Rez Girls On (New) Ice
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3,000 For $30 In 30 Days.
The Rez Girls are back! The 2018-2019 roster is coming together. And they need new ice.
The Rez Girls hockey team does not have a cement pad in their arena to practice on.
We are raising funds to gift this team and northern community with a proper ice pad to practice, enjoy, and use for off-season events.
If 3,000 people donated $30 each within the next 30 days it will provide enough funding and time to have the cement surface completed for the girls to use this season.
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This past spring our family had the good fortune of getting to know an all-girl’s hockey team from Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope, ON), the JCY Rez Girls 64.
Having only learned to skate the year prior and without proper equipment or facility, this team managed to raise $120,000 to attend the 35th Kanata Girls Hockey Association House League Tournament, and sight-see around Ottawa with their parents and coaches. During their tournament, we took professional and fun photos of the girls' games and events.
The Rez Girls took Eastern Ontario by media storm, as people from near and far came to cheer them on.
It was important for us to continue our new friendships, so we flew to Fort Hope one month later. We hand-delivered the girls’ portraits at a potluck, volunteered at the school and wandered around making new friends. Fort Hope is beautiful.
But we learned that The Rez Girls hockey team does not have a cement pad to practice on.
Instead, it is a large pebbled area in the arena that gets flooded, delaying the season’s start and ending the season early. The girls practiced all last winter on the lake and the arena’s questionable ice surface - each a disadvantage if they want to increase their skills and play at a higher level.
The estimated cost of the cement, rebar and extras will near $90,000.
Last spring the love and generosity that the Kingston community (and beyond) showed this hockey team was overwhelming.
Would you overwhelm us again, by donating to our “3,000 for $30 in 30 Days” campaign that would allow for a First Nations all-girls team to enjoy some ice time?
The Rez Girls are back! The 2018-2019 roster is coming together. And they need new ice.
The Rez Girls hockey team does not have a cement pad in their arena to practice on.
We are raising funds to gift this team and northern community with a proper ice pad to practice, enjoy, and use for off-season events.
If 3,000 people donated $30 each within the next 30 days it will provide enough funding and time to have the cement surface completed for the girls to use this season.
***
This past spring our family had the good fortune of getting to know an all-girl’s hockey team from Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope, ON), the JCY Rez Girls 64.
Having only learned to skate the year prior and without proper equipment or facility, this team managed to raise $120,000 to attend the 35th Kanata Girls Hockey Association House League Tournament, and sight-see around Ottawa with their parents and coaches. During their tournament, we took professional and fun photos of the girls' games and events.
The Rez Girls took Eastern Ontario by media storm, as people from near and far came to cheer them on.
It was important for us to continue our new friendships, so we flew to Fort Hope one month later. We hand-delivered the girls’ portraits at a potluck, volunteered at the school and wandered around making new friends. Fort Hope is beautiful.
But we learned that The Rez Girls hockey team does not have a cement pad to practice on.
Instead, it is a large pebbled area in the arena that gets flooded, delaying the season’s start and ending the season early. The girls practiced all last winter on the lake and the arena’s questionable ice surface - each a disadvantage if they want to increase their skills and play at a higher level.
The estimated cost of the cement, rebar and extras will near $90,000.
Last spring the love and generosity that the Kingston community (and beyond) showed this hockey team was overwhelming.
Would you overwhelm us again, by donating to our “3,000 for $30 in 30 Days” campaign that would allow for a First Nations all-girls team to enjoy some ice time?
Organizer and beneficiary
Steven Koopman
Organizer
Perth Road, ON
Paul Holcroft
Beneficiary
