Founded in 1988 by Paul Newman, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp provides “a different kind of healing” to more than 25,000 seriously ill children and family members annually – all completely free of charge. For many of these children and families, Hole in the Wall provides multiple Camp experiences throughout the year at the facility in Ashford, Conn., in 40 hospitals and clinics, directly in camper homes and communities, and through other outreach activities across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
For 125 years, BGC Canada has been creating opportunities for millions of Canadian kids and teens. As Canada’s largest child and youth-serving charitable organization, our Clubs open their doors to young people and their families at over 600 locations nationwide. During out-of-school hours in small and large cities, and rural and Indigenous communities, our trained staff and volunteers provide programs and services that help young people realize positive outcomes in self-expression, academics, healthy living, physical activity, job readiness, mental health, leadership, and more. Opportunity changes everything.
The goal and purpose of this club is to promote and spread the word of Camp Oochigeas. Camp Oochigeas is a camp for kids with cancer and has the goal of allowing children to be children once again. The hope of this club is to be able to organize events, which help to raise money and bring awareness to the organization. In the whirlwind of all our lives, we lose focus on what is meaningful in life, which is the experiences we have and those that we share with peers, friends and family. As the fundamental message of Oochigeas, it will also be the goal of this club to extend this message to the people of our Queen’s community.