2020

Student: Avolyn Program: BA Criminology and Psych - University of Windsor Describe what your personal and academic journey was like prior to being involved in the Margins to Mainstream Bursary program. Before my involvement with the Margins to Mainstream Bursary program, there where countless days of stress and worry. There were days when I was unsure whether I would be able to apply for the upcoming academic term due to overdue balances. There were also days where I had to

Please join us in welcoming Kevin Mathiasz to the #PCF family, as our new Director of Development Kevin is a fundraising and sales expert with over 10 years of experience. Having traveled and worked in a vast amount of counties, Kevin is a firm believer in filling your life with adventures, not things and having stories to tell, not stuff to show. Having been born in Paris and having parents of both Irish and Sri Lankan origin, Kevin has always been exposed to many different

UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA HAS COMMITTED TO DONATING $250,000 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SUPPORT BLACK STUDENT COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION THE B.L.A.C.K. LABEL SCHOLARSHIP WILL SUPPORT THE EXISTING PINBALL CLEMONS FOUNDATION’S MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM PROGRAM 02 SEPTEMBER 2020 (TORONTO, ON) – Universal Music Canada’s (“UMC”) B.L.A.C.K. (Businesses Levelling Access to Change and Knowledge) Label Coalition and the Pinball Clemons Foundation (“Fo

Student: Topaz Program: Law Clerk Program - George Brown College Describe what your personal and academic journey was like prior to being involved in the Margins to Mainstream Bursary program? I would say my academic journey was overwhelming which would pour out into my personal life because I would be agitated and end up not wanting to deal with anything. It made everything going on in my life just seem like it was too much to go through alone. I did it anyway because I di

My name is Melanie Amadasun. I am a daughter, a sister, and most of all, I am Alessia’s mother. What makes this scholarship special for me, apart from it affording me the opportunity to complete my social service worker diploma at George Brown College, is that I received it shortly after becoming a mom at 21 years old. This was a life-changing transition for me, during which the foundation added an immense amount of support for me. I remember meeting Mr. Pinball a short whil

On July 13th, the Pinball Clemons Foundation and Pizzaville launched a brand-new campaign to help save the Y.A.A.A.C.E Summer Institute. In hopes of saving the program, Pizzaville launched “Pinball’s Pizza & Popper Special”. They have generously decided that $1 for every special sold will be donated to the Pinball Clemons Foundation in support of the YAAACE summer institute, until August 3rd. The Summer Institute has become a staple amongst the Jane and Finch community. The

It is with deep regret that we’ve have made the difficult decision to cancel Rally For Kids 2020, scheduled for October 23rd and 24th, in light of the developing situation with COVID-19. As a Foundation, the health and well-being of our staff, clients, vendors, event participants and general public is our top priority and we appreciate the understanding under these extraordinary circumstances. We look forward to having you back in the drivers seat next year, when we will be a

We hope you are safe and doing well during these unprecedented times. We wanted to share an update on what’s been happening at the Pinball Clemons Foundation and how our team, our partners and youth have adapted to their New Normal. We work with some of the most under-resourced and under-served, marginalized youth in our community - youth that ‘normally’ would slip through the cracks. As Ontario announced the State of Emergency for COVID-19, we immediately reached out to the

Aiden Lee is an abstract painter and a sixteen year old student. Aiden was born with multiple diagnosis; Autism, ADHD, Anxiety. He has taught art in 12 schools - over 1600 students with a program called, ‘Art From The Heart’. Last year, one of our Board Members (seen in the picture above) purchased this painting from a charity auction. He bid on this item because he believed that it was a visual representation of the Pinball Clemons Foundation. We were finally able to track d

The premise behind Christmas Wish is simple: community members nominate people who go above and beyond in their contributions to the community at large, but whose efforts often go unnoticed or unrecognized. Over the holidays, Christmas Wish teamed up with the Pinball Clemons Foundation and were able to recognize an employee at Youth Without Shelter in Etobicoke. Yesica Gil was flown to Niagara via Fly GTA, where she was recognized for her resilience, passion, and her work wit