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Legacy capital funding has been provided to organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area and across Canada to help offer safe, dedicated youth space and programs.
Jays Care Foundation Field of Dreams program includes the funding of capital project initiatives for the development of "safe youth spaces" where kids can play, learn and grow. There are currently 18 Jays Care Field of Dreams projects underway in Ontario and across Canada. In 2011, five legacy projects will open their doors, including Downtown Ooch, Ronald McDonald House Toronto, Moorelands sports field, Cabbagetown Youth Centre and East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club.
PLEASE NOTE:
In an effort to streamline our Granting process, Grand Slam Grants are moving to one cycle on October 31, 2011.
Jays Care Foundation served over 17,000 kids in 2011 by providing access to vital programs, services and facilities.
Each year, Jays Care Foundation supports a variety of charitable and not for profit organizations from the Greater Toronto Area and across the province of Ontario.
Grand Slam Grants are awarded to organizations offering programs that focus on physical activity, education, and life-skill development for children and youth in need.
To date, Jays Care has invested more than $3 million into the community through the Grand Slam Grants program.
In 2008, Jays Care Foundation added Home Runs Scholars to its outreach initiatives through the development of a four-year, $400,000 funding partnership with Pathways to Education Canada.
Home Run Scholars focuses on the Toronto neighbourhoods of Lawrence Heights, Regent Park and Rexdale, ensuring that at-risk students enrolled in the Pathways program will graduate from high school and have funds available for post-secondary education.
The Pathways program has realized tremendous levels of success in Regent Park since its inception in 2001, with the drop out rate falling from 56% to 10%, and post secondary enrollment increasing from 20% to 80%. Jays Care is excited to be a part of bringing the program to Lawrence Heights and Rexdale in an effort to further our common goal of combating high school drop out rates in priority neighbourhoods across the city.
Each summer, Jays Care Foundation partners with Toronto Community Housing to operate Rookie League, a summer-long baseball day camp for kids living in Toronto Community Housing Neighbourhoods.
For the past 23 seasons, the Jays Care Rookie League program has been providing opportunities for physical fitness, health & nutrition education, and life-skill development through baseball skills, drills and tournament games. In addition to our signature program in the GTA, this season Jays Care Foundation partnered with Boys & Girls Club of Canada to expand Rookie League across 10 cities and 7 provinces in Canada. Rookie League has the potential to serve over 40,000 children and youth in Canada! In 2011, the signature Rookie League program in the GTA hosted more than 800 children and youth from 33 different Toronto Community Housing neighbourhoods to participate. Toronto Blue Jays players J.P. Arencibia, Rajai Davis and Ricky Romero each served as honourary captains to one of the Rookie League divisions, while head coach, John Farrell, serves as honourary coach. Plus, volunteers from the Blue Jays and Rogers Centre family, , provided participants with valuable baseball skill development instruction, while emphasizing the values of teamwork, partnership, and cooperation in life beyond the baseball diamond.
The Toronto Blue Jays proudly opened the doors to their very own Jays Care Community Clubhouse at Rogers Centre. In 2011, this luxury suite will host more than 3,000 children and youth each year from community organizations and charitable groups around the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Special thanks Shikatani Lacroix for donating their time towards the design and to Urbacon for renovations.
Fundraise to sponsor a night in the Jays Care Community Clubhouse today!If you have questions, please call Brendan Mohammed, Manager, Programs & Outreach, at 416-341-1170.
If you have questions about Jays Care Foundation programs and outreach initiatives, please contact Brendan Mohammed, Manager, Programs & Outreach, at 416-341-1170.
