MJKO Boxing

06/16/2026

Ten years ago, I was interviewed about receiving a Toronto youth grant and the work we were doing through boxing to support young people.

Watching this again is bittersweet.

The segment featured organizations tackling housing, youth sport, and opportunities for young people—issues that were important then and are even more urgent today.

What strikes me most is that, ten years later, we’re still having many of the same conversations. The difference is that the challenges facing Toronto have grown significantly. Housing is less affordable. Community organizations are stretched thinner. More young people are struggling to access the supports they need.

I spent much of the last decade pouring my heart into this work, believing that if enough people showed up, we could move the needle.

And while I know we changed lives along the way, it’s hard not to feel a sense of sadness seeing how much these issues have intensified.

Still, this video is a reminder of something important: communities don’t improve by accident. They improve because people care enough to keep showing up, even when the progress feels painfully slow.

06/02/2026

🥊 June Update

It’s hard to believe we’re already in June.

While I continue to focus on my recovery, Saturday boxing has been going strong thanks to our incredible coaches, volunteers, and staff. I can’t thank them enough for continuing to show up for our young people each week.

To all of our students: I miss you, and I am so proud of you.

Not just for the boxing skills you’re developing, but for the young people you’re becoming. Every week you show resilience, respect, leadership, and kindness—qualities that will take you much further than any punch ever will.

Keep working hard. Keep supporting each other. Keep believing in yourselves.

We’re cheering you on every step of the way. ❤️🥊

05/27/2026

📣 MJKO Annual General Meeting Announcement 📣

We’re happy to share that MJKO’s Annual General Meeting will take place on:

🗓 Saturday, June 6th
🕙 10:00 AM
💻 Via Microsoft Teams

If you are interested in attending, please email us at [email protected] for more information and meeting details.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support MJKO and our mission to empower youth through mentorship, leadership, and sport. ❤️🥊

05/19/2026

05/15/2026

Congratulations to MJKO Board member and Coach .j.zhang on participating in the annual fundraiser — an incredible event where police officers, firefighters, and emergency service members step into the ring to raise funds for and the important work they do supporting members of the emergency services community and their families across Ontario. 🥊

Congratulations as well on your victory! You had a very solid training camp, and it was great to see all the hard work pay off in the ring.

A big thank you to coaches , , and for all of the support, preparation, and guidance throughout camp.

We’re so happy to see you back in the ring fighting for a great cause. Congratulations again on the win, Coach Jimmy! 👏🔥

04/18/2026

Saturday vibes at

04/10/2026

🥊💻 FREE SUMMER CODING PROGRAM – MJKO

We’re bringing something new to MJKO this summer 👇

A beginner-friendly coding class where youth will learn how to build and animate their own designs — including a boxing glove that moves across the screen 👊

🧠 No experience needed
📱 Works on phones, tablets, or laptops
⏱️ 1-hour classes
👥 Ages 10–14
📍 MJKO
📅 July 4 – August 22 (no class August 1)

🎁 Weekly prizes + GRAND PRIZE: Bicycle 🚲

Spots are very limited to keep the program small and supportive.

📧 To register: [email protected]

This is more than coding — it’s confidence, creativity, and giving our youth access to new opportunities.

03/21/2026

Grateful. Truly grateful.

A huge thank you to the incredible team at for their generous donation of gently used athletic shoes to our MJKO athletes.

For many of our youth, something as simple as a proper pair of training shoes can make a world of difference — in confidence, in comfort, and in how they show up for themselves in the gym and in life.

This donation is more than just shoes.
It’s support. It’s belief. It’s community showing up.

Shout out to Alejandro for making this happen — we see you, and we appreciate you.

At MJKO, we remove barriers so young people can access sport, mentorship, and leadership opportunities — and moments like this remind us we’re not doing it alone.

To everyone at F45 Parkdale: thank you for stepping up (literally and figuratively) and helping our athletes keep moving forward.

This is what community looks like.
This is what it means to fight your way back — together.

03/17/2026

This is a real invoice.

$9,040.

Not for programs.
Not for gloves.
Not for coaching.

This is the cost of:
✔️ audits
✔️ tax filings
✔️ financial reporting

Everything required to be a registered charity in Canada. 🇨🇦

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Here’s what most people don’t see:

These documents are required by government and funders.

But they’re often not funded.

And most donations are directed to things people can see—a meal, a program, a kid in the ring.

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So the question is:

Where does this money come from?

After 17 years, I can tell you—this is one of the hardest parts.

We’re lucky to have an accounting partner who helps raise funds for this each year.

And no—they can’t just do it for free.
That would be a conflict of interest.

So funds are raised, and an independent firm completes the audit.

This isn’t a complaint.

It’s just the reality behind the work. It is a challenge for us to think differently when making donations until policies change at the government level to support some of these costs.