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A local family care agency is offering an eight-week workshop designed to enhance mental health, self-esteem and assertiveness for youth in Windsor and Essex County.

Cornerstone Family Care, a private mental health clinic, is providing the program. It will be facilitated, in part, by two Windsorites who play in the CFL.

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Michael Carter of the Montreal Alouettes and Chris Rwabukamba of the Edmonton Eskimos, both from Windsor, will participate along with local mental health educators and professionals in the Change the Game program — a workshop designed for youth that has proven successful in other communities.

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Topics will include developing self-esteem, improving mental and physical health, anti-bullying and relevant current issues facing youth.

Two separate workshops are being offered — one designed for youth between 10 and 13 (grades 5 through 8) and another for teens between 14 and 17 (grades 9 through 12).

The Change the Game program will be held every Friday starting on Jan. 12 and ending March 2 at Cornerstone Family Care, 350 Devonshire Rd.

Those ages 14 to 17 will go from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., while ages 10 to 13 will go from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The cost for the program is $180. For more information, call 519-253-0333.