Our Final Fireside, Camp Newspaper and More!

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THIS THURSDAY IS THE FINAL FIRESIDE: MAKING CONNECTIONS

This Thursday, August 13th would have been the last night of our 2020 camp season. We are looking forward to reuniting for one final fireside to connect as Manitou family. This week’s fireside is about “Making Connections” and we will be highlighting some who have been the most impacted by the ongoing pandemic. Mark and Jeff will give an opening address and then we will hear from both Baycrest and Make a Wish Canada about how the youngest and oldest in our communities are facing and overcoming challenges. We will also hear from some of our very own CITs about their experience joining our pilot Baycrest Buddies program. We will close with our classic fireside traditions of singing the Manitou song and a special rendition of the camp poem honouring those who would have celebrated their 15 & 20 year Manitou milestones this summer. The link to the livestream will be sent by e-mail on Thursday and the final fireside will take place at 7:00 PM EST.

LAST CHANCE: MOSQUITO SUBMISSIONS

Our very own Julie Foster is compiling a special virtual edition of our camp newspaper, “The Mosquito”. Campers and staff: please e-mail us your articles, crossword puzzles, drawings, photographs, mazes and more to be featured in our first ever online edition. All submissions are welcome – please make sure to send them to us by Monday, August 17th!

MANITOU SPOTLIGHT: BAKING FOR A CAUSE

Members of our Manitou family Maya & Emily Froman and Katie & Jaimie Hyman along with their families were recently featured on Toronto.com for banding together to focus on their passion for baking while supporting their community during the pandemic. Since late May, they’ve sold home-baked goods and raised over $7,000 benefitting the Jewish Family and Child Service’s COVID Relief Fund. Thank you to the Froman and Hyman families for showing that Manitou Cares and creating this incredible initiative. CLICK HERE to read more!

WATCH OUR WORLD GAMES OPENING CEREMONY
For those of you who were unable to join us for the YouTube livestream of our World Games opening ceremonies, we have included a recording of the epic evening below – watch to relive the magic of our incredible World Games program. Thank you to all of the campers and staff who joined us for the program on Sunday and huge congratulations to Team Bermuda on their World Games victory!

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