Jimmy Canton, ’93 M.A.R

James “Jimmy” Canton  has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp since 2002. The Camp’s Hospital Outreach Program was commissioned to bring a camp experience to hospitalized children. What began as a summer camp in 1988 serving 288 children has grown, under Mr. Canton’s leadership, to a year-round center serving more than 20,000 children and family members annually. He continues to volunteer during two sessions at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Conn.

 

Canton has played a part in programmatic development of many SeriousFun Children’s Network camps. He has also assisted with the launch of sister camps around the world, including those in France, Italy, Hungary, Japan, and the Network’s first camp programs in Africa. He has helped to advance the SeriousFun Children’s Network accrediting criteria throughout the world and participates as a site visitor in the accreditation process.

 

Canton was the recipient of the Yale Divinity School Lux et Veritas award in 2018.