The Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund provides scholarships to the disadvantaged Canadian youth under the age of 18 to travel with classmates on school sanctioned trips. OMCA is proud to partner with The Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund for many of our events.
The Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund provides scholarships to the disadvantaged Canadian youth under the age of 18 to travel with classmates on school-sanctioned trips. OMCA is proud to support The Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund at various events.
“Every year in Ontario, over 300,000 students hit the road with classmates on their annual school trip. In addition, over 4,500 students are left behind to only imagine what their year-end trip might have been like. It is the mission of the MLH Youth Fund to provide scholarships to disadvantaged Canadian youth under the age of 18 to travel with their classmates on school-sanctioned tours.
Sponsoring these students to attend their class trip provides inclusion and boosts self-esteem. Inclusion also ensures equality in education beyond the classroom. In Campaign 2000, by Laurel Rothman, an independent survey of students in North Bay states that the impact of poverty goes beyond material deprivation and contributes to social exclusion.”