Our mission is to challenge, equip and empower vulnerable youth from at-risk areas of Toronto to become contributing members of the community.

What would our world look like if everyone contributed to their community? What if all kids finished high school and had goals to continue their education, productively engage in the workforce and help others? According to the Toronto Foundation's 2019 Vital Signs Report, racialized children, and those from single parent families are three times more likely to drop out of high school and 55% of students from low-income groups did not apply for post-secondary education. What if that didn't have to be true?

Our goal is to instil practical skills, relevant knowledge and the self-confidence to use them. Through outdoor skill development, mentorship, high school credits, bursaries and job opportunities, we enhance the lives of our participants, their families and the greater community. Youth are setting and reaching new goals—goals that include graduating from high school, enrolling in post-secondary education and obtaining meaningful employment. They emerge from the program as involved and connected members of the community.

100% of Trails alumni graduate high school and 72% pursue post-secondary education. 

Why support Trails? We cannot do this without the generous support of you, our donors. In 2017, Trails began the ambitious work to double the number of vulnerable youth we serve thus, doubling the impact. By 2023, expansion will be complete, with 176 kids enrolled in the Four Seasons, Four Years, For Life program. With this goal comes additional needs for financial resources and we hope you will join us on this journey to make a difference, and to change lives.