How did Camp Ten Oaks get started?
In April of 2004, the Ten Oaks Project was co-founded by Holly Wagg and Julia Alarie, who together noticed a huge gap in services for the children and youth of the LGBTQ community (there was nothing in Ottawa at the time) and decided to take action. Holly and Julia, along with their dog Gus, started a not-for-profit charitable organization called the Ten Oaks Project to develop programming for children of LGBTQ and/or non-traditional families, youth who identify as LGBTQ, and their allies. Camp Ten Oaks is one of the programs to grow out of this vision.
