It’s that time of year again! As we gear up for another exciting Oakville Rangers hockey season, we also kick off one of our most meaningful traditions - The Gift of Giving Back campaign.
We encourage you to recruit a parent volunteer to serve as your Gift of Giving Back Team Captain. This individual will help rally your team, organize collection efforts, and keep the momentum going throughout the campaign. Your leadership is equally important - reminding players that being a Ranger means showing up both on the ice and in our community.
The Gift of Giving Back is all about kids feeding kids. Sadly, many families in our community are facing tough times with children affected by poverty, hunger, housing insecurity, and illness. Together, we can make a real difference. We’re calling on all Oakville Rangers families to come together and support this incredible cause.
For questions, email: [email protected]. Follow updates via email, on ORHC social media, and on our website. Want to reserve a TipTap machine and signage? Please contact: Deb Hawke-Wende at [email protected].
When you're out collecting and giving back, tag us on social: @oakvillerangershockeyclub | @giftgivingback
Use hashtags: #kidsfeedingkids #GOGB #kidshelpingkids
Let’s make this year’s campaign the most impactful yet — Go Rangers!
The schedule is now open for you to secure your team's drop off. Please register here: https://www.slottr.com/sheets/18290286
- Food Collection and Fundraising - September 10th to November 18th
- Food Drop off Nights - November 18th, 19th and 20th at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School
If you are soliciting at a local grocery store and they have asked you to provide a certificate of insurance or liability form, please use the form below:
Insurance/Liability Waivers
Here is a list of important food items that your teams can collect.
Most needed:
- Canned Fish/Meat (turkey, chicken, luncheon meat, corned beef, salmon, sardines)
- Canned Vegetables
- Canned Fruit
- Canned Chili
- Cereal
- Pasta (regular and gluten-free)
- Baked Beans
- Soup
- Tomato Products (pasta sauce, crushed tomato, diced tomato, tomato paste)
- Peanut Butter
- Boxed Mac & Cheese
- Rice
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:
- Tip Tap Donation Machines
- Grocery Store Visits
- Bottle Drives, Raffles, Bingo Nights
- Car Washes, Shoveling 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.
Last year, together with our teams, school, and some corporate donations we collected more than $370,000 worth of food and donations for our families in need.
This year we are hoping to 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!