of the Arts CARIFESTA XIII in Barbados in 2017. We are Canada’s Caribbean youth Dance ambassadors.
The ERA impacts communities on two fronts, and you can be a part of our expanding mission. Support local charities through the donation of old electronics, and help the environment at the same time. Since 2004, we have been providing organizations across North America with refurbished electronic devices that allow them to establish systems and serve the community more effectively. At the same time, we are doing our part to keep electronics out of the landfills. When you donate old electronics to ERA, everybody wins. Book a pickup by clicking here.