Hockey Canada Foundation Archives - Muskoka411 https://muskoka411.com/tag/hockey-canada-foundation/ Muskoka News – Breaking News & Community Updates Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:11:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://muskoka411.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-siteicon-1-32x32.png Hockey Canada Foundation Archives - Muskoka411 https://muskoka411.com/tag/hockey-canada-foundation/ 32 32 Tim Hortons Donates Proceeds From Sale Of Hockey Barbie Dolls To Hockey Is Hers Campaign https://muskoka411.com/tim-hortons-donates-proceeds-from-sale-of-hockey-barbie-dolls-to-hockey-is-hers-campaign/ https://muskoka411.com/tim-hortons-donates-proceeds-from-sale-of-hockey-barbie-dolls-to-hockey-is-hers-campaign/#respond Sun, 05 Sep 2021 16:22:01 +0000 https://muskoka411.com/?p=73837 Tim Hortons is donating over $215,000 to the Hockey Canada Foundation’s Hockey Is Hers campaign, which is focused on recruitment and retention of girls in hockey, the development of female coaching, and supporting Canada’s National Women’s Team. Last November, Tim Hortons teamed up with Barbie and hockey stars Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse to launch Tim Hortons Hockey Barbie dolls. The […]

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]]> Tim Hortons is donating over $215,000 to the Hockey Canada Foundation’s Hockey Is Hers campaign, which is focused on recruitment and retention of girls in hockey, the development of female coaching, and supporting Canada’s National Women’s Team.

Last November, Tim Hortons teamed up with Barbie and hockey stars Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse to launch Tim Hortons Hockey Barbie dolls. The partnership was aimed at showing girls that they can be anything, including a hockey player. Tim Hortons committed to donating 100 per cent of net proceeds from sales of the dolls in restaurants to the Hockey Canada Foundation.

Tim Hortons was excited to launch the partnership based on the recognition that girls are underrepresented in youth hockey. Through the Tim Hortons Timbits Minor Sports Program, hundreds of thousands of kids across Canada aged four to nine are provided with opportunities to play house league sports, with a philosophy based on learning a new sport, making new friends, and just being a kid. But traditionally when it comes to Timbits Hockey, only 18 per cent of players are girls.

“We’re proud that the sales of the Tim Hortons Hockey Barbie dolls in our restaurants will help young girls get into the sport and also provide resources to grow and support the women’s game,” said Hope Bagozzi, Chief Marketing Officer at Tim Hortons. “We’re happy to support the Hockey Canada Foundation’s message that ‘Hockey Is Hers’ and that the sport belongs to girls and women everywhere.”

With the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship recently taken place in Calgary and Team Canada bringing home the gold medal, Tim Hortons wanted to remind girls watching that they can achieve their dreams and could one day compete on a world stage just like their heroes.

“This partnership was all about inspiring young girls to follow their passions and dream big,” said Poulin. “We too were inspired by the amazing energy and enthusiasm of girls and hockey fans who supported the spirit of the Tim Hortons Hockey Barbie®.”

“What inspires me is giving the next generation of little girls somebody to look up to,” added Nurse. “I want to be a role model for someone who looks like me who can think, ‘If she can do it, so can I.’ That’s why it was such an honour to have inspired a Barbie Doll, one with brown skin who plays hockey. Hearing stories and talking to people who got the Tim Hortons Hockey Barbie and were inspired by the campaign is amazing.”

Tom Renney, CEO of Hockey Canada, said the donation from Tim Hortons will help young players develop a lifelong connection with the game.

“Girls and women have long been a crucial piece of the mosaic that is Canadian hockey. While we are proud of the intangibles the game offers to better the women who play it, we must also recognize the benefits they bring in raising hockey to a higher level. This is especially true behind the bench, where increasing the number of female coaches will provide role models for young girls, keep them in the game and increase the likelihood of staying involved as coaches themselves when their playing days are done,” said Renney.

