New AJOI executive director has big plans for outreach organization

New AJOI executive director Tania Charron has big plans for outreach organization.

📷KATHRYN GREENAWAY, MONTREAL GAZETTE

Tania Charron is the new executive director of AJOI, a West Island outreach organization dedicated to helping at-risk teenagers and young adults. Charron replaces founding executive director Benoit Langevin who was elected to Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough council in November.

AJOI staff work out of modest offices above a mattress store on Gouin Blvd. in Ste-Geneviève. Funding for salaries and programs come from 45 private and public sources. Pierrefonds-Roxboro pays for the sports and open-gym programs as well as the salary for one of AJOI’s eight street workers.

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