Our Programs

 
 

Backpack Program

The Start2Finish Backpack Program provides vital school supplies to thousands of kids who begin the school year without the proper essentials. Each September, Start2Finish, in cooperation with school boards and local administrators, identifies children with the greatest needs in low-income communities across the nation. The program equips students with the tools needed to help “even the playing field” and prepare them for a successful school year and beyond. The S2F Backpack Program distributes backpacks to the most at-risk children in schools nationwide.

Sessions

July - September

Location

Vary

 

The Running & Reading Club Program

In partnership with school boards across the country, the Start2Finish Running & Reading Club after-school program addresses the need for enhanced literacy and physical activity among children experiencing poverty/deprivation in the communities it services. S2F currently has Running & Reading Club programs successfully operating in-person from coast to coast in 75+ communities across Canada with even more digitally!

As one of Canada's only available, evidence-based programs that focuses on the "whole child," it offers a unique, life-changing experience producing outcomes in 4 areas of well-being: Physical, Mental, Social-Emotional, and School/Academic.

Sessions

Vary

Location

Vary

 

Brainworx! (FKA Online running & Reading Club)

Brainworx! is an interactive and empowering online program where kids can learn and have fun in a safe, online environment! Hosted on Start2Finish’s own brand new technology platform developed with the support of TD Bank, students have easy and secure access to the sessions and materials. 

Brainworx! is led 2x/week after school by volunteer Coaches and mentors in virtual pods with 8-10 children from schools across the region. With all of the changes in school schedules and restrictions over the past two years, Brainworx! provides positive screen time in a known space where kids can feel safe, have fun, and grow. 

Sessions

Winter:

Spring:

Location

Online

 

Junior Coach Leadership Development Program

The Junior Coach Leadership Development Program provides an opportunity for middle school students (grades 7-8) to develop valuable leadership and life skills as well as improve their physical fitness and literacy skills.

The Junior Coach Program impacts dozens of youth across Canada. The Program runs after-school for 1 hour once a week from October to May. The curriculum consists of physical activity, literacy, peer and coach mentoring, journal entry, breakout sessions and special workshops, experiential learning field trips, and leadership-related homework activities.

Sessions

Winter:

Spring:

Location

Online

 

Summer Adventure Program

The Summer Adventure Program was created to help bridge the gaps in learning over the summer and provide continued support to marginalized children navigating through the difficulties of COVID-19, like isolation, trauma, anxiety, boredom, and cancelled summer activities.

A key component in programming is to make learning fun through mini-challenges. Weekly there is a literacy challenge, a numeracy challenge, and a physical activity challenge. This engages the children both mentally and physically. We culminate the program with a create-your-own ‘Summer Adventure MadLibs Story’ where the children can write about what they did over the summer, and celebrate their achievements and accomplishments. It's evident how proud they are of themselves each week in the photos they send of their smiling faces and their completed challenges. Weekly 'shout-outs' are given by various Start2Finish coaches to keep participants motivated.

 

Sessions

June - August

Location

Online

 

The DAILY 20

The Daily 20 is designed to help schools and students meet the federal/provincial governments' daily physical activity (DPA) guidelines. The easy-to-use, culturally responsive online video program provides 20 minutes of daily physical activity (broken up into 5-minute "doses") to elementary/middle school children in classrooms, gyms, playgrounds and community centres. The program is administered 5 days/week and features a variety of aerobic exercises taught through fun, engaging methods that highlight the importance of physical activity/movement and healthy eating. The Daily 20 measurably improves fitness levels and helps strengthen academic results.

It serves children in grades 1-8 and is being delivered in schools, community centres and homes nationwide. The program is executed in collaboration with our existing partners including school boards, schools within these boards, local community centres and community organizations.

Sessions

Anywhere, Anytime

Location

Online

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge the land on which we work, and which Start2Finish operates, is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples inhabited and cared for this land. In particular, we acknowledge the territory of the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Metis; and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and by doing so, give our respect to its first inhabitants.

We welcome you to acknowledge the land you are on https://www.whose.land/fr/

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