Tag: our kids
Leadership in the Great Canadian Wilderness
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’s story – Send a Kid to Camp
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 […]
Physical Literacy at BLAST-A-THON
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 […]
Community Leaders in action – Moorelands’ Hub, May 11, 2016
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 […]
Getting together with our community and seeing our leaders grow
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. […]
Moorelands’ hub – March 21, 2016 – Leaders “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”…
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 […]
AGM 2016
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 […]
BLAST honesty
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, […]
Moorelands’ Hub – Feb 16, 2016 – Storybooks and Moorelands’ Alumni family…
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 […]
Moorelands’ Hub – February 1, 2016 – Musical Maracas and Family Feud…
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 […]
Moorelands’ Hub – January 26, 2016 – Reuniting Alumni & mummifying apples…
Hey Moorelands! A message for Moorelands’ Alumni: The newly formed, Moorelands Alumni Committee, would like to invite all past Camp Staff and Campers (aged 19+) to attend the inaugural Moorelands Camp Reunion! Taking place at The Dance Cave in Toronto on March 5th 2015, it’s going to be fantastic opportunity to reunite with your old Moorelands buddies, share […]
Moorelands’ hub – Jan 18th 2016 – lunar landscapes and strawberry crepes…
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 […]
Happy 2016 from Moorelands!
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 […]
Moorelands Messages November 23rd 2015
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 […]