With Honesty Comes Trust After a session spent exploring the meaning of honesty, we asked our kids in Moorelands BLAST (Budding Leaders After -School Team) why it is important to them. Here’s what they said: “Telling the truth makes your life easier because you don’t have to lie. Lying is never the answer.” – Harry, […]
Hey Moorelands! We’ve been celebrating Family Day here in Ontario this week and getting super excited about reuniting with members of our Moorelands Alumni family at the Wilderness Camp Reunion on March 5th. If you are a former Moorelands camper or counsellor and aged 19+, come out to the Dance Cave (above Lee’s Palace in Toronto) to […]
Hey Moorelands! What do you think makes children happy? Lots of toys? The latest video games? Endless candy? Well, maybe all those things could put a big smile on a kid’s face but a recent study from the University of British Colombia found that “Children’s connection with parents, friends and other grown-ups plays a greater […]
There’s a lot going on at Moorelands right now… Moorelands City Programs are back in full swing after the Holidays. BLAST Gateway kids have been polishing their cooking skills making delicious strawberry crepes. YUM! Teaching our participants valuable life skills such as cooking is an important part of Moorelands’ programming. At Moorelands, we know it’s vital that our kids not […]
Hey Moorelands! From everyone in the Moorelands office, at camp and at our city programs: Happy New Year! We hope you had an awesome festive period and your 2016 is off to a great start! Our office staff are all raring to go and are so excited to get back to work. We’ve asked them what they are […]
Hey Moorelands! With the holiday season just around the corner, Moorelands’ donors and staff are gearing up for our Christmas Sharing Program. Thanks to our generous Moorelands’ community, all our camper families have now been adopted! We are looking forward to meeting some of our donors when they come in next week to drop off packages for […]
Sharing: what does it mean? We asked our Budding Leaders After-School Teams (BLAST) kids to tell us in their own words what sharing means to them. Abdul, age 10 said, “When someone shares with me, I feel very happy and then I give them something that they don’t have. Then I feel friendship.” Read on to learn […]
BLAST visit Mondelez EYB! Spirits were high when BLAST Thorncliffe Park got to tour the Mondelez Canada Ltd. East York Bakery Cookie Factory last week. BLAST kids learned about all the many steps that go into making the yummy cookies. Over 40 volunteers from team Mondelez came together to teach kids about teamwork, sharing, safety on […]
Hey Moorelands! First of all a massive THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored us in the STWM – we raised a whopping $11,816.36! Thank you for believing in our walkers and runners, thank you for believing in Moorelands’ programs and thank you for believing in our kids! Hip hip hooray for our awesome Moorelands donors! Over […]
Hey Moorelands! Just one week to go until the registration deadline of October 12th for the #STWM! If you’ve been thinking about walking or running for Moorelands at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon – NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT! All the info you need on how to register is here. We’re so thankful to everyone […]
“Moorelands made me believe I deserve to succeed.” Aamna began her Moorelands journey at the Valley Park Youth Lead Excel Demonstrate (LED) program in grade 8 and went on to attend the Moorelands MG Leadership Program. She has also volunteered and worked at our City Summer Day Camp and our Budding Leaders After-school Teams (BLAST). […]
Zara and Zayed at BLAST Zara really likes the crafts. Zayed really likes the snacks. Lubna, their mother, really likes the quality programming at an affordable price. What they all really like is the BLAST (Budding Leaders After-school Teams) program! Lubna Aslam discovered the Moorelands BLAST program at a very opportune time. She was re-entering […]
Hey Moorelands! Right now, we’re really gearing up for the return of our City Programs which begin again next week! Last week we were joined by our City Programs staff for their training sessions which are generously sponsored by Scotiabank. Our program leaders and assistants, many of whom have themselves gone through our programs, undertook an […]
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. […]
