Hey Moorelands! Moorelands needs YOU! We are recruiting walkers and runners to take part in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2015! On Sunday October 18th 2015 Moorelands needs you to #Getonyourfeet and help us raise money for our vital programs. Moorelands makes a lasting impact in our participants lives. At our Visitors’ Day 2015 we were lucky […]
Geoff Morrison first came to Moorelands as a counsellor in 1986. Over the next four years he worked as senior staff at the camp, the first Adventure Program head, a senior section head and then as Program Director. “Moorelands is about giving kids a safety net and learning to rely on one another. It’s about […]
Hey Moorelands! September has rolled around again and as many of you prepare to go back to work and school, at Moorelands we’re busy winding up our Wilderness Camp and preparing to kick start our City Programs. Moorelands would just like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all of our program staff who made our […]
Hello! I’m taking part in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM) on October 16th in support of Moorelands Community Services and would love your support! Right now in Toronto, almost a third of children are living in poverty. Moorelands bridges the opportunity gap for these low-income, Toronto kids through their structured out-of-school programs and gives them the […]
Quotes from our kids Don’t just take our word for it, here’s what our kids have to say about our programs: Wilderness Camp BLAST Youth LED
Quick facts about Moorelands! Moorelands Community Services is a charity that supports Toronto children and youth living in poverty. Every year over 1,100 children and youth enjoy our leadership focused after-school and summer camp programs. Everything we do is devoted to helping our kids develop the character qualities, skills and strategies they need to thrive. […]
The cottagers and residents of Kawagama Lake showed their love of Moorelands Wilderness Camp and their overwhelming community spirit in an outpouring of support and an evening of connections on Saturday, August 22. With just six weeks to plan, Rob Walisser and Jennifer Lorenz-Walisser, of Old Mill Marina, engaged with the Kawagama Lake community to […]
Hey Moorelands! What a wonderful few weeks we’ve been having at Moorelands Wilderness Camp.Watching the campers grow in confidence and skills over each week has been phenomenal. But can you believe we are already in week six – the last week of camp? It really has flown by! As many of you have seen first […]
Hey Moorelands! What a beautiful day to be heading up to camp! Thanks in part to our fantastically successful send a kid to camp campaign, this morning, lots more families waved off their kids as they boarded the bus to to Moorelands Wilderness Camp. There’s always some trepidation at the bus as, for many of […]
Hey Moorelands! Wilderness Camp is currently in full swing and, as you can imagine, it’s one of the busiest times of year for Moorelands! But if you thought that the hard work only begins with session one, you missed the mark a little…well by quite a lot! At Moorelands, everything we do is ‘intentional’. This means […]
Join Moorelands in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 18th 2015! Moorelands participates in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon to raise money for our vital programs for low-income children and youth. Please help us by registering to walk or run, spreading the word or sponsoring us. Want to know more about what Moorelands does? Check out […]
Leaders Circle ($50,000.00 + ) Bill and Karen Barnett Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation Friends Circle ($20,000.00 + ) Anonymous Great West Life, London Life and Canada Life Jays Care Foundation Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation Ports Toronto The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund Tippet Foundation Yvonne McGregor Supporters Circle ($10,000.00 + ) Anonymous Alternative Investment […]
Hey Moorelands! Summer has finally arrived and the whole Moorelands staff is gearing up for camp! Only two weeks to go until session one begins! But actually, camp is already a hive of activity. Some of our staff members (both human and canine) have actually already been up at camp for over a month getting […]
Spike one in for the wonderful Articling and Summer Student volunteers of McCarthy Tétrault LLP! Moorelands is so very grateful that we were once again the beneficiaries of the ANNUAL BAY STREET BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT! This year the tournament, which I think everyone would agree was a resounding success, raised a whopping $13,857.60 for Moorelands’ Budding […]
Hey Moorelands! It’s been a while since we last updated the hub, but it’s just been such a busy month! First there was Get Jazzed about Moorelands at the Palais Royale. It was a sensational night and Moorelands is so grateful to everyone who attended and helped make this night roaring success. A massive Moorelands thank you to Molly […]
