Check out all the fun we’ve been having at camp in the pictures from Moorelands Camp Session 2 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, […]
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 […]
Check out all the fun we’ve been having at camp in the pictures from Moorelands Camp Session 1 2018! Did you know that Moorelands runs programs year-round? We operate after-school leadership programs: BLAST for kids in grades 1 to 6, LED for Middle School aged kids and VITAL for High School students. We also have two […]
Volunteer at Moorelands Camp this summer! Are you a Moorelands Camp Staff Alum? Are you ready to come back to camp and once again be a strong role model to the youth we serve? We’re looking for volunteer Cabin Assistants to help out for Moorelands Camp Session Six which runs August 6th to 11th. Requirements: […]
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 […]
Join host Piya Chattopadhyay at Reaching Out Through Music‘s 10th-anniversary concert Saturday, May 12th! A share of the proceeds from this fantastic night of classical music will benefit Moorelands Camp. Buy tickets:http://reachingoutthroughmusic.org/
The challenges – Kids need fresh air and exercise! Kids need to learn leadership and life skills! The solution – Kids need Moorelands Camp! As we have proudly reported over the past few months, Moorelands intends to celebrate the beginning of our second century of summer camp by creating the opportunity for about 150 more […]
Research shows that campers at residential camps take an average of almost 20,000 pedometer-recorded steps during full camp days… an antidote to summer sedentary behaviors among young people.[1] Technology puts major stress on the brain, inhibiting the ability to keep focussed. This affects goal orientation, task attention, and inhibition of unrelated activity or thought.[2] BUT […]
Despite past successes, our work is not done. Kids still need us. Toronto is still the Number #1 child poverty capital of Canada, and it’s on the rise in our very own backyard. That fact was echoed recently in Toronto Foundation’s 2017/2018 report, Toronto’s Vital Signs, indicating that child poverty is there and still hurting our […]
“At camp, I saw a different way of interacting – a different way to deal with problems. It gave me access to peace and tranquility; access to role models who I could trust.” Sandra Brown, Moorelands’ camper alumni Sandra Brown, nee Woodgate, recently got back in touch with Moorelands for the first time since her […]
