Monday, January 23, 2023 We left Billy Bishop Airport and flew to Thunder Bay. The plane was thirty minutes late leaving from Billy Bishop, so we missed our connecting flight by the time we got to Thunder Bay. We had to spend the night at a Hampton Inn in Thunder Bay. We had a…
THE SCOTT PROJECT Making the World a Better Place If you read any of my report cards from when I was a boy, you will read, “Scott loves helping in class.” This is because I’ve always had an innate passion for helping others. This desire is partly from my personality and a need to feel…
Dezra and Irene I always knew I was adopted. My mother told me every three years, so I always knew it. I remember looking out the front window of our Kingston, Ontario house, hearing my mother say, “You know you were adopted, Scott?” I replied, “Yes, I do, so what’s for dinner? Being adopted was…
It is hard to believe Kids 4 Kids is celebrating its 30th anniversary this summer. We have had over 40,000 children through our Kids 4 Kids Leadership school programs, summer camps and presentations. We have had members who have become teachers, police officers, firefighters and have served in the military. We even had a member invited…
It was March 2020 when my world shut down. Everything I do involves schools—my presentations, after-school and lunch-hour programs, everything. I was going to Barbados to perform at a school, then to Calgary and Edmonton in June, Scotland. I started to think I was getting too busy, then nothing! I may have thought too loud.…
SUMMER CAMP IS A BEACON OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL for all the children stuck on their screens and indoors during the “2020 pause.” Camp is an event that children look forward to each summer. It is a time to make new friends, explore the great outdoors, and build resiliency and confidence.…
Summer camp is an environment where children can develop their confidence and sense of independence and improve their self-esteem. It is important to set your children up for success. This can be done by doing the following before camp. 1. Allow your children to pack their bags. If parents pack their children’s bags, the child doesn’t…
ENTITLEMENT DEFINITION: You feel the world owes you. You feel your “stuff or status” makes you a superior person You believe that everything will be easy and be given to you. When situations, i.e. competitions, relationships, jobs, and goals, become difficult, you quit. You do not believe in hard work. You don’t take responsibility for…
“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but names will never harm you” is a phrase passed on from generation to generation. Children are led to believe that words don’t hurt, but in reality, they do. Words can have a profound effect on a person’s life. Blacks first uttered this phrase in the American Civil…
COURAGE “I learned courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not the one who does not feel afraid. But he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela To be yourself requires courage. Pursuing dreams, seeing life as limitless opportunities, and pursuing leadership requires courage. In a world…