+10
New Sportswalls
Install 10 more Sportswalls at Ontario schools in 2026, bringing the total to 27, with at least one new board partner. Status: in progress, seeking new board partners for 2026 installs.
2025 Impact Report
The Year We Showed Up.
What GANP delivered in 2025, who participated and what we're building next.
157
Unique ParticipantsPeople who joined GANP community play
The cleanest count of who took part.
1,120
Estimated VisitsParticipant visits across community play
Free Saturdays plus low-cost pickleball sessions.
64
SessionsCommunity play sessions delivered
Regular chances to move, meet and come back.
88
HoursHours of community play
Time on court, not just names on a list.
A Note From The Team
2025 Delivery Summary.
In 2025, GANP ran Community Games at Sorauren Park, distributed Moving & Learning resources and tested paid pickleball programming. This report also includes GANP's 17 Sportswalls installed to date. The sections below show what was delivered.
These numbers count people, visits, sessions and resources. Together, they show how many opportunities GANP created to move.
Community Games
Community Games At Sorauren Park.
In 2024 we started with three people and one set of nets. In 2025 we ran 24 GANP Saturdays with roughly 20 participant visits per session on average. Some weeks drew larger crowds. Pickleball, volleyball, all free, all welcome.
- 480Estimated Saturday participant visits
- 24GANP Saturdays run from May to October
- 40Low-cost pickleball sessions
- 640Estimated pickleball participant visits
The leagues were the new piece in 2025. We ran one full indoor pickleball season and additional outdoor pickleball days at Sorauren, adding up to 40 low-cost sessions. Those sessions were not free. Fees covered the venue and equipment, and they kept the energy going beyond Saturdays.
"I am thankful that you guys are doing these Saturdays. I wouldn't have been able to play pickleball or make any new friends if this wasn't a thing."
2025 GANP Pickleball Tournament
From the 2025 GANP Pickleball Tournament, a ticketed event separate from the free Saturday drop-in games.
Sportswalls
No New Walls In 2025. 17 Already Installed.
We didn’t paint any new Sportswalls in 2025. The 17 already painted at Ontario schools, across the Toronto Catholic, Peel, York Catholic and Halton boards, remained in place in 2025. Painting the next ones is a 2026 goal.
- 17Sportswalls painted to date, across four boards. None new in 2025.
- 4School board partners
- 1 dayTypical install time, weather and access permitting
Schools use Sportswalls for recess, physical education, intramurals and skill practice.
Moving & Learning
Moving & Learning Programs And Resources.
In 2025 we became a Peel District School Board approved vendor for in-school and after-school Moving & Learning programs. Our movement-based math, reading and phonics lessons continued reaching teachers and classrooms.
- PDSBApproved vendor for in-school + after-school programs
- 2Free lessons available, no email gate
- Free + Low-CostResources on TpT and Etsy
- 200+Resource downloads in Canada and the U.S.
Two lessons stayed free downloads in 2025: the Winter Wonderland Mad Libs (reading + parts of speech with movement breaks) and the Blank Paper Dodecahedron (a build-your-own exercise die kids customize and re-use). Both are free downloads on Teachers Pay Teachers.
"The students absolutely loved the 30-minute Get Active Story Challenge, especially when they got to share their stories at the end. We've done the challenge three times now, and I've noticed a real improvement in many of my students' writing skills and creativity."
Other Community Outreach In 2025
Two Weeks Of Community Mental-Health Outreach.
For two weeks, GANP invited community members to share a mental-health tip they would give a friend and take part in simple conversation activities. Neighbours stopped, contributed notes, and joined the conversation.
2026 Goals
The 2026 Targets.
Three numbers we’re chasing in 2026, and exactly where help is needed.
Status As Of July 2026
2nd
Saturday Location
Expand GANP Saturdays beyond Sorauren to a second Toronto-area park. Status: scouting locations, community-led and neighbour-suggested.
100
Monthly Donors
Recruit 100 monthly donors at $5+/month. Predictable funding means we can plan paddles, paint, and park fees a year ahead. Status: in progress, recruiting founding monthly donors.
With Thanks
The Partners Behind The Work.
Over the years we've been backed by the Government of Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Jumpstart and ParticipACTION. School board partners include the Toronto Catholic, Peel, York Catholic and Halton District School Boards, and Toronto Community Housing has been a long-time community partner.
How We Counted
- Participant visits
- An estimate, from head counts taken at sessions across the 2025 season. Someone who came often is counted on each visit.
- Unique participants
- An estimate of individual people, drawn from those head counts and the regulars volunteers recognized week to week. Not a verified registration list.
- Sessions and hours
- Counted from the Saturday and weeknight schedule actually run in 2025.
- Sportswalls
- A running total of walls painted since 2013. No new walls were added in 2025.
- Resource reach
- Based on Teachers Pay Teachers download totals. Repeat downloads by the same teacher are not removed.
- Not tracked yet
- We do not formally measure how often each Sportswall is used, or longer-term changes in participants. We say so rather than estimate it.
Help Fund The Next Year Of Play.
$5 a month gets us closer to 100 monthly donors. A Sportswall sponsorship can help install another painted court at an Ontario school. Or just show up to a Saturday and bring a friend who hasn't played in a decade.