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Camp Green Acres x Packing a Smile
Camp Green Acres x Packing a Smile
In August 2025, Packing a Smile partnered with Camp Green Acres, where their Leaders collected toys, books and games for Packing a Smile. The LTPs assisted in collecting donations all throughout camp and supported our efforts to get more children and families involved. On their second last day at camp, they were joined by Founder, Brooke Lax, who conducted a seminar on giving back, philanthropy and how to make a difference.
We are so thankful for the amazing team at Green Acres for welcoming Packing a Smile into your family and having us be a part of your amazing community! We are so grateful to the Green Acres community and families for contributing to our goal of Packing a Smile for those who could use one. Thank you to each family who contributed toys, books, games and stuffed animals and your efforts to Pack a Smile. Lastly, our utmost appreciation to the LTPs, Sydney and Jayden who helped make this partnership possible! Thank you for helping to Pack a Smile.
EmPower Packs
EmPower Packs
This year, Packing a Smile is honoured to be partnering with Childhood Cancer Canada and their EmPower Pack Program. Aligning with our values, EmPower Packs aim to give children a reason to smile while navigating a cancer diagnosis. Packing a Smile will be contributing age-personal items to these packages that will be sent throughout Canada. Packing a Smile has helped contribute over 200 bags to this wonderful organization and program over the past 6 months.
Rhythm Dance Studio
Rhythm Dance Studio
Rhythm Dance Studio is located in Toronto, ON. After Packing a Smile's founder taught several students in their dance classes, younger dancers and parents contacted Packing a Smile in hopes to teach and inspire their children to give back and ignite their passion for philanthropy. The Mini Competitive Team in 2025 conducted a toy drive from May to June, collecting donations of toys, books and games for Packing a Smile. They created posters and a donation bin, as well as decorated post cards and spoke with Brooke on how and why to give back.
Make a Wish and Ronald McDonald House, Toronto
Make a Wish and Ronald McDonald House, Toronto
After meeting Make a Wish Canada members, Packing a Smile joined with part of their fantastic mission to make dreams come true by donating bags and items to the Ronald McDonald House in Toronto to help fulfill a teenage boy's wish!
Tubie Tough
Tubie Tough
In May of 2025, Packing a Smile took a trip to meet @tubietough and @jordy__casey to pick up a donation! Kian, a young childhood cancer warrior and his wonderful family worked hard within their community partnering with @kwspeedskates and community schools to collect donations anda decorate post cards. With more than200 toys were collected for Packing a Smile and several beautifully thoughtful post cards, we are so appreciative of all your support. We are beyond grateful for the continued care and generosity of our incredible community of childhood warriors AND their ambition to give back to others who face big battles in the hospital
Build-a-Bear x Packing a Smile
Build-a-Bear x Packing a Smile
Welcoming our newest partnership, Build-A-Bear and Packing a Smile!
Every kid needs a snuggly smile - so why not let them pack their own smile!
With the kind partnering with Build-A-Bear Workshop (Location: Vaughan Mills Hwy 400 &, Rutherford Rd, Vaughan, ON L4K 5W4), Packing a Smile is excited to announce that Build-A-Bear will make its way into hospitals and give children the opportunity to create, imagine and Pack (themselves) a Smile!
Packing a Smile is honoured to take part in this special event. Earlier this year, Packing a Smile received a generous donation from an anonymous individual, whose sole purpose was to make children smile with a smiley stuffy. We are incredibly proud to support children along their hospital journey and to give them A REASON TO SMILE.
Introducing "Stuffed with Love" by Packing a Smile.
Great Pretenders x Packing a Smile
Great Pretenders x Packing a Smile
Joyce Keelan and Brooke Lax, founder of Packing a Smile are working together to do what they do best: making kids smile!
Great Pretenders and Packing a Smile are working together to send gift donations to hospitalized children across Ontario to give them a reason to smile. Their shared goal is to bring joy and inspiration to young ones, empowering them to persevere through illnesses and make a positive impact in their lives.
"I've seen the impact when I give donations directly to children and parents who video their reactions. I see that it really makes a difference & these kids are so overjoyed to be thought of when all they know is being in a hospital and it's such a challenging experience," said Lax in an interview with Great Pretenders. x
When Lax was younger, she was hospitalized herself for a heart condition, called SVT. This experience further fuelled her passion to make a positive impact on the lives of hospitalized children.
"So that's when I started collecting donations, and as I say, Packing a Smile, to give them a reason to smile during their treatment," said Lax.
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Camp Green Acres x Packing a Smile 2023
Camp Green Acres x Packing a Smile 2023
In June 2023, we launched a partnership with the Leadership Training Program at Camp Green Acres, where their Leaders collected toys, books and games for Packing a Smile, decorated cards and spread the word about our organization.
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