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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Our New Charity Status!

March 15th of 2021 was a big day for Beat Street Toronto. We officially became a charity with the CRA. This marks the resolution of a two-year campaign that started with the loss of our partnership with Wrestling Canada and began as a result our inability to clear donated funds. This is often a huge challenge for nonprofits to overcome. We are elated, we now have the ability to process donations and give tax receipts to our donors.

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Thank You, Ontario Trillium Foundation!

The Wrestle 4 Fun program is coming to an end for the year, in light of this, BTS wanted to thank the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their contributions that made this program possible, here we will showcase more about who Trillium is and how their support for our program was able to impact the lives of so many children in Ontario.

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What are the short-term and long-term benefits of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?

Social-emotional learning (SEL) gets a lot of focus in our programs—but just exactly what are the benefits of it and how long do these benefits stick around for? Fortunately, SEL is evidence-based and has been proven to have long-term effects decades down the road in a child’s development, making SEL programs a valuable investment for the future and development of our youth and children.

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Children's Health Coalition Statement

Beat The Streets Toronto is in full accordance with the Children’s Health Coalition Statement. Our mission is to advance the education of low-income children and youth by providing fun and unique development activities that build social-emotional, physical literacy, and employability skills. Thus, we are deeply disappointed by Doug Ford’s decision as it will further widen the gap for low-income youth and children.

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Excited to be Here!

My first blog post is about the great things BTST has done for me in my life. Take a look at the positive impact it has done on me and how I aspire to continue working and growing with them. Arely Torales, here once again ready to learn, explore, and grow and an individual with BTST.

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