The Central Leadership Team, also known as Team Central, is a high-energy, leadership-oriented group comprising Focus on Youth’s strongest leaders. This year, stationed at all three of our Footsteps camps, Central took centre stage at each of our Footsteps to Success camps, boosting our campers’ energy through opening ceremonies, Central Takeovers, and assisting their fellow... Continue Reading →

Focus on Youth is a program that offers high school students hands-on job experience in real world settings. Whether you're leading campers in fun activities or making a difference behind the scenes, every role helps our schools and communities shine. Take our custodial team, for instance. They’re the heroes behind the scenes who keep everything... Continue Reading →

The Focus on Youth (FOY) Media Team works behind the scenes to maintain FOY’s official accounts, such as the Instagram, TikTok, and this website! This year's 15 team members and 2 coordinators worked to create a variety of media in order to allow everyone a glimpse into what Focus on Youth offered this summer! From photo collages to video... Continue Reading →

BGC West Scarborough run by West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre at The Divine Infant Catholic School. The purpose of this summer camp is to provide a space where children can overcome barriers, experience new opportunities, and develop skills that will support a future of prosperity. With skill-based activities and games, children build proficiencies in collaboration,... Continue Reading →

Footsteps to Success is being hosted this year at three different schools. Founded by Andre Fullerton and community partners, Footsteps to Success was created to get youth more involved and to help urban communities move forward. Footsteps to Success is offered to children ages 4 to 13 from July 2nd to August 8th. It is always... Continue Reading →

Preparing an entire school for the arrival of over a thousand students in a matter of 2 months is no easy task. From cleaning lockers to re-waxing classroom floors and hallways, the custodians at Notre Dame are there to get it done! They play a vital role in prepping the school, ensuring that when September... Continue Reading →

TCE Woodbine at Earl Beatty Junior and Senior Public School is a part of the many summer camps that TCE (The Child Experience) runs across Toronto as a non-profit organization. TCE is dedicated to providing kids with unforgettable summer experiences that are both memorable and enjoyable. Throughout six weeks, kids at the camps are engaged,... Continue Reading →

The ME/DD summer program, hosted at Our Lady of Fatima and James Cardinal McGuigan, shapes a fun-filled summer for students with multiple exceptionalities. Two of our FOY camp counsellors, Faith and Vianca, are placed at Our Lady of Fatima, while another one of our camp counsellors, Princess, is placed at James Cardinal McGuigan. Both ME/DD... Continue Reading →

The Child Experience (TCE) is a non-profit organization that runs 8 different campsites across Toronto. Their camps such as the TCE Lord Roberts locations feature a focus on sports, the dramatic arts, as well as the visual arts, in the form of arts and crafts. Over the course of the 6-week program, they aim to... Continue Reading →

Bishop Marroccos FOY custodians David and Jaime take aim to provide cleanliness and safety for the schools summer students through teamwork, diligence and organization. They spend each day tirelessly cleaning, organizing and maintaining Bishop Marrocco in its best shape! Cleaning things from desks, stairs, chalkboard the green room and more! Thanks to these two amazing... Continue Reading →