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Toronto Raptor Cory Joseph plays basketball with Boys and Girls Club youth

Working Together to Make a Difference

Sep 15 2017

BGC News

Through funding, critical programming, and event sponsorship, our national partners help BGC positively impact over 200,000 young people and their families across the country. Our partners fund programs that tackle relevant social issues, encourage and empower children and youth, and promote positive outcomes in physical activity and sports, nutrition and health, leadership and mentorship, mental...
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Boys and Girls Club youth named Legacy walking off an airplane.

WestJet’s Gift of Flight

Sep 15 2017

BGC News

This year, BGC Canada is celebrating 10 years with WestJet. To highlight our incredible 10-year partnership with WestJet Cares for Kids, we created a video that tells the story of flying for the first time, an experience that many of our Club youth experience every year, thanks to WestJet. The video follows Legacy, a youth...
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BGC Canada acknowledges that our work spans many Territories and Treaty areas and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us and the youth that continuously inspire us in the work that we do. BGC Canada’s mission statement is to provide safe, supportive places where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life. We recognize that these values are impossible to attain without the ongoing guidance and partnership with Indigenous peoples.

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