Welcome to this year’s Season of Promise! This holiday season, we are raising crucial funds to support our facilities and programs, and most importantly to support our youth participants here at Trails this winter. Your gifts promise learning, fun, warmth, nutrition and so much more. We’re excited to share that this year, your gifts will be matched by our amazing Governor, Steve Rogers. I hope you’re inspired by his kindness and generosity to give what you can today!

Will you please support our Season of Promise right now?

Every single donation makes an impact—and this year, your impact will be doubled!

Use the form below to make a donation using a credit card or PayPal, or send your gift by e-transfer to admin@trails.ca.

Join our President, Mel, as she shares how you can be part of Trails’ 30th Anniversary Season of Promise.

When you give today, you can also share a promise, wish or message with our Trails youth this holiday season.

Promise, Wish or Message

Write Yours

When you make your special Season of Promise gift to Trails, we’ll add your name to one of these beautiful wood ornaments and hang it in our Trails Holiday Tree!

Your ornaments—and your gifts—send a message to our youth that there is a whole Trails community here to celebrate their achievements and encourage them to take on new challenges.

Thank you for your support and kindness this holiday season!

Season of Promise Messages

Messages will be posted up here throughout the month of December, we invite you come back to read them!

Thank you for inspiring me every day with your strength and kindness. Remember to act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability, and remember that you have control over your destiny. ~Mel Millward
“Here’s to all the Trails changemakers – young and old. Thank you for inspiring us every day.” ~Jim
Keep up the good work. The stories you share are wonderful and speak of the difference you are making. ~ Dorothy
Hoping all Trails participants, including their mentors, enjoy the upcoming Christmas and Holiday season! You are so privileged to participate in all things 4 life! ~Larry and Betty McFadden
Keep up the great work you do. ~ Thomas
Embrace nature Respect nature Share nature ~ Duncan
You Go Kids! Yours is a gift that must not be wasted. ~ Greg
What you do is deeply valued! ~Tom
Keep up the awesome work! Trails is so special – keep it going! 🙂 ~Katherine & Andre
I believe in YOU!! ~ Mary Anne Chambers
As you enjoy and look back on you favourite moments as part of the Four Seasons, Four Years Program, my wish is that you feel encouraged and comforted by the potential resources that await you as part of the For Life Program as you transition from participant to alumni! Your accomplishments and experiences to date are an important part of your Trails story, and while the rest of your chapters are yet to be written, there is a network of volunteers, partners and programs ready to support your next step! Four Seasons, Four Years, For Life! ~Erin McLean
Merry Christmas to you all! Thinking of Hurst today and the incredible vision he had to help so many vulnerable youth! Thanking all of you at Trails for keeping his legacy alive! Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy healthy 2023. ~Kathryn
Beholding the joy that you bring to Trails and the powerful connections you share with each other and this home away from home are some of my greatest pleasures. I am honoured every year that I am able to be a small part in this magic. We are here for you like you are there for each other. ~Josh Harney
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. I wanted to share that we are so privileged to be a part of this wonderful community! I graduated from Trails nearly 13 years ago and I am still benefiting from the tools and opportunities Trails has offered me. ~Seanice