Let's get Mel to the Olympics!

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Caitlin Smith and Joanne Green are organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Melinda Watpool.

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Mel is trying to make it to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo!

Meet 5-time Canadian National Boxing Champion Melinda Watpool.

Melinda is boxing her way to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and, with your help, she is going to get there.

The Road to Victory

In order to make it all the way to Tokyo, and to represent Canada, Mel will have to do a bit of travelling and a bit of fighting! Your support will go a long way - anything helps!

Mel's Road to Victory includes two key events in order to get to Tokyo and they have to be entirely self funded.

The journey of a competitive athlete is not an easy one.

Aside from the time and dedication it takes to continue to train in the sport, there is the money it takes to be able to
answer the bell for each competition, each training camp, all the things that make us better athletes but drain finances faster than an athlete is able to earn.

The money we are raising for Mel will go directly to the expenses she will incur for this journey.

Mel's work

Mel works supporting others to develop their best selves and gives back to her community in so many ways.
Mel is Head Coach at the Shape Your Life Program in Toronto, a program for women survivors of violence that uses boxing as way to heal the devastation the violence has caused. Mel is also a coach, mentor and role model through her coaching of young women at the Shape Your Life-Toronto District School Board and her youth coaching at Dewith's Boxing Studio in Mississauga.

Mel has become a leader in the boxing community, a role model. mentor, and all-round amazing and supportive coach.

Now it's Mel's turn to let us help support her in her journey to Tokyo.

Have a look at what Mel has accomplished just in the last few months alone:

April 23rd - 27th, 2019
Mel won Gold and her fifth Canadian National Champion title at the Canadian National Championships in British Columbia

December 17th - 20th, 2019
Mel won Gold at the Canadian Olympic Qualifications in Montreal

We want to recognize your support and have a few giveaways.

$30 or more - Mel will throw you a shout out on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter
$75 or more - A t-shirt for the first 15 people to donate $75. Sizes L, XL, 2XL 'Melinda Watpool 5 Time Canadian National Champion, The Pefferlaw Princess'
$200 or more - A set of hand wraps autographed by Mel
$300 or more - - Your name will be entered into a draw for a 1 hour private boxing training session with Mel in 2020

Here's Mel's schedule and the breakdown of costs for the immediate next steps.

January 19th - February 1st
2020 Continental Qualifier Training Camp - Part 1 (Montreal)
Travel - $210 gas
Accommodations - $ 600
Food $490
Toronto Expenses (rent and bills from leave of absence from employment) $900

February 2nd - 9th
2020 Bocskai Memorial Tournament (Hungary)
Travel - $2,500
Accommodations $520
Food, Gas - $340
Toronto Expenses (rent and bills from leave of absence from employment) $800