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Centre Pierre Charbonneau is a community centre located in the Olympic Park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1957 and its gymnasium holds 2,700 people. The arena has hosted a variety of events, including the wrestling events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In 1920, the Mount Royal Lodge of B'nai Brith Canada set out on a project to provide summer holidays for underprivileged Jewish boys. [4] The first campsite was located on a farm about 64 kilometres (40 mi) from Montreal, and only those children whose parents could not afford to pay for camping services were accepted.
The Défi sportif is held every year in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The main site is Montreal's Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard , but other sites in Montreal are used, such as Centre Pierre-Charbonneau , Collège de Maisonneuve , Mount Royal , Circuit Gilles Villeneuve , etc.
The Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc summer camp (initially designated "Jeanne d'Arc holiday colony inc.") was established in 1926 [1] serving the girls of greater Montreal. It is the second oldest summer camp exclusively for young girls, still in operation in Quebec and French Canada.
United for Literacy works with community-based groups and organizations to set up programs for children. The programs vary from one region to another. The activities include Reading Circles, Tutoring (one-to-one, small group, and classroom helpers), Homework Clubs, and Summer Programs.
The NCC was described as a 'mainstay of Montreal's Black Community' [12] and welcomed Nelson Mandela during his visit to Montreal in 1990. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a citizen group issued a call for the revival of the NCC and held a march on August 1 to support the idea [ 13 ]
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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] At its peak Massad had nearly 400 campers. [3]