ABOUT US

Bassin' for Kids, Northern Ontario, founded in 1996, is a special organization that evolved from a long running Bass Tournament. Previous years had just been a Bass Tourney like so many others, but what has made our tourney more worthwhile has been the simple fact that we are helping kids (along with still enjoying fishing!)

Our members just love to take a weekend off to relax and enjoy themselves *and they do) but still take time to raise a few bucks for the kids out there. We are not a large organization, but we believe in helping kids and parents behind the scenes. Each year our tourney grows in memberships (80 boats this year with 3 to a boat) and so does our money raised on the weekend.

Our total raised for the Kids is now at $ 1,078,530.  This money was spent where it was needed most; on children with cancer and other disabilities, sponsoring these children for summer camps, donations to Sick Kids Hospital, juvenile diabetes programs, Ronald McDonald House in Toronto, and helping many families with financial problems in order to afford travel and accommodation while their child was receiving medical care.  Your donations have been used to help children and their families in many ways.

Below is a list of what we have accomplished over the last eight years:

• We have installed TV, Playstations and VCRs in most hospitals (children's wards) throughout Northern Ontario.
• We have installed computers in two hospitals that are directly linked to Toronto Sick Kids Hospitals so that families with similar concerns can communicate.
• We have sent 150 children to summer camps, including CAMP QUALITY, a camp for kids with cancer out side of Sudbury.
• We have helped camps pave sidewalks for wheelchair access, install wheel chair lifts in swimming pools and provided emergency generators.
• We have helped many parents in their time of need with medical expenses.
• Christmas has never gone by without our tourney helping children 'have a better Christmas'
• In 2004, we began supporting the James D.Smyth Pediatric Stroke Fund in conjunction with the hospital for Sick Children.