Celebrating Mother’s Day with Moorelands Kids and O-T Fagbenle

How did you celebrate Mother’s Day this year?  At Moorelands Kids, we celebrated Mother’s Day by supporting moms who need it most. We teamed up with O-T Fagbenle (who you may know as Luke from The Handmaid’s Tale, Mason from Marvel’s Black Widow, or starring as the former President of the United States, Barack Obama, […]

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What Camp Means to Me

Moorelands Camp strives to empower kids to be confident and compassionate leaders. We want each and every kid to leave camp with a toolkit of new skills AND new memories! As we prepare for another exciting summer of fun, friendship, leadership and empowerment, we asked our kids to create artwork that showcases their favourite memories […]

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Countdown to Camp – And The Winner Is…

The countdown is on! After two summers of virtual camp, Moorelands Camp welcomes campers back to Kawagama Lake IN PERSON on July 4th.  To celebrate the kick-off of another exciting summer filled with fun and leadership, Moorelands hosted a “Countdown to Camp” contest. We asked our kids to draw, paint or craft an image of […]

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Moorelands Camp: A Place to Expand and Explore – Kaiya’s Story

Kaiya was nervous about starting summer camp at Moorelands Kids. She’d always been shy—the quiet, reserved child, afraid to step out of her comfort zone. But at Moorelands Camp, Kaiya could thrive. Embraced by welcoming staff and faced with new and exciting opportunities, Kaiya learned leadership skills that she can carry with her every day. […]

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Why Summer Camp Is So Important

Summer camp is filled with fun activities. At Moorelands Camp, campers can take part in swimming, canoeing, kayaking, arts and crafts, archery, rock climbing, high rope climbing—and more! But that’s not all camp offers kids. Summer camp is an important tool that helps kids build social connections, extend their learning, and develop self-confidence. In 2013, […]

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LED and VITAL Kids Set Goals to Grow

“At LED, we learn the community code and why it’s important to think carefully about our actions, attitudes and behaviours before we act. We learn there are consequences for our choices.” Imani, online LED participant, age 13. Our online programs continue to provide kids with a safe space to build community and make friends while […]

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Help Moorelands Get Back to Camp!

The Moorelands Camp team is planning for in-person camp this summer! The connections you make possible throughout the year – Christmas Sharing and Festive Fridays – are so important in helping us stay in touch with our families and keeping our community strong. While we work on plans to get campers and staff up to […]

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Thank You For Empowering Kids — Lynda’s Message Winter 2022

Watching our kids and community come together over Giving Tuesday and Christmas Sharing at the end of last year was a timely reminder that there is much to be grateful for, even as we all continue to navigate tough times. On Giving Tuesday, we chose to highlight the acts of kindness our kids were making. […]

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How to set achievable goals in the new year!

Ringing in the new year is exciting! It gives you the chance to look back on the year, reflect on your favourite moments and see how much you’ve achieved. Here’s to a fresh start! Everybody wants to start 2022 off right. A lot of people choose to set resolutions, which are goals that they hope […]

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Toronto’s Vital Signs Report 2021

“The pandemic has pushed inequality to an all-time high.” – The Facts from Toronto’s Vital Signs Report 2021 The recently released Toronto’s Vital Signs 2021 report from the Toronto Foundation highlights that our kids are at risk of falling further behind their wealthier peers: “Parts of the city that are home to more low-income and […]

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Volunteers Clean Up Camp In Honour of Bushwacker

On Saturday September 25th, Moorelands Camp welcomed back some former staff as volunteers to help get the camp back into tip-top shape in preparation for summer 2022. Thank you so much to Dozer, Ganoe, The Dude, Fisher, Tiny and Lost, for your hard work in reassembling the Dining Hall Kitchen after some significant repairs this […]

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Christmas Sharing Unites the Community!

Every year during the holiday season, Moorelands Kids’ Christmas Sharing unites the community as we come together to support families-in-need. Through your sponsorship or “adoption,” Toronto families facing financial challenges are provided with gifts, groceries, plus hats and mitts to keep them warm. This year one of our first-time camper families, the Siddiquis – a […]

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Help Kids Level Up!

When you support Moorelands Kids’ Christmas Sharing and our year-round programming, you’re not just spreading joy and making the holidays happen for families. You’re helping kids LEVEL UP from the COVID-slide. Accessing this support now will determine our society’s health for the next 30 years. Help shape what our city becomes by keeping kids connected […]

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In Memory of Carole Legget

This past September, we lost one of our much-loved volunteers, Carole Legget, who had been at the heart of Moorelands Kids’ Family programs for 25 years. Carole first joined us in our Christmas Sharing program (where she was affectionately known as “Christmas Carole”) and then as the backbone of our Baby Bundles program. She thoughtfully […]

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