Service Highlights


65 turkeys were donated for the Thanksgiving Turkey Drive.

Each year, over

2,000

pounds of food, clothing, school supplies and personal items are donated to food banks and schools such as Walmer Food Bank, The Stop, Our Place Community of Hope, the Scott Mission, Lord Dufferin Public School and Our Lady of Lourdes.

7 classes and 128 students participated in the Reading Buddies program. Number of books read: 2,106.


Since 1995, RSGC has raised $272,527 through the annual Terry Fox Run and Spirit Day. In 2018, we raised $15,173.

On Fridays, students help to prepare a meal for 120 guests at the Friday Food Ministries at St. Thomas’s Anglican Church. Over the 17 years this program has been running at RSGC, students, staff and families have volunteered over 1,100 hours helping to prepare and serve meals for the guests of this program.

RSGC maintained GOLD Status for this year’s EcoSchools accreditation.

We donated 80 sets of books and pyjamas to children in the GTA for the Heart to Hand pyjama and book gift drive.

The Senior School participated in the annual Day of Service, with 275 boys spending 1,375 volunteer hours at 32 organizations across the GTA.

Experiential Learning Trips

BHUTAN

7

boys visited the world’s only carbon-negative country

75.5

hours in airports and on airplanes

1

Himalayan river rafted

100s

of wild dogs spotted

1

visit to the world’s largest sitting Buddha

10

Buddhist Chortens (temples) and Dzongs (fortresses) visited

1

overnight spent in dorms at Bhutan’s top-ranked academic school, Ugyen Academy

~200

flights of stairs climbed up to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery and back down again

JAPAN

10

students

1

NHL hockey game streamed on the flight to Tokyo

630

train rides

10

judo gis packed

Over 400 pieces of sushi and 180 feet of noodles eaten

528 assorted judo throws

700 breakfalls

1,950 bows

Over

1,300

km walked

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