The following statements are the “under-pinning” for KidsFest Canada's long-term success:

Opportunity and Accessibility

We will:

• Provide opportunities/choices for Canadian youth to enhance their learning capabilities;
• Be accessible and open to all participants, regardless of their abilities;
• Be a change agent for social inclusion – advocating for and providing all children with opportunities to advance through educational assistance in various forms;
• Be recognized as an integral and valued partner of the diverse educational delivery system by partnering with educational institutions, corporations, foundations and governments at all levels.

Quality

We will:

• Deliver significantly higher quality programs and services for all participants and supporters;
• Furnish quality, state-of-the-art, educational tools, venues and personnel;
• Continually provide high levels of support for all participants and their families, including focus on their personal health, well-being and safety.

Community Awareness and Support

We will:

• Attain and sustain a very high level of community awareness so that people know who we are, what we provide, and how to access opportunities;
• Populate every community that wishes and needs the KidsFest movement;
• Be perceived as an integral and valued part of communities, such that if we failed to exist, there would be an outcry in the community.

Organization

We will:

• Endeavour to be an integrated cohesive organization (thinking globally, acting locally)
• Maintain a strong passionate and committed group of volunteers;
• Provide opportunities to allow all participants to share input to, and access decision-making processes;
• Ensure that people are informed where to voice their concerns and that they have an opportunity to be heard;
• Be officially bilingual and respect the diverse cultures in Canada;
• Be accountable to our members and partners – Decision-making processes will be transparent, clear, fair and consistent;
• Constantly challenge ourselves to build into the lives of millions of economically challenged young Canadians.