THE MEDIA DESK

Letter  form  the   charity 

One Concorde Gate, Suite 700, Toronto, ON M3C 3N6 | 416.421.8377 EasterSeals.org Charitable Registration # 119068377 RR0001 

December 19, 2022 

Dear David, I want to thank you and Dreamers Walk Canada Inc. for choosing Easter Seals Ontario as your charity of choice and for your dedication and support towards children with physical disabilities. As a past camper at Camp Merrywood for 12 years, you are fully aware of the amazing impact that camp has on children and youth. Built in 1948, Camp Merrywood began as a summer camp for kids with polio, with six campers attending in the first year of operation. Camp Merrywood now has 12 buildings including six camper cabins that can accommodate up to 72 campers per session, a health hut, dining room and lodge, music and theatre building, nature building and a specially adapted swimming pool. Camp Merrywood also offers a full waterfront program and activities such as sailing, kayaking, canoeing and fishing. At Easter Seals fully accessible camps, kids expand their leadership abilities through a myriad of creative arts programs and multi-sports activities and gain invaluable independence while creating life-long friendships and lasting memories! For the past 100 years, Easter Seals has been providing programs and services that allow young people with physical disabilities to experience freedom, independence and a sense of accomplishment, and we wouldn’t have been able to do it without the generosity and kindness of donors such as Dreamers Walk. Once again, David, THANK YOU for your incredibly generous offer to help raise funds and awareness for Camp Merrywood and the impactful work of Easter Seals Ontario. Together, we can help children and youth with physical disabilities BE KIDS, allowing them to become unstoppable. Sincerely, 

Kevin J. Collins President and CEO Easter Seals Ontario