SOURCE Tim Hortons

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]]> https://muskoka411.com/tim-hortons-donates-proceeds-from-sale-of-hockey-barbie-dolls-to-hockey-is-hers-campaign/feed/ 0 Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund Returns With $1 Million To Support Return To Hockey For Young Canadians https://muskoka411.com/hockey-canada-foundation-assist-fund-returns-with-1-million-to-support-return-to-hockey-for-young-canadians/ https://muskoka411.com/hockey-canada-foundation-assist-fund-returns-with-1-million-to-support-return-to-hockey-for-young-canadians/#respond Sun, 01 Aug 2021 22:54:42 +0000 https://muskoka411.com/?p=72379 The Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund and its all-star team of ambassadors are returning for a second season to give young Canadians and their families an assist with registration fees, and get them back in the game they love. Olympic gold medallists Jarome Iginla and Marie-Philip Poulin, and Paralympic gold medallist Greg Westlake will lead the Hockey Canada Foundation lineup […]

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]]> The Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund and its all-star team of ambassadors are returning for a second season to give young Canadians and their families an assist with registration fees, and get them back in the game they love.

Olympic gold medallists Jarome Iginla and Marie-Philip Poulin, and Paralympic gold medallist Greg Westlake will lead the Hockey Canada Foundation lineup of supporters as the Assist Fund looks to surpass last year’s assist total of 1,032 Canadian kids, and distribute $1 million in funding during the 2021-22 hockey season.

“The tremendous response to the launch of the Assist Fund in 2020 demonstrated the real need families have for financial support to get their kids back to hockey. It also showed the desire of sponsors, hockey fans and members of the Canadian sport community to be a part of the solution,” said Tom Renney, chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. “We know the need will be even greater this year, and with restrictions lifting across the country, the continued support we have from our many partners and the funding we have available, we can help even more young people get back in the game.”

The Assist Fund was created last year in response to the unique and challenging circumstances Canadians faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was brought to life through the ongoing commitment of the many partners of Hockey Canada and the Hockey Canada Foundation, such as BFL CANADA, BHE Canada, Chevrolet and Scotiabank, who gave assists through donations and awareness. Past sponsors are returning to lend their generous support in 2021, with Scotiabank contributing $350,000 specifically for BIPOC applicants and Chevrolet integrating the Assist Fund into its Good Deeds Cup program. The Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund is also welcoming new partners this year, including BDO, the Cannonball Sport & Education Fund and the Daryl K. Seaman Canadian Hockey Fund.

“The growing support for the Assist Fund from respected brands and experienced organizations is critical to us being able to help more Canadian kids take to the ice this year,” said Donna Iampieri, executive director of the Hockey Canada Foundation. “Our Foundation is committed to helping remove barriers of access to the game of hockey for Canadians, and through our partners and the many Canadians who donate to us, we are helping thousands of kids every year. We plan to make the 2021-22 hockey season our biggest success yet.”

The Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund has brought back three stars who know the positive impact of an assist on and off the ice.

  • Jarome Iginla (St. Albert, Alta.) – A two-time Olympic gold medallist (2002, 2010) and IIHF World Junior Championship gold medallist (1997), Iginla – member of the Class of 2020 for the Hockey Hall of Fame – provided one of the most famous assists in Canadian hockey history, setting up Sidney Crosby’s Golden Goal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

  • Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.) – The captain of Canada’s National Women’s Team since 2014, Poulin scored the game-winning goals in the gold medal game at the Olympic Winter Games in 2010 and 2014. She also owns a gold medal from the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Championship.

  • Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) – One of the longest-serving members of Canada’s National Para Hockey Team, Westlake helped Canada to its only Paralympic Winter Games gold medal in 2006. The owner of the third-most assists in Team Canada history (181), he has also won three gold medals at the IPC World Para Hockey Championship (2008, 2013, 2017).

For more information about the Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund, or to apply or donate, visit HockeyCanada.ca/AssistFund.

SOURCE Hockey Canada Foundation

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