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Heart Beatz provides camp, day camp, and youth program services to residents from the McCowan to Kingston areas. Their target age group is 2 1/2 to 12 years old. The centre operates from 7am-6pm. The organization began as a community centre over 30 years ago in a basement of a church and has flourished into... Continue Reading →
The Scarborough Basketball Association formed in 1996 with the goal of providing youth of the Scarborough area with opportunities to grow and enjoy life, using basketball. The SBA could even serve as the beginning of someone's successful professional basketball career. But the organization is mostly interested in character-building, friendships, and fun through providing people with coaching, volunteer,... Continue Reading →
The Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough has grown over the years, and now extends throughout Toronto from the East end to the West end. They are a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC). Their goal is to support the healthy physical, educational, and social development of youth and families in... Continue Reading →
WoodGreen Community Services is based in east Toronto, and provides support and assistance to all ages. The organization started as a volunteer-based during the Great Depression, and they are now celebrating their 75th year, still helping to build a better community. WoodGreen Community Services runs programs ranging from childcare to senior assistance. They help out by giving... Continue Reading →
The Tropicana Community Services is a Toronto-based organization providing youth, newcomers, people of Black and Caribbean heritage, and others in need with options and direction towards a positive life. It was founded in 1980 as a non-profit organization to serve those in disadvantaged youth and families. Today, they are a growing-service delivery agency with programs... Continue Reading →
United Youth Against Drugs is an organization created to serve local youth and less fortunate children, and protect against negative influences. They started off as a tutoring and day camp in 2006. Their objective is to help keep kids in school and off the streets by providing school programs, tutoring, mentoring, and other programs that... Continue Reading →
Fathers Making A Difference focuses on encouraging, motivating, educating, and strengthening men to become empowered fathers, and to take on an active role in the lives of their children, as well as increasing community awareness on the importance of having a father in a child's life. Camp T.R.E.E. Program (Teach, Respect, Educate and Empower) has been created and... Continue Reading →
Footsteps to Success at Blessed Mother Teresa (BMT) is one of two camps founded by Andre Fullerton and community partners, created to become involved with youth, and to help urban communities to move forward. The goal of the program is to build up the community by investing in youth, to give them a different outlook, stronger... Continue Reading →
The Education Academy (T.E.A.) at St. Aidan began as a volunteer-based program in 2008. Their main focus was, and still is to build the character of children. This year’s primary focus is French, since Canada is a bilingual country. The program has grown each year by word of mouth alone, with no advertising, resulting in children coming... Continue Reading →