Letter From the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

To all Participants, Sponsors, Volunteers, and Fans, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome each of you to the 32nd Annual Kurl for Kids Pro-Am Charityspiel. If you are new to the event, I’d like to welcome you to the Kurl for Kids Family.

The 32nd Kurl for Kids proved to be another huge success as for the second year in a row we raised in excess of $130,300! From that total roughly $107,020 went to the Oakville Hospital Foundation while The Sandra Schmirler Foundation received over $23,300. Thank you to all who participated and donated. We’re stronger than ever as we make our way through our thirties.

For the past 34 years a group of dedicated committee members, celebrity skips, volunteers and curlers have gathered together each Easter weekend in support of children with special needs in our community. Over the years, the event has changed charities, curling clubs and even cities, however what has not changed is that special connection that we all share through the Kurl for Kids Family.

Our family includes former Olympic Champions, National Champions and Provincial Champions, parents of children that have survived difficult births and parents of children that tragically did not survive.

Our family includes charities and foundations that dedicate their efforts to raising money for special care nurseries, paediatric centres, specialized equipment and facilities that are designed with patients’ care in mind and providing the highest quality patient-centered care. Our family also includes a specialized group of curlers who choose to spend their time fundraising for and then curling in one of the best and longest running charity-spiels around. Our family includes a list of people connected to our skips and curlers who support the event through donations, sponsorship and financial contributions.

Over the past 34 years, the Kurl for Kids Family has now raised just over $3 million for children with special needs. We have and will continue to make a difference in the lives of neonatal infants just minutes old, infants in need of specialized equipment and children who need extra care and attention. Our family includes you, and we are grateful to be able to include you.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Regards,

Bill Garner Executive Director