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[Background music]

[A diverse group of children, teenagers and young adults stand in a spacious concrete room with high ceilings and large, sunny windows. They raise their hands in the air, wiggle their fingers and stand together in four rows, facing forward and smiling.]

[On-screen text: "Because we care about our youth, we let their hopes and challenges speak for themselves."]

Boy 1: "My dream is to get better grades so I can go to the high school of my choice."

[A boy with blonde hair smiles while putting on a black graduation cap.]

Girl 1: "I'm scared of a lot of things so I'm taking it step by step to succeed."

[A girl with blonde French braids touches a translucent curtain and smiles slightly.]

Young woman 1: "I want to go to med school so that I can make a difference."

[A young woman with long red hair and glasses looks over her shoulder thoughtfully.]

Young woman 2: "My challenge is to live my life for myself, not for others."

[A young woman with long brown hair, glasses and a septum piercing takes a deep breath and opens her eyes.]

Young woman 3: "My dream is to create art and make a living from it."

[A young woman with brown braids and a line tattooed down the middle of her chin smiles. She's wearing earrings made of rectangular pieces of fur.]

Young man 1: "I'd like to learn how to save up so I can buy an apartment block for my whole family."

[A young man with an afro sits in a patch of sun. He smiles while writing in a notebook.]

Young man 2; "I just want to be myself so I can feel free."

[A young man with glasses and gold earrings dances energetically. The others stand around him in a circle, smiling and clapping.]

Boy 2: "I'm trying to figure out which sport I like best."

[A boy with brown hair plays with a basketball while gazing out a window.]

Young woman 4: "I'm not giving up. I want to finally finish Grade 9."

[A young woman with a red bob, glasses and a septum piercing smiles and looks up.]

Young man 3: "I dream of becoming an environmental leader."

[A young man with glasses walks forward and smiles.]

Girl 2: "When I get involved, I do it to help others but it helps me too."

[A girl with long black cornrows lies on the floor. She does an arm wave and laughs.]

Narrator: "With the Together For Our Youth program, Desjardins invests more than 50 million per year to help young people reach their full potential."

[The young man with gold earrings dances with a young woman. The boy with brown hair bounces his basketball. The young woman wearing fur earrings smiles broadly. The girl with cornrows and four other children lie on the floor with their heads together. They lower their arms and laugh. The young woman with brown hair smiles. The young man with an afro writes in his notebook. Everyone gathers in four rows, faces forward and smiles. A boy and girl playfully bump each other with their hips.]

[ On-screen text: "Together For Our Youth program"]

[On-screen text: "We thank the young people who took part in this project and shared their stories."]

[On-screen logo: Desjardins logo]

[On-screen text: desjardins.com/supporting-youth]

[Background music: Desjardins jingle]

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