Air Cadet Zoe Henderson was at the Kootenay Cadet Sports Weekend held at Selkirk College in Castlegar on the weekend of January 27-29.

The Sports Weekend had 160 cadets from 12 cadet units from the East and West Kootenay. During the weekend, the cadets did a fitness assessment, team sports, swimming and orienteering.

Living in Creston, Zoe has been a member of 904 Kootenai Air Cadet Squadron for one and half years. Besides Air Cadets, she is taking lifeguarding courses, plays basketball and performs in community theatre.

Zoe enjoys the teamwork involved with the cadets, the leadership, the discipline and the physical fitness.

In the future, Zoe is hoping to attend the Fitness & Sports Instructor Summer Training Course in the future.

The Cadet program, which includes Sea, Army and Air Cadets, is the largest government funded youth program in Canada with over 50,000 participants across Canada. The cadet program accepts youth between the ages of 12-18 who have a desire to learn more about the air element of the Canadian Forces, wish to develop the attributes of leadership and good citizenship and who wish to promote physical fitness. While the program is military based, there is no obligation for a cadet to join the Canadian Armed Forces.

Cadet profiles will be published in e-KNOW on the weekends for the next few weeks.

Submitted by Capt. Lori-Lee Bott, Unit Public Affairs Representative, Kootenay Zone, Canadian Armed Forces

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