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Relief Camp Workers' Union was a Canadian Great Depression era relief union in which the workers employed in the Canadian government relief camps organized themselves into in the early 1930s. The RCWU was established by the Workers' Unity League and was associated with the Communist Party of Canada . [ 1 ]
The YM-YWHA Country Camp was founded in 1962 with a capital fund campaign led by Joe Rubin, [3] with Saidye and Samuel Bronfman as "honorary patrons." [4] It began operating in June 1963, social worker Bernard Scotch serving as its first director. [5] [6] The camp hosted 545 children in its first year of operation, [7] and some 800 by 1965. [8]
The Out of the Darkness Community and Overnight walks benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) by raising awareness on suicide and depression, raising money for research and education to prevent suicide from taking place, and providing assistance and a safe outlet for survivors of suicide.
Camp Massad of Canada (Hebrew: מַחֲנֶה מַסָד, Maḥaneh Massad) is a Zionist Jewish summer camp in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, with headquarters in Montreal. It was founded in 1947, with the creation of Massad Alef on Lac Quenouille in the Laurentian Mountains . [ 2 ]
Camp Ramah in Canada (Hebrew: מחנה רמה, romanized: Machaneh Ramah) is a Jewish summer camp located at Skeleton Lake in Utterson in Muskoka, Ontario, approximately two hours north of Toronto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Part of the National Ramah Commission , Ramah is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism . [ 4 ]
The idea for a transient camp arose locally in 1933, during the fourth and arguably worst year of the Depression. Nearly a quarter of all Americans were unemployed and some 2 million were homeless.
Camp B'nai Brith moved to its current location in 1929. [6] All capital and operating costs were financed by Mount Royal Lodge until 1942, when Camp B'nai Brith became a constituent agency of the Combined Jewish Appeal. From 1954 to 1964, the camp grew to accommodate over 1000 campers, most of whom received scholarships to attend. [5]
Camp Lac de l'Achigan was a Salvation Army camp in Quebec, Canada from 1933 to 2020. [23] Northern Arm was a Salvation Army camp in Newfoundland, Canada from 1960 to 1987. It was replaced by Twin Ponds Camp in 1988. Twin Ponds Camp was a camp next to the Trans-Canada Highway between Glenwood and Lewisporte in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [24]