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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Exploring the impact of mental health and sports training
Discover how BTS programs use sports to enhance youth mental health, resilience, and well-being, addressing the pandemic's impact. Learn about the powerful connection between physical activity and emotional growth.
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.
Media advisory: Jumpstart boosts youth empowerment: 220 GTA kids to benefit from fitness and resiliency programs
Learn more about how Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities supports fitness and resiliency-building programs for 220 low-income youth in the GTA.
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!
Media Advisory - BTS launches Wrestle 4 Fun with an OTF Grow Grant
BTS is almost finished its first year of Wrestle 4 Fun. With support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation's Grow Grant, BTS has already taught the fundamentals of wrestling to more than 2,200 children.
Media Advisory - BTS using Ontario Trillium Foundation Resilient Fund to build back
BTS receives a $77,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation's Resilient Fund to build back stronger and more capable of empowering youth.
Media Advisory - BTS awarded Jumpstart Sport Relief Grant
Beat the Streets receives funding from the Jumpstart Sport Relief Fund to deliver programs for low-income youth across the GTA
Beat The Streets Summer Camp Team
This is a little summary of the summer camp program that Beat The Streets is running.
How Does Beat The Streets Involve Social-Emotional Learning In Its Programs?
Social-emotional learning is at the forefront of our programs here at Beat The Streets Toronto. How exactly do we incorporate it into our learning and how does it make you into a more confident, active, and resilient person?
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.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) at Beat the Streets
BTS provides Social-emotional learning opportunities throughout all of its programs. Read more to find out why it is important to the positive development of children and youth.
Wrestle 4 Fun is underway!
Wrestle 4 Fun has begun! A big thank you to Ontario Trillium Foundation and to all the children and schools participating. Learn more about how it’s going and our dream team :)
One Team Health supports BTS programming
BTS is grateful to One Team Health for their generous donation which will support employability skill development over the summer.
New BTS program starts this week!
BTS begins it’s first Level Up class this week with Fletchers Meadow Secondary School.
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.