Scratchonline is a web forum for youth in the Columbia Basin to share their artwork, photography, writing, and ideas with each other. Submissions to Scratchonline can be submitted for a chance to be featured in Scratch Magazine by checking the "Yes!" box with each submission.
The new Scratch Mag is out! Check your local coffee shop for a copy or download a PDF here. Scratch Mag is compiled from submissions to this site. To browse submissions, go to the Gallery, or to submit your own artwork or writings, go to the Submit Your Stuff page.
Scratch Updates
CURRENTS: Columbia Basin Youth Water Forum
Registration is open for CURRENTS! Visit http://cbt.org/currents/ Columbia Basin Trust held its first Youth Water Forum CURRENTS last year in Golden, bringing together over 40 youth from around the Basin to learn about water issues and to learn how to take action to improve and protect water values in the Basin. “The goal of CURRENTS was to identify water issues…... more
Submissions for the Fall Issue of SCRATCH
Tell us about your favourite second-hand, consignment or thrift store in the Basin and the best thing you've gotten from it. All submissions will be entered for a prize and we'll publish as many as we can in the Fall SCRATCH. Deadline Aug. 31st. Email to cbtyouth@cbt.org Deadline for photos and poetry submissions for the Fall Issue is Aug. 17th.…... more
SCRATCH Summer Issue
The SCRATCH Summer Issue is now out featuring the top ten stories from the Writing Challenge. Congratulations to Amos Tanguay for winning the grand prize for his story, The Geese Know Where to Go. Also congratulations to Julia Carceres Booth for recieving the runner up prize for her story Trans-Canada. The Summer Issue also features some really fun writing exercises adapted from…... more
YAC looks for new YOUTH
COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE |YAC| TRAVEL | LEARN | CONNECT The Youth Advisory Committee (or YACers as we call them) is a group of involved, inspired, creative youth from around the Columbia Basin who are interested in making a difference in their communities. Columbia Basin Trust is looking for youth interested in a cool opportunity to play a…... more
SCRATCH Summer Reading Edition
The SCRATCH Writing Challenge asked youth to create a work of fiction that takes place in the Columbia Basin for a chance to win cash and get published. The characters needed to reveal the complexities of human nature and needed to be believable within the universe of the story being told. The stories submitted revealed the voice, imagery writing, and…... more
Waterlution presents: The Canadian Water Innovation Lab 2010
Applications now open! October 18-24, 2010 YMCA Camp Chief Hector, Exshaw, Alberta In October 2010, 250 young Canadians will come together with key water decision-makers from all disciplines for a week of inspired dialogue on water issues. The Canadian Water Innovation Lab is a collaborative "unconference" event designed to cultivate informed leaders, influence policy, and strengthen the Canadian water stewardship…... more
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