Beat the Streets Blog
Welcome to the Beat the Streets blog, a labour of love crafted by BTS staff, consultants, guest writers, and program participants. Based in Toronto, we focus on youth development programs, charity initiatives, and empowering active and healthy youth through sports and skill-building programs. Discover insightful articles on fitness, training, health, wellness, employment empowerment, program updates and the impactful stories that shape our journey.
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Summer 2024 programs: Building skills, community, and confidence
From open mat sessions to summer camp adventures and engaging programs like Wrestle 4 Fun, Beat the Streets had an impactful summer helping youth stay active, build confidence, and develop valuable life skills.
Spotlight on the Cambridge Bay Wrestling Club: Empowering Inuit youth through wrestling
Discover how the Cambridge Bay Wrestling Club is empowering Inuit youth through wrestling. This non-profit organization fosters leadership, confidence, and resilience, engaging over 100 students in life-changing programs. Watch our video to see the incredible impact they're making in the lives of their participants.
Wrestle 4 Fun begins the school year at Flemington Public School
Wrestle 4 Fun starts off the school year at Flemington Public School. Learn how this OTF-funded program is using wrestling to make more children active and check out pictures from our first day.
Experiential Learning: Empowering Lives through Hands-On Education
This blog post delves into the essence of experiential learning, exploring its benefits and why organizations like Beat the Streets embrace it to teach social-emotional skills to low-income youth.
Unleashing the Power of Wrestling: Physical and Mental Benefits for Low-Income Youth
Wrestling offers many physical and mental benefits for young individuals, particularly those from low-income backgrounds. It promotes total body fitness, builds mental resilience, and instills discipline.
Building Resiliency Through Combat Sports: You Grow Girl Program by Beat the Streets
At Beat the Streets, we believe that resiliency-building programs, combined with combat sports, can profoundly impact the lives of low-income girls.
Levelling Up with Beat the Streets: Building Resiliency and Confidence in Low-Income Youth Through Sports Programs
Jumpstart Charities and Beat the Street Level Up the physical and social-emotional skills of low-income youth in Toronto.
How AI Language Models Can Help Charities Like Beat the Streets
Beat the Streets discusses how AI can help non-profits and charities, featuring special guest blogger - ChatGPT!
Building Healthy, Active Youth with Wrestle 4 Fun, a sport and skill-building program for low-income youth
With the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, this year, we will introduce 5,000 low-income children to the sport of wrestling while engaging them in fun games to build social-emotional skills.
You Grow Girl program begins for 30 girls at Loretto Abbey Secondary School
You Grow Girl is up and running thanks to Jumpstart Sport's Relief Fund and we can't wait to get these girls growing their confidence, resilience and healthy habits!
Level Up program is underway for 40 students at Fletcher's Meadow!
We're off to a great start with our latest Level Up programs. Serving more than 50 students, we can't wait to empower confident, resilient and active youth!
You Grow Girl Workshop - Leadership & Confidence with Jessica Marasovic
In our final workshop for You Grow Girl (November 26 @ 4:00 pm), we will look at self-leadership, as well as tools and strategies to encourage confidence and resilience.
You Grow Girl Workshop - Coping Skills with Simi Jayeoba
Join us on November 10 at 2:30 pm for a FREE workshop on coping skills and transition to university/college with our very own BTS former student, employee and superstar - Simi Jayeoba!
New online programs to build resilience
Learn how we have developed three new online programs that respect social distancing and safety measures while returning to schools to build resilient, confident and active youth.
You Grow Girl Workshop - Building relationships with Robyn
Join us on October 27 for a FREE workshop on tools and strategies for building healthy and effective relationships.
You Grow Girl Worskshop - Managing Stress with Tahona
Learn about how to manage stress in our You Grow Girl Workshop with Tahona Santana, this Thursday 1 October.