What's New?
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June 2008
It's shaping up to be a busy summer for Kids Up Front Toronto! In June, we had the opportunity to
bring 50 children to sit field level at a Blue Jays game - and Global News followed their adventure.
We were also able to provide 200 kids with the chance to see "Walking with Dinosaurs", a
world-class production at the Air Canada Centre. We're very happy to say that thanks to our
generous donors, we can continue to provide these incredible opportunities for children, youth,
and families in Toronto!
Kids Up Front child leads the 7th Inning Stretch at a Blue Jays game June 7th.
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Kids Up Front partners with Toronto's
new and hot soccer team -
TORONTO FC!
Kids Up Front has once again been receiving tickets to each home game as well as a food voucher and a
lunch bags (thanks to Danone) for each child who attends. Thank you Toronto FC and, once again, Maple
Leaf Sports and Entertainment for your generosity!
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March 2008
March was a fabulous month for Kids Up Front Toronto - we celebrated our second birthday and
distributed more than 3000 tickets!
Kids Up Front would especially like to thank everyone at the new AMC Theatre at Yonge and
Dundas for opening their doors to us on March 22nd and 23rd for two very special screenings
of “The Great Debaters” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks”. Hundreds of kids got the opportunity to
visit the brand new theatre for a movie and snacks even before it opened to the public!
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Happy New Year!
2007 was a fantastic year for Kids Up Front! We have now distributed more than $1,000,000.00
worth of event tickets to kids and families - that's more than 40,000 tickets that otherwise would
not have been used.
2007 Highlights:
- Kids Up Front made sure wheelchair accessible seats were used at the shows we attended
- Youth in Toronto enjoyed front row seats Cirque du Soleil, Colin James, Ross Petty’s production
of Peter Pan and the Barenaked Ladies
- 115 families, new to Canada, enjoyed the Wizard of Oz and more (a pre-show party) thanks to
the TELUS Toronto Community Board
- Families experienced for the first time: the ROM; the Toronto Zoo; the Ontario Science Centre;
Casa Loma; Ontario Place, the AGO and Medieval Times
- Young sports fans saw their heroes live with courtside Raptors tickets, Leaf tickets, Captain’s
Crew at the Toronto Marlies, Argos tickets, Jays tickets and Toronto FC tickets
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On November 11, 2007, thanks to TELUS Community Board, 400 people made up of families from
12 of our partner agencies enjoyed the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People production of
"The Wizard of Oz". Before the show the kids enjoyed getting tattoos and their face painted
while listening to music by the famous James Funny Hat.
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We are very proud to announce that "A Morning with the Stars" raised $50,000 for Kids Up Front
Foundation (Toronto) and SickKids Foundation.
Thanks to generous ticket donors, Kids Up Front had more than 300 people made up of families
from our agencies attend the show. They had a ball!
Check out the details at www.dancingstars.ca
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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY KIDS UP FRONT FOUNDATION
(TORONTO)!
In one year we have seen more than 22,000 children and youth attend some incredible events in
Toronto. Kids Up Front kids have enjoyed:
- front row seats at Cirque du Soleil, Blue Man Group, Lord of the Rings, Alladin and the Barenaked
Ladies
- corporate suites and great seats at the Toronto Maple Leafs, The Toronto Raptors, The Toronto
Blue Jays and the Toronto Marlies games
- days with their families at the ROM, The Toronto Zoo, Olympic Spirit and the Harbourfront Centre
- film screenings, art shows and orchestras
- musical productions at The Hummingbird Centre and Roy Thompson Hall
- many productions including Hana's Suitcase at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
- gala screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and The Sprockets Film Festival for
Children
- skating with the Toronto Marlies
- breakfast with the Toronto Argonauts
We know we are making a tremendous impact in our community! As one child said in his thank
you note;
"It was the first time we went anywhere really fun as a family. My Mom loved
the music so much she cried. Me and my brothers got our picture taken with
the real characters and it is taped to our wall."
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