Raised:
$35,416
177%Goal:
$20,000

Toronto North York

Hosted by Circle of Care

165Walkers15Teams15Volunteers

The Grand Parade is a family-friendly fundraiser walk that helps support local charities who provide essential care and service for aging Canadians. Team up, walk, and fundraise with us on Sunday, September 22, 2024!

TGP Day in Toronto North York is Sunday, Sept 22nd!

Community Sponsors

Toronto North York (Circle of Care) is super grateful for our fantastic 2024 sponsors! View all sponsors >

2024 TGP Photos

Thanks to all of our amazing photographer volunteers! If you've got TGP Day photos or videos you'd like to share, email them to photos@bluesea.org.

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Event Day Details

Save the date - TGP Day is September 22, 2024!

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Orchard Pavilion

Downsview Park

Keele Street and Downsview Park Blvd.

North York, Ontario


We will meet at the Orchard Pavilion and begin our walk through the Circuit Path.

Schedule

  • 10:00 am: Meet Check-in + Welcome
  • 11:00 am: Move Send-off
  • 12:00 pm: Munch Light meal served
  • 1:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2025!

Not able to join us at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

  • Route Distances: We have a great route where you can walk 2.5 km or 5 km with us.
  • Rest Stop: There will be one rest stop with yummy snacks and drinks.
  • Signage: The route will be well-signed with our bold burgundy TGP signs.
  • Route Support: Route marshals and rest stop hosts will provide support along the route.
  • Walkers 12 and Under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
  • No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at The Grand Parade except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-In

  • All walkers check-in personally at the event on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
  • T-shirts! Fundraising walkers who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a TGP shirt as a thank you on Event Day, while supplies last.
  • There is no registration fee to participate in The Grand Parade, but most walkers raise $250-300 or more in support of their charity.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

  • Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the TGP Head Office.
  • Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to The Grand Parade with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to TGP Head Office along with your completed pledge form.
  • Cash: You have 2 options:
  • 1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...
  • 2. Write a cheque (made out to “The Grand Parade”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the TGP Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.

Waivers

All participants should register online.


  • Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.
  • Youth/Children under 18 need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.
  • An online waiver form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before TGP Day.
  • Waiver forms will be available at check-in on TGP Day.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:


  • A cell phone for emergencies (recommended but not required)
  • Good shoes for walking
  • Extra snacks if you have allergies or food sensitivities
  • Your own water bottle
  • A passion for the charity you're walking and fundraising for

Toronto North York Maps

Check out this year's TGP route maps below:

Toronto North York Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams
Walkers

