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OPP Youth Foundation

Service: Youth Foundation, No physical address

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Record #: ORI0346
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2023
Last Full Update: 26 Sep 2023

Contacts

Office Phone 705-330-2383
E-Mail office@oppyouthfoundation.ca
Website https://oppyouthfoundation.ca
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oppyouthfoundation/
Primary Contact Kevin Lehman, Administrator
Alternate Contact Sandra Poredos, Executive Director

Addresses

Address & Map
No Physical Address
Orillia, ON
Canada L3V 7V3
 
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Mailing Address c/o OPP National Headquarters, 777 Memorial Ave 
Orillia, ON 
Canada L3V 7V3

Description

Description (Service) Receives, maintain funds and apply all or part of the principal and income in support of disadvantaged youth in the Province of Ontario in all OPP patrolled areas.

Youth programs include:
  • Funding to supports OPP Youth Camps hosted by OPP members across the Province and leadership camps (long weekends) in partnership with the Tim Horton's Foundation.
  • Through needs identified by OPP members, provides a funding stream to support opportunities for youth to participate in such cultural and sports programs as:
    • amateur sports (figure skating, hockey, soccer, swimming, football etc.)
    • auxiliary education programs (reading programs, chemistry clubs etc.)
    • skills development (singing, dance, model building, carpentry, sewing etc.)
    • nature and outward bound programs
    • boys and girls clubs.
  • Bursary program to support students most in need of assistance with a focus on former OPP Youth Camp participants, who want to pursue a form of post secondary education.

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours Call for information
Areas Served Ontario
Eligibility
  • Youth Development Fund: up to 17 years
  • OPPYF Youth Camps: students entering high school
  • Bursaries: students entering post secondary education for the first time
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    Application The request must be made by a Ontario Provincial Police Employee.
    Languages French - Interpretation, Programs
    Fees None

    Subjects

    Service Categories Fundraising Campaigns ; Public Foundations ~ At Risk Youth ; Public Foundations ~ Children ; Public Foundations ~ Youth ; Residential Camps ~ At Risk Youth ; Residential Camps ~ Youth ; Student Financial Aid
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