Thank you ! to all our generous donors. We have reached our goal and the new hoops will be installed as soon as possible - Your support is truly appreciated!!

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Our kids can't reach our hoops. We need your help to make basketball inclusive for all children in Nutana.

We are the Nutana Pickles Basketball Club and we are fundraising for new Hoops for Victoria School and the entire Nutana Community

Hoops that raise and lower cost $60,000. We have just secured a generous anonymous matching donor. All donations received before September 1st up to $20,000 will be matched. All funds raised go to our partner at Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation to be used for the new hoops. Donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt.

The Nutana Pickles Basketball Club

The Nutana Pickles Basketball Club needs your help! Coaches and players in the club are fundraising to replace the basketball hoops in Victoria school's gymnasium. The current hoops were installed many decades ago and most of them do not lower and raise. The Pickles club wants to continue making basketball accessible to all children - starting in kindergarten. These new hoops will also benefit every student at Victoria school and the entire community.

Who are the Pickles?

We are a group of parents and kids who love basketball. In 2021 two Dads were feeling dissatisfied with the other basketball programs in Saskatoon. We approached the Nutana Community Association who gladly paid for small portable hoops and children's sized balls. Initially the club was 15 kids and the 2 coaches -- but the Pickles have grown exponentially! There are now over 50 Pickle players and 6 coaches in three different age groups (OG Pickles, Jr. Pickles and the Baby Dills). The kids chose the name Pickles because it is a reminder that sports is meant to be fun for all. Who doesn't like Pickles!?

3 Rules of The Pickles

The Pickles Club has 3 rules: Have fun, work as a team and try your best! Our volunteer parent coaches teach basketball skills but we also teach belonging and work to increase self esteem. Many of our kids day the Pickles is the first time they felt like they belonged in sports. Our club is growing and coaches are committed to accepting as many Pickles who want to play. No Pickle left behind!

Thank you for helping us make basketball accessible to all children in Nutana!