Thank you for volunteering to be your team's Gift of Giving Back Team Captain. We're excited that you're here and that you will be inspiring your team's players, coaches, managers, and families to make 2024 our best year yet! Never has food security been more prevalent and together, we can impact change.
Please join us on Thursday, September 19th at 7:00pm at the Kerr Street Mission (485 Kerr Street, Oakville) for our GoGB Team Captain kick-off meeting. It is mandatory that all Team Managers attend!
If you have any questions please contact Tara Grant at [email protected].See you there!
The Gift of Giving Back Food Drive is all about Kids Feeding Kids. Many in our community are struggling with making ends meet - and the kids growing up in these families are suffering from many societal issues, including poverty, hunger, lack of housing, and illness. These issues affect all of us. So, we want to involve all of our Oakville Ranger families in participating in this amazing food drive.
Here is a list of important food items that your teams can collect.
Most needed:
- Tomato Products (pasta sauce, crushed tomato, diced tomato, tomato paste)
- Canned Fruit (peaches, pineapple, fruit cocktail, pear)
- Canned Chili
- Pasta (regular and gluten-free)
- Canned Fish/Meat (turkey, chicken, luncheon meat, corned beef, salmon, sardines)
Other Items:
- Cooking Oil (plastic bottle)
- Broth
- Canned Vegetables (corn, mushrooms, peas)
In addition of food items, you can also contribute financial donations that will go towards your total team weight. Here are some simple fundraising ideas, and you can also click here to refer to the Fundraising Ideas document for a full list of other ideas.
- Tip Tap Donation Machines
- Grocery Store Visits
- Bottle Drives, Raffles, Bingo Nights
- Car Washes, Shovelling Driveways/Raking Leaves
- Donation Collection at Home Games
The Gift of Giving Back was founded on these four principles:
- To encourage compassion in our young people for those in need or in crisis.
- To connect them to the hard-working agencies which support the vulnerable in our communities and also to our larger community institutions.
- To inspire our kids to lift other kids up through their own work and actions.
- To motivate them and their families to embrace community traditions of volunteerism.
We need your help to ensure the Gift of Giving Back is a success and to inspire our kids to give back within our community.
- Blue Bag Pick up - to be confirmed
- Food Collection and Fundraising - September 19th to December 2nd
- Team Food Drop off Sign up - week of November 4th
- Volunteer Sign up - week of November 4th
- Food Drop off Nights - December 3rd, 4th and 5th at STA
Last year, together with our teams, school, and some corporate donations we collected more than $330,000 worth of food for our families in need.
This year we are hoping to do even more exceed last year's achievement.
We need all of our Ranger families to join the challenge and start collecting!
Check with your coaches and team managers for all the details and collection bags.
Visit this page for regular updates.
Be sure to follow @oakvillerangershockeyclub on Instagram for updates! Don't forget to tag us @oakvillerangershockeyclub and @giftgivingback and use #kidsfeedingkids #GOGB #kidshelpingkids when you're out in the community with your team collecting and participating in The Gift of Giving Back!