About Us

GoodLife Kids Foundation is a Canadian private foundation that envisions a Canada where all kids have the opportunity to benefit from an active life. We are inspiring parents, role models, mentors, leaders and individuals like you, to deliver the message to kids, that being active is not only good for their body and mind but also a lot of fun.

Support from GoodLife Fitness members and associates, as well as other community individuals and corporate partners like you, enables GoodLife Kids Foundation to inspire, support and create opportunities for kids to benefit from an active life.

Granting Program

We know that a greater impact can be made by partnering with other organizations with a similar focus. Our granting program primarily focuses on initiatives which provide the opportunity for sustainable behavioural change in the area of physical activity. Learn more about organizations we currently support and full details of the granting program here.

GoodLife Kids Champion

Olympic champion and mom, Silken Laumann has joined GoodLife Kids Foundation to inspire grown up role models like you, who have the greatest impact in a child’s life. Together we can ensure that physical activity and healthy eating become a part of every Canadian child’s daily living. Check out Silken’s blog here.

Goodlifekids.com

This is the place for all of us to communicate, share and learn to help ensure that the kids in our lives will benefit from being inspired to lead active and healthy lives.

GoodLife Kids Foundation is working to help children and youth understand they are in charge of their own health. We want to instill the ‘exercise habit’ at an early age and encourage these patterns to be lifelong.

David Patchell-Evans – Founder, GoodLife Kids Foundation

Our Values

As a CATALYST we activate role models in helping to change behaviours, increase activity and reduce the obesity rates in Canadian kids.
Making an IMPACT is about tangible results and evidence that positive change has occurred. Positive impact means more opportunities and more kids benefitting from an active life.
GoodLife Kids Foundation will COLLABORATE with individuals and organizations committed to EXCELLENCE and PASSIONATE about inspiring active healthy kids.

3 Comments

Comment by Karen Gladwish — January 14, 2010 @ 7:32 pm

Thank you to Ms. Laumann for her statement in today’s Globe and mail regarding “screen time” as being a problem with our youth. As an educator, I am always looking for current events to discuss in my grade six Health class. Yesterday, we read Joe Rollino’s obituary and examined why he lived to be 104. Tomorrow, we will examine the truth of Ms. Laumann’s statement. After reading the article I have searched the GoodLife Kids Foundation website and I can’t wait to bring your material into my class.
Thank you….our class will be using your website!
K. Gladwish
Sarnia, Ontario
Comment by Sherry Kelly — February 3, 2010 @ 8:50 pm

It is great to see Silken in Ontario! We are in Windsor and my 13 year old daughter was just last weekend looking at a picture of herself as an infant in the arms of Silken. We were visiting family in BC in 1996 when we met Silken. My daughter is now a competitive swimmer and an Olympic hopeful. She was quite impressed that I snapped a picture of her with Silken and that spurred a whole conversation on how Olympians are such great role models. She was especially thrilled that she met a female Olympian! So, if you can pass this on to Silken, I would be very grateful and I’m sure this will further inspire my daughter. Please let Silken know that her kindness that day in 1996 might one day be rewarded with another medal for Canada or at least, thanks for fostering a girl’s dream!
Sherry and Brandelyn Kelly
Windsor Aquatic Club
Comment by Lori Callaghan — April 24, 2010 @ 6:03 am

Hello there. I picked up one of your brochures and love what you folks are doing. My name is Lori Callaghan. I’m a teacher, mother of three wee ones, and most recently a self published author of my first in a series of children’s books encouraging children to turn off the TV and computer games and play using their imaginations again. This concept isn’t new. It’s how my generation grew up playing, but it’s lost today in our fast-paced world of technology, gaming, and movies. Many Canadian children are over-weight and under-exercised. Our philosophies are very similar in encouraging Canadian children to be healthier, more active, and to set good examples for them to watch less TV. I sell my book as a means for groups to raise funds. $3 from every $10 book goes directly back to the organization raising funds. Do you see any way of working together? It’s exciting to meet other people with the same goals in mind.

Thank you for your time,
Lori Callaghan

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get them MOVING!

EAT
healthy foods.

make it FUN!