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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

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"By Youth, For Youth" is the motto of Business in the Streets (BITS), a Toronto-based Canadian Registered Charity that focuses on peer mentorship for struggling and low-income youth with a business idea. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

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"By Youth, For Youth" is the motto of Business in the Streets (BITS), a Toronto-based Canadian Registered Charity that focuses on peer mentorship for at-risk and low-income youth with a business idea. She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program.

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation CEO: “Eliminating waste on our streets and in our oceans is a nonpartisan issue.”

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Even so, Jonquil Hackenberg, CEO of leading circular economy charity Ellen MacArthur Foundation, is navigating this new world with a mix of optimism and pragmatism. These moves and many others come as President Donald Trump and his appointees seek to eliminate federal government programs that tackle global warming.