Ahoy, mateys! Sorry for the delay! Our Wilderness Camp staff has been busy, delighting campers with swashbuckling escapades… Yes indeed, Session One at camp this year was Pirate Week. Pirate Week At Moorelands Wilderness Camp, all our sessions have a theme, and each theme has a dual purpose: a. They’re jolly good fun b. They’re […]
By GEOFF MORRISON Special to the Star Mon., July 4, 2016 Fresh Air Fund Story As featured in the Toronto Star, July 4, 2016 Each week during the campaign, campers and staff from Fresh Air Fund camps will share their memories in their own words. Geoff Morrison was a counsellor at Moorelands Wilderness Camp in 1986. […]
Program Leaders assist the Program Head to create a welcoming, safe and positive environment where children aged 6-12 have fun, make friends and develop life skills. They help plan and implement snack, activities, visitors and trips for 24 to 27 participants. The After-school Programs are located in Flemingdon Park or Thorncliffe Park. ________________________________________ Hours Up […]
Sports Program Leaders assist the Program Head to create a welcoming, safe and positive environment where children aged 6-12 have fun, make friends and develop life skills. They help plan and implement snack, activities, visitors and trips for 24 to 27 participants. The BLAST Programs are located in Flemingdon Park or Thorncliffe Park. ________________________________________ Hours Up […]
Please join us for Visitors’ Day 2016 at Moorelands Wilderness Camp on Friday, July 15th. Visit beautiful Kawagama Lake (near Dorset) and come see our programs in action. Lunch will be provided and we encourage you to meet our children and take part in a day at camp. Please note, our camp is boat accessible only. Visitors’ […]
Leadership. That’s what Moorelands is all about: providing leadership experiences for Toronto kids from under-served neighbourhoods. Therefore, every summer, Moorelands Wilderness Camp on Kawagama Lake, welcomes 600 kids to a week of adventure and provides lessons that will last a lifetime… BUT before they arrive, the kids from our Youth LED programs in the City have the chance to […]
Autumn got her first break at age 8, when she got the chance to attend Moorelands Wilderness Camp thanks to supporters of Moorelands’ Send a Kid to Camp campaign. In those early years, Autumn gave camp staff quite a challenge. She isolated herself and was reluctant to participate. Strongwilled, with great determination and courage, she was ill-equipped to channel these qualities productively. Fast forward […]
On Friday May 20, kids from all three of Moorelands BLAST programs came together to show off their sports skills and compete in Moorelands’ BLAST-A-THON! BLAST-A-THON 2016 was a physical literacy extravaganza! At this special event, BLAST kids competed in fun events like Egg and Spoon Race, Three-legged Race and Potato Sack Race. The friendly […]
We’re still looking to fill one or two more positions at Moorelands Wilderness Camp! Join our community – we are looking for: – Male Staff – a Head Lifeguard – a Leadership Camp Canoe Tripper If you think you’ve got the leadership skills it takes to deliver creative, safe, fun and effective programs for participants then head over to […]
Hey Moorelands! On April 14, 2016, the Moorelands community came together to enjoy our Annual General Meeting. It was great to see so many community members – donors, staff, volunteers, alumni and participants – out in force to look back on our successes in 2015 and learn about how our community will continue to grow stronger in 2016. […]
THANK YOU Donors! Leaders Circle Donors ($50,000.00 + ) Bill and Karen Barnett Friends Circle Donors ($20,000.00 + ) Anonymous Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation Great West Life, London Life and Canada Life Harry E. Foster Charitable Foundation The Independent Order of Foresters Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation PortsToronto TD Bank Group Tippet Foundation Anna Yang and […]
Hey Moorelands! As you may know, our programs at Moorelands focus on giving kids the skills they need to be leaders who can make a positive impact in their own lives as well as in their community. Check out the pictures below from a recent scavenger hunt activity at BLAST Thorncliffe which took place during the theme week […]
Hey Moorelands! This week on the hub we’d like to introduce you to our new Programs Coordinator, Mike Naumoff. Mike Naumoff may be new to the Moorelands’ office team but his face will certainly be familiar to many of you. From 2012 to 2013 he was the Outdoor Living Skills Coordinator at Moorelands Wilderness Camp.Everyone […]
Moorelands Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2016 Thank you for joining us at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), Thursday, April 14, 2016, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm At the Loblaw Loft Cooking School, 2nd Floor, Bathurst & St. Clair W. Look for our Annual Report 2015 on the Moorelands’ website this April. As we sum […]
