Jeff Ai, a Gold Member, talks about his experiences with Vision Youth

Jeff with his companions

Vision Youth has been training numerous outstanding young adults since 2001. It targets all young Chinese Canadians and aspires to inspire and coach young people to become visionary leaders. Jeff Ai, a 17 year-old Grade 12 young man, immigrated with his family from Hebei, China to Canada at the age of six. He told us that despite the majority of Vision Youth members have a Hong Kong origin, he never felt that there was any language or cultural barrier as they always communicated in English (and he also learnt some Cantonese from other young members). Jeff’s cousin introduced him to join Vision Youth, and after two years of hard work, he finally proceeded to the Gold level.

When Jeff was still a Bronze member

Jeff commented himself as an introvert, being relatively modest and meek. But after joining Vision Youth and having countless chances to communicate with other people, he found himself becoming more outgoing. He cherished the friendship gained in Vision Youth. Apart from the changing of personality in a positive way, Jeff also discovered his potential of public speaking through Vision Youth’s Toastmaster International Club public speaking trainings. After that, Jeff became the student representative of the consecutive two galas and received positive feedback and encouragement from his family and friends.

Each summer, Vision Youth organizes a wide range of adventurous outdoor camps for young participants of different levels to join. The Wilderness Survival Camp designed for Gold participants was deemed the most challenging one, and was regarded as the most adventurous and remarkable one to Jeff. The camp has mentally trained himself a lot and thus he could complete many challenging tasks. He still vividly remembered the scene when he jumped off from a 25-feet cliff.

2011 Bark Lake

Community Service Project (CSP) has been one of the key programs in Vision Youth’s training curriculum. It aspires to activate young members to participate more in social services and develop a sense of social commitment and responsibility. Jeff and other Gold members are going to initiate their project “Library Project” very soon. This projects aims to advocate people about the happiness and excitement brought by reading.

In the Gala