Equip KIDS International

10/23/2025

Team Equip KIDS at the Toronto Waterfront races!

10/23/2025

To everyone who ran, donated, cheered us on, or helped spread the word - thank you for making last weekend’s Toronto Waterfront races such a great success for Equip KIDS International!

Our amazing team showed up with much heart, purpose, and determination, running not just for fun, but to raise funds that will help us send a shipping container of pediatric wheelchairs and assistive devices to kids with disabilities in Peru. Check out the photos and see if you can't find a few Equip KIDS team members. :)

So far, we’ve raised almost $3,500, and we’re not done yet!
There’s still time to donate and share so we can reach our goal and help kids access the mobility, inclusion, and dignity they deserve. Every dollar counts.

🔗 https://raceroster.com/events/2025/95235/2025-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon/fundraising-organization/63298

Thank you again to our runners and supporters. We are so grateful for your solidarity and your belief in a more equitable world for all children.

10/18/2025

Good luck to our 5 km racers at the Toronto Waterfront 5 km race tomorrow! They'll be out there running, rolling and walking to help raise funds so that we can send urgently-needed pediatric wheelchairs to Peru.

There's still time to help us reach our goal of raising $5000 (enough to send 20 life-changing wheelchairs).

👉 Donate and cheer on our runners here: https://raceroster.com/events/2025/95235/2025-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon/fundraising-organization/63298

Let’s show our racers (and the incredible kids they’re running for) how much love and solidarity they have behind them!

2025 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Toronto, ON, Canada - The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon is Canada’s premier… - October 18, 2025

10/16/2025

🏃‍♀️ It’s Race Week! 🏃‍♀️

This weekend, our amazing Equip KIDS International team will hit the pavement at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon — running, walking, and rolling to raise vital funds for children with disabilities in Peru 💛

Every step we take helps provide custom-fitted wheelchairs and essential support for kids who need them - children who, without this mobility, are too often left unseen, uneducated and unsupported.

💡 It costs about $250 to provide one life-changing wheelchair - shipped directly to Peru, custom-fitted for each child, and paired with education, advocacy, and family and community support. So far, we’ve raised enough to send 10 wheelchairs. Let’s keep going!

Your donation, big or small, truly changes lives.
👉 https://raceroster.com/events/2025/95235/2025-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon/fundraising-organization/63298

This Thanksgiving season, we’re grateful for everyone who has shown us (and the families we serve) such incredible support and solidarity — in this run and beyond.

Thank you for helping us empower kids to move, learn, play, advocate, and thrive!

2025 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Toronto, ON, Canada - The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon is Canada’s premier… - October 18, 2025

08/12/2025

❤️ 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬! ❤️

Equip KIDS International is excited to share that we’re once again an official charity for the Toronto Waterfront races!

𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬:

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 – 5 km (run, walk, or roll!)
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 – Half Marathon & Full Marathon

Join 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 and help us raise funds to get life-changing mobility equipment to children with disabilities in Peru.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬?
✔ Be part of a great event for an even greater cause
✔ Raise $250+ and get your own Equip KIDS t-shirt
✔ Special prizes for our top fundraisers and for those who come up with unique ways to raise funds

Whether you’re a seasoned runner, a casual walker, or rolling to the finish line, your efforts will make a real difference in a child’s life.

📌 Sign up today and join our 𝟓 𝐤𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 here: https://raceroster.com/events/2025/95235/2025-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon/register?team=833383

We also have 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, even though these have been sold out online for months. Contact us at dcorfield@equipkids.org for more information.

Or, check out our charity challenge page for more info: https://raceroster.com/events/2025/95235/2025-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon/fundraising-organization/63298

Let’s run, walk, and roll for change! 🏅💙

2025 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Toronto, ON, Canada - The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon is Canada’s premier… - October 18, 2025

08/01/2025

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮

Thank you so much to everyone who responded to our urgent call for storage space for pediatric wheelchairs and other assistive devices! Your ideas, shares, donations, and offers of support meant the world to us and truly helped us move things forward.

While we, unfortunately, missed out on accepting some of the equipment due to the tight timeline, the most important items -specialized pediatric wheelchairs - have been put aside for us and are currently being stored safely. This is a huge win for our wheelchair provision program in Peru!

The donations we’ve received so far will be used to help cover additional transportation, storage and shipping costs. Thank you for helping make this possible!

🚨 That said, we are still in 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 in the Toronto area. We are now actively collecting more equipment and will be receiving additional donations very soon, but we need somewhere to store it ASAP as we prepare this life-changing shipment!

We are also continuing to raise funds to cover the costs of:

- Shipping and customs
- Children's needs assessments and family training and support (in relation to this program)
- Wheelchair provision clinics in Peru

There is still a grave need, but also an incredibly exciting opportunity to be part of something meaningful. Please consider getting involved, donating, or sharing to help us reach more kids in need.

💙 Together, we can support the mobility, dignity, and inclusion of children with disabilities in Peru.



You can contribute to this important project here:

Supporting children with disabilities in Peru. Because every child has a right to life, mobility and communication, and so much more!

07/29/2025

🚨 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 – 𝟐𝟒 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭! 🚨

We’ve been offered a large donation of 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟎 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, including wheelchairs and other essential supports, for children with disabilities in Peru. This is an incredible opportunity to change lives.

But we have a challenge: we still haven’t secured a storage space, and 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

If we can’t find donated storage in time, we’ll need to 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 $𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬.

💡 That’s $3,000 to help us reach 𝟗𝟎 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 with the equipment they need for their children to live, move, and thrive.

👉 If you’re able to contribute, in any amount, or know someone who might help, please reach out or donate today.

📅 We need to raise the funds in the next 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

Thank you for standing with us in solidarity. Together, we can make this happen. 💫

📩 To donate or help: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/equip-kids-international/

Supporting children with disabilities in Peru. Because every child has a right to life, mobility and communication, and so much more!

07/28/2025

🚨 Urgent Help Needed! 🚨

We’ve just been offered a large donation of high-quality pediatric mobility equipment — including wheelchairs, standers, and more — that could truly transform the lives of many children with disabilities in Peru. 💙

But here’s the catch: we need to find a place to store it ASAP — ideally within the next couple of days — while we sort out logistics and paperwork for the shipment to Peru.

👉 Do you have, or know of, a large, safe storage space in the Toronto area that we could use for a couple of months?

👉 Or would you or your business/group be willing to sponsor the cost of storage (through a tax-deductible donation)?

This is a unique opportunity to make a real impact. Please reach out if you can help and/or share this with someone who might be able to. We'd hate to miss out on this opportunity.

📩 DM us or email dcorfield@equipkids.org for more information.

Thank you for helping us make mobility and dignity possible for more children! 💫