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Robert Schad enjoys the great outdoors in 2006.

Robert Schad enjoys the great outdoors in 2006.

TANNIS TOOHEY/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO

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James: Eco-philanthropist puts Fresh Air Fund over the top

Teach kids to love nature and they’ll want to protect it, says one of the many supporters who will have sent 25,000 children to camp this summer.

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Environment-themed competition caps camp at Whitby

Bryan Nedham, 22, part of the Community Living Ajax-Pickering and Whitby Environment Youth Crew and a leader at the day camp, helps kids competing in the purple loosestrife weed pull - a.k.a tug of war - at the Envirokids Olympics. The event was the highlight of a picnic held on the last day of camp. Community Living camps in Ajax-Pickering and Whitby finish off day camp with a picnic and the EnviroKids Olympics Extravaganza.

Camp on the Rock offers solid fun

Young summer campers, perched here on Camp on the Rock near Parry Sound, Ont., learn to canoe, hike and make new friends and memories during their stay. A Christian summer camp gives youngsters a unique opportunity for outdoor fun and a chance to try...

Kids find a place with heart at Camp Oki

Kids can be kids at Camp Oki, regardless of the special medical challenges a heart condition brings. Children with heart abnormalities can enjoy all the fun of a normal camp experience at Camp Oki, where staff know how to help in an emergency.

Special challenges? Not a problem at Shadow Lake

Camper Wayne Francis is all smiles as he sits by the beach at Shadow Lake camp. (Aug. 16, 2010) The camp run by Community Living Toronto offers vacations to young people with a wide range of...

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With your gift, the Fresh Air Fund can help send 25,000 disadvantaged and special needs children to camp. The experience is much more than relief from summer heat – it gives these children a break in life and memories to last a lifetime.

  • Goal: $600,000

  • To date: $677,809

  • By cheque:
    Mail to The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund, One Yonge St., Toronto, ON M5E 1E6

  • By credit card:
    Visa, MasterCard or AMEX, call 416-869-4847

  • Online:
    For instant donations, use our secure form.

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