2019 Season 1: Zacks Swimming
$500 was donated to the YMCA to help support Zacks Bracelts for Swimming, which is a fundraising initiative started by Melissa Haskett. Melissa Haskett's son Zack, passed away at 6 years old, and Melissa's goal is
to fund swimming lessons for children of all ages. In the event of an emergency in the water, more kids will be able to have the skills to prevent accidential drownings.
2019 Season 2: Worsley School Band
$500 Was raised and set aside to help The Worsley Elementary School concert band, who won gold at the MusicFest Canada Nationals in Ottawa in May, 2019.
The band, directed by Steve Ferris, proudly represented Wasaga Beach, had previously come very close to getting to the nationals the previous year.
2019 Season 3: Huronia West O.P.P for Kids Program
$500 was donated to The OPP KIDS (Knowledge, Issues, Decisions, Supports) program. OPP Kids helps children in Wasaga Beach with five core issues including youth and the law; peer-to-peer relationships; online and social-media awareness; drug awareness; and mental-health awareness.
2020 Season 1: Service Dog for Preston
An astouding $7500 was donated to Prestons family to assist with a service dog. Preston had just beaten canceer, but also has Type 1 Diabetes, and despite all the advances in modern medicine, a properly trained service dog can detect insulin drops in Preston, and can alert the family if he needs help. The money donated went towards his family to assist in getting a service dog. Her name is Holly.
2020 Season 2: Fundraiser for Hope
Hope got the unfortunate news that she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at just 5 years old. Trips to sick kids, as well as many other medical expenses kept growing. We raised over $1500 for Hope, so that the money could go towards the family to offset expenses. We are happy to let everyone know, Hope is the strongest little girl around, and is in full remission.
2021 Season: Wheel Chair for Chloe
A little girl in Wasaga Beach dreams of doing something most other people do without even thinking about it.She wants to stand. Chloe Fraser was born with a rare C2 spinal cord injury that left her wheelchair-bound, but her mom, Carol, decided Chloe deserved more. We are proud to announce that we raised almost $5000 towards a new Stand-Up Wheel Chair for Chloe.
2022 Season 1: Chistmas for Kids
After Covid affecting so many families and their jobs, more than ever, families were turning to help, especially around Christmas. We decided to help 10 families that were affected by hardship and make their Christmas one to remember. We raised $7400 for these families and their kids. One family had a father tragically in the hospital and we were able to help them communicate with eachother with facebook portals so that they could be with eachother virtually over the holidays. Another family received presents christmas eve, and the kids even had tears in their eyes after being told they wouldn't be able to afford a christmas this year.
2022 Season 2: CollingWood Martial Arts Camp
The Collingwood Martial Arts Center was a perfect fit for our fundraising this summer, as they were putting on a summer camp for kids, which included all kinds of activities, meals, outdoor adventures and martial arts classes for kids. We donated $4750 to the Sensei to help make their experience better as well as help some kids in need that really wanted to go, but the parents couldnt afford it.
2022/23 Season: Fundraiser for Aiden Frazer
Aiden has been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at the age of 17. A tumor was found in his left femur and a medical team at Sick Kids has had to take action very quickly. Aiden will have multiple rounds of chemo, as well as surgery and then more chemo. Aidens deam is to go to Ireland and the Wasaga Beach Poker League will help make that dream come true. We donated $2500.00 to Aiden.
