Throughout the year the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto organizes six Toy Rooms to distribute NEW toys, books, and clothing as well as gift certificates to children, youth and families we serve.

The success of our Toy Rooms is because you assist us in stocking them. We hope you will be able to help us by donating a selection of gifts suitable for girls and boys from newborns to older youth. Many businesses and organizations ask their staff to bring gift certificates and/or new, unwrapped gifts to their holiday or seasonal parties. (more…)

Each November 20th since 1993, Canada has recognized and celebrated National Child Day. Inspired by two historic events, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (November 20 1959) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (November 20, 1989), National Child Day was developed to celebrate children, just for being themselves.

An important part of our Agency’s mission is to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect, to advocate for their rights and to help expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Although our Agency has been doing this important work for over 100 years - we are to an extent guided, assisted and endorsed by the provisions and principles of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. (more…)

The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto is pleased to present its renewed strategic plan for the period 2009-2012. Through a process that extended over a one year period, our Agency crafted a vision, revised its mission and values statements,
analyzed its operating environment, consulted with employees and other stakeholders, and challenged itself to define a limited number of priorities for action that will guide our work and improve our service and value to children, families, and communities across Toronto in the coming three years. Please read our Strategic Plan here.

Here is the board meeting aenda for the upcoming meeting on Thursday, November 19.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Thursday November 19, 2009
Board Room – 30 Isabella Street
5:30 p.m.

A G E N D A (more…)

Adoption is an option for children and youth in care

Every child deserves a family and that is why the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS) and the Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO) are partnering to advance “one day, every child in Ontario will have a family.”
During November, the OACAS and the ACO are promoting Adoption Awareness Month to remind Ontarians that adoption is an option for many children and youth in care. (more…)

Please visit http://www.youtube.com/oacaswebadmin to see a Public Service Announcement for Adoption Awareness Month.

To find out more information about adopting through the CAS of Toronto, please see http://www.torontocas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/adoptionforweb.pdf

All Board meetings are held at 30 Isabella Street unless otherwise noted. Board meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. and are typically held the 3rd Thursday of the month. Please see the attached schedule for 2010/2011.

Open board meetings are conducted to provide the public with an opportunity to observe decision-making processes and to gain an understanding of the rationale for plans and decisions. Please see the attached policy to understand how the CAS of Toronto will conduct both open and closed Board meetings.

Please see the attached for a by-law relating generally to the conduct of the affairs of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids is a signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation of Adoption whose mission is to move children who are living in foster care into permanent, loving adoptive homes.  At the heart of this program is the belief that every child deserves to live in a safe, permanent family and that no child is unadoptable. (more…)