A memorial bench to honour the late Joan Dillon was installed at Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, Dec. 5, to acknowledge her contribution to the X-Project at Paqtnkek.
An anonymous donor paid for benches in the five X-Project communities of Paqtnkek, Pictou Landing, Antigonish, Sunnyville and Lincolnville.
X-Project offers small group educational assistance, recreational and leadership programs for the youth in these communities. Each week, student volunteers board vans and buses and head out to work with the children in their homes or in community centers; helping with homework, playing educational games, doing activities and being mentors.
Also, approximately four times each term, youth from the communities are brought to the St. F.X. campus for recreational programs such as sports days, Halloween and Christmas parties, swimming, bowling, and skating. Each year, there is also work with the teens in the communities to provide youth leadership programs.
