YMCA Strong Kids is an annual fundraising campaign focused on raising much needed resources to support proven YMCA programs that give kids the opportunities they need to reach their full potential: to live healthier, happier lives today, and grow into productive adults in the future. Supporting the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign directly helps children, teens and young adults in your community. Together, we can build a healthy community! 100% of all donations will go directly to Strong Kids.

Every child deserves a strong, healthy start. Poverty affects 3 million Canadians. Children and single-parent households are among Canadians that are more likely to be living in poverty with an estimated 13 per cent of children living below the poverty line. We believe that every child deserves a strong, healthy start, regardless of their circumstances. A family's health should not be determined by the neighborhood they live in or the size of their bank account.