Hey Moorelands! With only three weeks to go until our event, Get Jazzed about Moorelands, the Moorelands office is buzzing with excitement! We’ve been thinking about how Moorelands has shaped us and what it means to us to be a Moorelander. Please consider supporting the important work that Moorelands undertakes by buying tickets for the event on May 26th! […]
Hey Moorelands! The crazy, roller-coaster weather has been giving our Budding Leaders After-school Teams (BLAST) a glimmer of hope that the spring is finally on it’s way… When the weather was nice a couple of weeks ago, BLAST Gateway participants were so excited to venture outside and play on the playscape! BLAST Thorncliffe were equally thrilled to […]
Hey Moorelands! This is a busy week for Moorelands as tonight is our Annual General Meeting 2015. Why not join us at the offices of Faskin Martineau LLP at the Bay Adelaide Centre at 5.30pm to mingle with other members of the Moorelands Community and find out what we achieved in 2014 and hope for in 2015? It’s […]
Hey Moorelands! Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend and that the Easter bunny brought you lots of treats! Our Budding Leaders After-school Team (BLAST) kids had a lovely treat last week when they attended the Bay Street Hoops Kids Clinic! BLAST Gateway participants got to experience training from a former member of the Canadian […]
Hey Moorelands! Exciting news! Send a Kid to Camp 2015 has now launched!! Every year, Moorelands Community Services launches a campaign to send kids, from under-served Toronto communities, to our fantastic Wilderness Camp on beautiful Lake Kawagama. Right now it costs Moorelands $1,150 to send a kid to camp to experience 6 life-changing days in the Canadian […]
Hey Moorelands! Last Wednesday, (March 11th) two of our Budding Leaders After-school Teams united for some March Madness! BLAST Grenoble paid BLAST Thorncliffe a visit; they had a pizza party together and then practiced teamwork and good sportsmanship while they played Grenoble vs Thorncliffe capture the flag! It was great to see our kids interacting […]
Hey Moorelands! We are so excited to announce that tickets ($150) for our event – ‘Get Jazzed About Moorelands’ – starring the phenomenal Molly Johnson, are on sale now! We would love for you to join us for this intimate evening with Juno award-winning jazz legend Molly Johnson, also featuring Tyler Yarema. Not only will you […]
Hey Moorelands! March is finally here and with a weekend of (slightly) warmer weather behind us, the team at Moorelands is feeling positively spring-like! Our buoyant mood is also thanks to the absolutely brilliant night we had at Laugh Out Loud in Leaside #6 on Friday night! The comedy was great, the food was delicious […]
Hey Moorelands! It’s been a busy few weeks at Moorelands with tons of planning afoot for lots of exciting events on the horizon. First up, this Friday (Feb, 27) we are so excited to join the lovely folks at Laugh out Loud in Leaside for their 6th annual comedy event, this year benefiting Moorelands! The event is […]
Mike Roy started his Moorelands’ journey as a camper in 1992. From then he went onto become an LIT, a CIT and a counselor before becoming one of the first Program Assistants at our Grenoble After-school Program (now BLAST) in 1999. “Two weeks at camp is like four months in the city in terms of learning…Moorelands taught […]
Susan Aurelio (nee Rigby) was at Moorelands Wilderness Camp from 1973 – 1976. “I first went to Moorelands during the summer before Grade 6. It was a difficult time in our family, my sister and I arrived in August of that year feeling a little shell-shocked. After we got out of the school bus […]
Hey Moorelands! Gilbert (Gil) & Sullivan (Sully) are wondering where all the campers are! Get your 2015 Moorelands’ Wilderness Camp registration application in soon and join the fun! The winner of the early registration movie ticket draw was… Carys’ family! We’re so excited we received over 110 early applications. Congratulations, to Carys and her family […]
Hey Moorelands! This week, our wilderness camp Director, LT, wanted to share this beautiful note (above) from one of our intermediate campers. What a lovely, heart-felt message about why camp is awesome! A special shout out to camp staff Indiana, Crispy and Zeke – you obviously made quite the impact! It really means the world to us […]
Joey is a graduate of Moorelands’ Wilderness Camp. He first experienced Moorelands as a child camper. He’s also a graduate of our ACE & SALT Leadership modules and, in 2014, Joey experienced his first year as a staff person for Moorelands, where he led new campers as a cabin leader. At 17, this is Joey’s first job and […]