#

Team Name

Captain

Members

Raised

1

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

Inna Dantchenko

21

11,262.00

2

Carey's Crew

Olaide Foli

6

4,426.00

3

Thrive Tribe

Ricky Manchanda

15

4,295.00

4

ADP North Stars

Vafa Hamzehpour

11

1,828.00

5

Circle of Care All Stars

Josi Sarne

18

1,714.00

6

Admin A's

Jennifer Hodge

6

1,500.00

7

IRIDE Squad

IRIDE Squad

9

1,305.00

8

IT Warriors

Karuna K

14

1,175.00

9

People, Culture and Learning

Teresa Bryson

9

1,045.00

10

Social Butterflies

Maria Valle Perez

16

974.00

11

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

Kseniia Lebedeva

9

925.00

12

Wellness Warriors

Jennifer Hawkins

10

879.64

13

Comms Crusaders

Michelle Duklas

5

835.00

14

Exercise And Falls

Mila Robinson

4

502.77

15

Finance Legend

Yan Qu

6

250.00

#

Name

Team Name

Donors

Raised

1

Lana Rottenberg

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

82

4,686.00

2

Shirley Kopolovic

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

39

4,123.00

3

Amin Rajani

Thrive Tribe

45

2,670.00

4

Aleksandra Janik

Thrive Tribe

9

1,300.00

5

Jennifer Hodge

Admin A's

4

900.00

6

Mark Levine

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

15

872.00

7

Chris Owusu-Mensah

IRIDE Squad

18

825.00

8

Robert Miller

IT Warriors

8

800.00

9

Carey Lucki

Carey's Crew

5

700.00

10

Dara Zarnett

Circle of Care All Stars

5

580.00

11

Samantha Orlans

ADP North Stars

7

558.00

12

Teresa Bryson

People, Culture and Learning

6

500.00

13

Lisa Rae

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

8

500.00

14

Mila Robinson

Exercise And Falls

6

387.77

15

Josi Sarne

Circle of Care All Stars

7

350.00

16

William Chetta

Admin A's

1

350.00

17

Piers Knight

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

5

345.00

18

Olaide Foli

Carey's Crew

8

340.00

19

Jennifer Hawkins

Wellness Warriors

3

325.00

20

bob Delson

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

6

322.00

21

carly grant

Circle of Care All Stars

4

304.00

22

Andrea David

Wellness Warriors

2

301.00

23

Maria Valle Perez

Social Butterflies

5

290.00

24

Gordana Pikula

Comms Crusaders

5

280.00

25

Patricia Wendy

Social Butterflies

6

270.00

26

Tanya Pikula

Comms Crusaders

3

225.00

27

Muna Sheerin

Wellness Warriors

6

203.64

28

Vafa Hamzehpour

ADP North Stars

5

200.00

29

Ugochi Nwadioke

People, Culture and Learning

6

200.00

30

Kseniia Lebedeva

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

4

170.00

31

Jacob Kelusky

Carey's Crew

3

160.00

32

Colin Lewis

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

1

150.00

33

Bonnie Lewis

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

1

150.00

34

Yan Qu

Finance Legend

3

150.00

35

Madeline D'Arpino

ADP North Stars

5

150.00

36

Cathy Tan

Social Butterflies

3

150.00

37

Brian Whitefield

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

4

150.00

38

Amanda Oliveri

ADP North Stars

3

150.00

39

Nafise Molamohammadali

People, Culture and Learning

5

150.00

40

Revital Shuster

Social Butterflies

4

144.00

41

Joanne O'Connor

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

4

130.00

42

Zoran Pikula

Comms Crusaders

3

130.00

43

Katie Lucki

Carey's Crew

2

125.00

44

Terri Bourque

Thrive Tribe

1

125.00

45

Dixie Esi Baidoo

IRIDE Squad

4

120.00

46

Allison Kujbida

People, Culture and Learning

2

120.00

47

Bruce Rosebrugh

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

2

108.00

48

Karuna K

IT Warriors

1

100.00

49

Ejender Pal Singh

IT Warriors

1

100.00

50

Dhruv Joshi

IRIDE Squad

1

100.00

51

Brenda Collins

Comms Crusaders

1

100.00

52

Michelle Duklas

Comms Crusaders

1

100.00

53

Ruthie Wahl

Circle of Care All Stars

1

100.00

54

Divine Velasco

Admin A's

1

100.00

55

Sveta Plat

Exercise And Falls

4

90.00

56

Sally E

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

2

75.00

57

Isabella Marksman

Thrive Tribe

3

75.00

58

Julianna Marksman

Thrive Tribe

3

75.00

59

Michelle Mapa

Circle of Care All Stars

1

75.00

60

Inna Dantchenko

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

2

70.00

61

Lara May Alastre

ADP North Stars

4

60.00

62

Kai Van Vugt

People, Culture and Learning

1

50.00

63

Darla Mitchell

Wellness Warriors

1

50.00

64

Aditya Matlani

IT Warriors

1

50.00

65

Adriel Ventura

IT Warriors

1

50.00

66

Lin Zhao

Finance Legend

1

50.00

67

Elinor Gal

Social Butterflies

1

50.00

68

ADELA RIVERA

Social Butterflies

1

50.00

69

Shelina Gulamani

Finance Legend

1

