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All aboard for camp: Tom Smith, Hemophilia Ontario's executive director, right, with some of the lucky kids who go to Camp Wanakita beside the Yankee Lady III
All aboard for camp: Tom Smith, Hemophilia Ontario's executive director, right, with some of the lucky kids who go to Camp Wanakita beside the Yankee Lady III

All aboard for camp: Tom Smith, Hemophilia Ontario's executive director, right, with some of the lucky kids who go to Camp Wanakita beside the Yankee Lady III

Date6/13/1997
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
9/1/1981
We don't want to let (the situation) go till the last minute, till we have pictures of babies dying in (refugee) camps, says Bill Tieleman, Ontario's fundraising director for Oxfam-Canada
We don't want to let (the situation) go till the last minute, till we have pictures of babies dying in (refugee) camps, says Bill Tieleman, Ontario's fundraising director for Oxfam-Canada
12/31/1987
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
After working six years at summer camps for disabled kids, Harry McMurtry will run his own this summer, at Kilcoo near Minden.
6/10/1984
Keeping up studies of ecology they take at Camp Allsaw in the summer, Bob Reeve and Pam Kertland, study organic compost that camp director Sam Hambly, right, keeps alive in his back yard all winter
Keeping up studies of ecology they take at Camp Allsaw in the summer, Bob Reeve and Pam Kertland, study organic compost that camp director Sam Hambly, right, keeps alive in his back yard all winter
2/8/1976
Health costs are rising too fast, says committee including, left to right: Boyd Suttie, assistant deputy health minister, Allyn Taylor, committee chairman, Andrew Gillies, Ontario Medical Association executive director, William Vail, OMA vice-president, and Rendell Dick, Ontario's deputy treasurer
Health costs are rising too fast, says committee including, left to right: Boyd Suttie, assistant deputy health minister, Allyn Taylor, committee chairman, Andrew Gillies, Ontario Medical Association executive director, William Vail, OMA vice-president, and Rendell Dick, Ontario's deputy treasurer
1/13/1978
Summer Break: The Breathless Wonders day camp for children with asthma is among the 77 summer camps that welcome kids sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund
Summer Break: The Breathless Wonders day camp for children with asthma is among the 77 summer camps that welcome kids sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund
8/18/1989
Jeremy Gismondi, 12, is one of thousands of disabled children in Ontario who go to summer camp each year. While his siter, Jolie, listens in, Jeremy recalls last year's camping joys.
Jeremy Gismondi, 12, is one of thousands of disabled children in Ontario who go to summer camp each year. While his siter, Jolie, listens in, Jeremy recalls last year's camping joys.
4/21/1989
All aboard!: Santa Claus (left) was the star passenger among 2,000 kids who boarded Ontario Northland Railway's Santa Claus Express at Englehart Station yesterday
All aboard!: Santa Claus (left) was the star passenger among 2,000 kids who boarded Ontario Northland Railway's Santa Claus Express at Englehart Station yesterday
11/24/1984
Army chores: Kids at the Salvation Army Fresh Air camp learn some of the finer points of outdoorsmanship, including how to chop wood safely, from counsellor Joe Krommenhoek, 21
Army chores: Kids at the Salvation Army Fresh Air camp learn some of the finer points of outdoorsmanship, including how to chop wood safely, from counsellor Joe Krommenhoek, 21
7/29/1982
All together now: Volunteers at the Jacksons Point Camp for Kids heave into place a sewer pipe that will be used as a play tunnel
All together now: Volunteers at the Jacksons Point Camp for Kids heave into place a sewer pipe that will be used as a play tunnel
5/4/1991
You can set up camp right beside the sea as this young lady does in Fundy National Park in New Brunswick
You can set up camp right beside the sea as this young lady does in Fundy National Park in New Brunswick
7/9/1971
Blue Mountain Camp - one of more than 80 supported by The Star Fresh Air Fund - weaves exciting new experiences into the lives of disabled kids
Blue Mountain Camp - one of more than 80 supported by The Star Fresh Air Fund - weaves exciting new experiences into the lives of disabled kids
8/1/1991