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RADILIH KOE'/FORT GOOD HOPE
Corrina Grandjambe believes in being organized. That's now one of her many duties as a summer student working for the Fort Good Hope recreation department.

Grandjambe, 17, said she enjoys helping recreation department staff keep the office tidy.

"I don't mind doing office work," she said. "I like organizing."

When she's not busy filing paperwork, Grandjambe also helps organize games and activities for youth in the community.

She helps open the gymnasium at Chief T'Selehye School and sets up everything from volleyball nets to soccer games.

She also helped out with the community's first Literacy Camp, which started on July 29 and is running until Aug. 16. Grandjambe said she helped campers learn how to follow recipes like making spaghetti, and set up work stations where kids rotated from activity to activity.

Grandjambe organized a game of Twister where kids had to collect letters to form words. She said it was a popular event.

"They liked it," she said. "They had fun."

Grandjambe said she had to apply for the summer student job and was happy she was selected.

"I applied at the band office as a summer student, then they phoned me and told me I had to come in the morning," she said. "I had been waiting."

She said she hopes to help set up some of the events during the upcoming Ramparts Rendezvous later this month, which is expected to attract participants from throughout the Sahtu region.

"I think they do cultural games and stuff," she said. "I think there's going to be lots of people coming in."

Grandjambe plans to return to finish her final year at Chief T'Selehye School in the fall and said while she doesn't yet know what post-secondary program she will take, she wants to go to college when she is finished high school.

For now, Grandjambe said she is going to focus on her two favourite subjects: science and math.

"I just like doing the work," she said.

Grandjambe said her advice for youth looking to get and keep a job is simple.

"It's knowing how to organize and be on time," she said.

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