50.00

70

Eboné Davis

Exercise And Falls

1

25.00

71

Nikhil Kothari

IT Warriors

1

25.00

72

Laura Reynolds

People, Culture and Learning

1

25.00

73

Manahil Iftikhar

Circle of Care All Stars

1

25.00

74

Lori Seed

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

1

20.00

75

Anna Siciliano

Social Butterflies

1

20.00

76

Jennifer Diamond

77

Liam Condori

Social Butterflies

78

Wayne Haas

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

79

Tehseerat Kaur

IT Warriors

80

Bonnie Haas

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

81

Ella Rosenberg

IRIDE Squad

82

Elana Grant

Circle of Care All Stars

83

alicia chanez benreguia

IT Warriors

84

Jamie Grant

Circle of Care All Stars

85

Michael Gershon

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

86

Suzanne Glaw

Admin A's

87

Arthur Epstein

Circle of Care All Stars

88

Ivanna Melnyk

Exercise And Falls

89

Emalee Legge

Thrive Tribe

90

Nasrin Alam

People, Culture and Learning

91

Thomas Braun

IRIDE Squad

92

Stella Dziubak

IRIDE Squad

93

Eric Van Vugt

94

Miriam Smith

95

Marissa Wint

People, Culture and Learning

96

Ricky Manchanda

Thrive Tribe

97

Joyce Epstein

Circle of Care All Stars

98

Honey Grant

Circle of Care All Stars

99

Emily Kalgal

ADP North Stars

100

Sam Grant

Circle of Care All Stars

101

Jessica Collins

Thrive Tribe

102

Jadeen Russell

ADP North Stars

103

Anmol Kaur

Admin A's

104

Karl Jacinto

Admin A's

105

Ali Ozturk

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

106

Catelin Middleton

Thrive Tribe

107

Adeela Kausar

Wellness Warriors

108

Hunter Pawson

Thrive Tribe

109

Heydin Pawson

Thrive Tribe

110

Henlee Pawson

Thrive Tribe

111

Bhavna R

IT Warriors

112

Marthangi Vicknarajah

Volunteer Resources: Hearts in Motion

113

Matt Roman

ADP North Stars

114

Norman Smith

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

115

Harlow PAWSON

Thrive Tribe

116

Hannah Pawson

Thrive Tribe

117

Claudio Gasparini

IRIDE Squad

118

morty shapiro

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

119

Robyn McShane

Thrive Tribe

120

Mary An

121

Samantha Orlans

Social Butterflies

122

Yuliia Martyniuk

ADP North Stars

123

Nurit Postelnik

Circle of Care All Stars

124

Jennifer Diamond

People, Culture and Learning

125

Andrew Braun

IRIDE Squad

126

Chris Ng

Finance Legend

127

Alexandra Kitsis

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

128

Ananya Sarkar

IT Warriors

129

Angelika Vasilivetsky

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

130

Hikmat Afolabi

Carey's Crew

131

IRIDE Squad

IRIDE Squad

132

Ifeoluwa Amoo

Carey's Crew

133

Stella Wahl

Circle of Care All Stars

134

Theo Wahl

Circle of Care All Stars

135

Pamela Perez

Wellness Warriors

136

Mariana Vitaver

Social Butterflies

137

Stan and Debbie Swartz

138

Jared Shrott

Circle of Care All Stars

139

Daniel Langer

Circle of Care All Stars

140

Paul Friedman

Circle of Care Meals on Wheels

141

Gurmaan Singh

IT Warriors

142

Debra Thornton

Wellness Warriors

143

Bshen Clarke

Wellness Warriors

144

Kamalpreet Kaur

IT Warriors

145

Jaxon Clarke

Wellness Warriors

146

Brixton Clarke

Wellness Warriors

147

Mozhu Zhao

Finance Legend

148

Amanda Oliveri

Social Butterflies

149

Moyu Zhao

Finance Legend

150

Michael Wahl

Circle of Care All Stars

151

Demmis Condori

Social Butterflies

About Circle of Care

It's Good to be Home.


As a not-for-profit home and community care provider we serve seniors across the Greater Toronto Area. Our compassionate staff and volunteers are dedicated to helping support independence at home and enhancing quality of life in the face of health challenges we can all face as we age. Our programs and services help our clients live longer and happier lives in the comfort of their own homes, where most of them want to be. Last year, we helped over 10,000 clients.


Donations to Circle of Care have direct client impact. Funds raised support our signature programs and initiatives, including:

o Healthy Meals delivered right to the door by volunteers and a wellness check

o Transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping

o Hospice care and bereavement services for those who have lost a loved one

o Extra assistance for low-income seniors


A complete list of our programs and services is available at CircleofCare

Contact Us


TGP Toronto North York 2024

Josi Sarne & Jennifer Van Der Wath Event Directors
Toll Free 1.877.743.3413 / Phone 519.603.2250
Email torontonorthyork@thegrandparade.org

Got questions about The Grand Parade?
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