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We have our 2019 Kid Food Nation winners!

The Kid Food Nation national recipe contest asks kids across the country to share their love of good food by submitting original, healthy recipes that highlight their culture or their Canadian pride. From hundreds of entries, we chose 26 winners....

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Orange Shirt Day is a reminder that every child matters

Orange Shirt Day is a reminder that every child matters

Young people are the future of Reconciliation! From the Yukon to Calgary to Saint John, Boys and Girls Clubs across the country are deeply engaged in Indigenous programs and in Indigenous culture. Working with Indigenous youth in urban centres and...

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RBC Raise the Grade Profile: Sydney

Sydney John-Baptiste has been a member of Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club since she was nine years old and has loved the Club experience since her very first day. From cooking classes to dance programs, arts and crafts to...

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RBC Raise the Grade Profile: Nadia

We asked Nadia Allen, an RBC Raise the Grade participant and mentor, about her experience. How did you get involved with Boys and Girls Clubs? I started as a mentee in grade 10 and continued until I finished high school....

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RBC Raise the Grade Profile: Jarrod

A multi-faceted education program, RBC Raise the Grade increases academic skills, high school graduation rates, and access to post-secondary education for youth. It is an interactive after-school program that allows young people to explore their personal interests, receive homework support,...

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Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada join the fight against the opioid crisis in national partnership with Adapt Pharma Canada

Canada's only needle-free and ready-to-use opioid antagonist NARCAN® Nasal Spray is now available for free to Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC) has partnered with NARCAN® (naloxone hydrochloride 4mg) Nasal Spray manufacturers, Adapt Pharma Canada, in the continued fight...

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18 Boys and Girls Club youth are Ted Rogers Scholarship recipients

18 Boys and Girls Club youth are Ted Rogers Scholarship recipients

For the third year in a row, members of Boys and Girls Clubs have distinguished themselves as winners of the Ted Rogers Scholarship. Launched in 2017, the Ted Rogers Scholarship was created to help young leaders across the country succeed...

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Toronto children learn to build new bicycles through BGC and Mondelēz Canada initiative

It’s one thing to purchase a new bicycle at the store but something altogether different when you build one yourself. That’s exactly the experience that 50 children from the Toronto area were granted when they participated in the Fifth Annual...

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Real People, Real Connections: Join Boys and Girls Clubs and Unplug to Connect!

Hundreds of thousands of kids and their families. Corporations and local businesses. Young and old alike. On June 7, Boys and Girls Clubs are inviting Canadians from coast to coast to coast to join us to Unplug to Connect! For...

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