The Starry Summer Night Committee took the entire lake to Hawaii on Saturday, August 18th For the fourth consecutive year, cottagers of Kawagama and Bear Lakes singularly raised a huge gift of cash for Moorelands Kids. The dedicated, 11-person volunteer committee of Starry Summer Night Bash 2018 (SSN 2018) raised over $91,000, exceeding their goal […]
Serving More Kids and Serving Kids More! That’s our job, first and foremost. In partnership with our Board of Directors, Moorelands Staff has worked hard this year to deliver on our promise to “Empower Kids to Transform their Lives.” That promise – our new vision – has set the tone and pace for leadership, innovation […]
Welcome to a new chapter at Moorelands. Moorelands is committed to kids, committed to grow and committed to change to remain a vibrant and relevant organization serving kids across Toronto. These aspirations have guided the urgent and important work of the Moorelands’ Board of Directors and staff, resulting in a number of important changes to […]
On Sunday, August 26th, kids from Moorelands’ after-school programs were invited by the Jays Care Foundation to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Philadelphia Phillies. Our families had so much fun watching from the clubhouse and it was a great chance to reconnect and get participants registered for our fall programs. Check out the pics below. […]
Check out all the fun we’ve been having at camp in the pictures from Moorelands Camp Session 6 2018! Did you know that Moorelands runs programs year-round? We operate after-school leadership programs: BLAST for kids in grades 1 to 6 (in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park), Youth LED for Middle School aged kids (Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, Humber Summit and […]
Check out all the fun we’ve been having at camp in the pictures from Moorelands Camp Session 5 2018! Did you know that Moorelands runs programs year-round? We operate after-school leadership programs: BLAST for kids in grades 1 to 6 (in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park), Youth LED for Middle School aged kids (Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, Humber Summit and […]
Impact By The Numbers Each year, we impact over 1,100 children and youth by giving them the skills they need to succeed in our after-school programs (BLAST, Youth LED and VITAL) and at Moorelands Camp, our overnight summer camp located in the Algonquin Highlands. Our chief objective is to empower these underserved, urban children to […]
Check out all the fun we’ve been having at camp in the pictures from Moorelands Camp Session 4 2018! Did you know that Moorelands runs programs year-round? We operate after-school leadership programs: BLAST for kids in grades 1 to 6 (in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park), Youth LED for Middle School aged kids (Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, Humber Summit and […]
It was great to welcome some lovely guests to see all the fun-filled action at Moorelands Camp on July 13th for Visitors’ Day 2018. As well as getting to meet campers and take a tour of the beautiful camp, some highlights of the day included awarding our partners, Angus Systems, a commitment award for their stalwart […]
Please join us for Visitors’ Day 2018 at Moorelands Camp on Friday, July 13th. Park your car at Old Mill Marina (near Dorset) and take the boat across beautiful Kawagama Lake to see our programs in action. The marina is located at 1652 Russell Landing Rd., Dorset, ON, P0A 1E0. Lunch will be provided and we encourage you […]
Help Us Win $10,000! Join the Great Canadian Giving Challenge! Every $1 donated to our charity IN JUNE through Canada Helps earns Moorelands a chance to win a $10,000 donation!!! Your giving challenge donation using this form can have a HUGE impact… just one dollar could help us send 10 kids to Moorelands Camp! Listen […]
Our awesome partners, the Jays Care Foundation, have partnered with us this past year to build our BLAST kids’ confidence and life-skills through baseball! On Sunday, May 20th, they invited every BLAST participant and their families out to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play a thrilling game at the Roger’s Centre! Jays Care threw our […]
The Annual Bay Street Volleyball Tournament, hosted by McCarthy Tétrault, took place on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at Ashbridges Bay – and it was such a fantastic day! Organized by McCarthy Tétrault’s articling students, 19 Toronto law firms took part in the event to support Toronto kids affected by poverty through Moorelands Camp! It was so […]
On Saturday, May 12th, the awesome people from Jays Care Foundation came over to Flemingdon Park to host a Baseball Day for all three of our BLAST locations. We’re so grateful to Jays Care for their generosity and the time and effort they put into organising the competition. We’re also incredibly grateful to all of the […]
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” Ken Blanchard Saturday, May 5th marked the annual leadership retreat for our Youth LED and VITAL participants. The leadership retreat is a chance for our middle school and high school participants to consolidate their leadership learnings, connect with their peers and demonstrate their growth through […]
