08/26/2026
🎒✨ Back 2 School in KGO — this is what connected community looks like! ✨🎒
Our Back 2 School event was about so much more than backpacks. It was about children feeling excited and prepared for a new school year, families connecting with supports, neighbours coming together, and community partners showing what is possible when we work collectively. ❤️
At The East Scarborough Storefront, this is the Connected Community Approach (CCA) in action. We don’t believe any one organization can do it alone. We bring together residents, grassroots leaders, organizations, institutions, volunteers and resources — connecting what already exists in our community so that together, we can create greater impact.
A HUGE thank you to One More Wear Foundation for continuing to show up for our children and families and for being such an important part of making Back 2 School special. 🙌🏾
Thank you as well to every partner, resident leader, volunteer, donor and Storefront team member who brought their time, resources, energy and love. From the backpacks and food to the activities, services, conversations and smiles — every contribution mattered.
This is KGO.
This is partnership.
This is community caring for community.
This is the Connected Community Approach. 💛
Thank you to:
🏫 The East Scarborough Storefront
🎒 One More Wear Foundation
🤝 Our community partners and service providers
💛 Our incredible resident leaders and volunteers
🎁 Our donors and supporters
Because when we connect people + ideas + resources + relationships, our whole community becomes stronger.
Kennedy House
The One More Wear Foundation
SCHC Ontario
CultureLink
The Children’s Book Bank on Morningside
YouthLink
Christine Beaton
Andrew Miller
Odessa-Laily Weir
Canadian Red Cross/Croix-Rouge
Scarborough Gym Elites
