You Created An Incredible Year!
You have helped to make this year extra special! All of our volunteers, donors, partners, Kids and friends are the reason why we had the biggest Ready, Set, Goal! program ever – with 156 Kids taking part and achieving 156 remarkable community service goals. So what do Kids in the program learn? One Kid said […]
Kids and the community share their Giving Goals
We ran a contest inviting both Kids in our Ready, Set, Goal! program and the FPK community to submit your Giving Goal on how you would change the world. The Kid whose goal was selected would get a pair of Maple Leaf tickets thanks to a generous donor, and the prize for community members and […]
Anjani brightens the holidays for sick children
Watch Anjani’s video to hear her talk about her amazing Goal of Contribution! “I wanted to brighten the holidays for children who would be spending them in the hospital.” When Anjani heard that there would be over 700 children spending the December holidays at the hospital because they were sick or injured, she knew she […]
Celebrating Agents of Change at Mission: Possible
On October 22nd, we celebrated Agents of Change at Mission: Possible – a classy-fied event to raise awareness about the power of Possibility Thinking and to honour 3 amazing people who use it. In a room of over 200 people, awards were presented to Daniel Bida, Executive Director, ZooShare; The Honourable David Crombie, Officer of […]
You made the Growing Leaders campaign a success!
In May, we put out a call to action to help us invite 100 more Kids from underserved GTA communities into our leadership and life skills programs. A goal was set to raise $25,000 in the Growing Leaders campaign. The FPK community answered the call! Generous donors contributed $25,675 to support Growing Leaders. With contributions from the […]
Celebrating the Power of Possibilities at POP! Night
What an incredible year to celebrate! 150 Kids, 150 KidCoaches, 15 Crew Captains, dozens of Stand-In KidCoaches and volunteers, and 150 Goals of Contribution achieved to make our community better. Check out all of the pictures from the Power of Possibilities (POP!) Night on May 7, 2015 at the York Mills Gallery, where almost 600 […]
Our volunteers matter
Volunteers are an essential part of the Future Possibilities for Kids family. They bring in a diverse range of experience, amazing passion and allow us to reach hundreds of Kids in our programs. When you volunteer, it is important that the experience is meaningful for you and that you gain something from it – a […]
What Possibility Thinking looks like
Have you ever had a dream or a vision to make the world better? What did you do about it? What obstacles did you face along the way? Too often, we shut ourselves or others down and miss opportunities by not embracing what is possible. We listen to the naysayers, the realists and the status […]
Way to ‘grow’, Hava and Leslie!
The future is brighter because of Leslie Melvin and Hava Goldberg, two FPK volunteer KidCoaches who were so inspired after being a part of the Ready, Set, Goal! program and helping Kids achieve Goals of Contribution, that they wanted to do one of their own. They thought big, came up with lots of possibilities, and […]
How to give a child a real advantage
Academics are important for a child’s development and career path, but that is only part of the picture. Outside of positive influences like parents, teachers, friends and siblings, children can benefit immensely by coaching and mentoring relationships, even at an early age. A child is never too young to learn about the power of leadership, […]