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Event Programming Show Starts at 7 • Welcome • Scotiabank Message • Marco’s Story • Craig Heisinger and Kevin Bieksa Fireside Chat – Part 1 • Darcy Oake Performance • Kayden’s Story • Craig Heisinger and Kevin Bieksa Fireside Chat – Part 2
• Interview with Mark Chipman • Scotiabank Message • Darcy Oake Performance • Emma’s Story • Support Youth in Manitoba • Darcy Oake Performance • Closing Remarks
James Richardson & Sons, Limited and Affiliated Companies are pleased to support the True North Youth Foundation as it provides Manitoba youth with programs and opportunities that encourages them to meet their full potential.
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Tonight’s Hosts Ace Burpee Ace Burpee has worked in radio for over a decade in almost every capacity and is well known for the hundreds of charitable events and causes that he donates his time to every year. He is currently the host of The Ace Burpee Show on 103.1 Virgin Radio. Proudly from Cook’s Creek, Manitoba, Ace has been widely recognized for his service to our community, including as recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Hero of Mental Health Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association, and a Volunteer Manitoba Award for Outstanding Community Leadership. Ace was recognized as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Manitoba and was also named a Manitoba Hero.
Jamie Thomas With 20 years of sports broadcasting experience and a familiarity with the Winnipeg sports scene, Jamie Thomas returned to the prairies as JetsTV Host in 2017 after spending seven years in the Greater Toronto Area and now serves as colour analyst for the Winnipeg Jets radio broadcasts on 680 CJOB. Jamie’s extensive sports broadcasting experience includes co-hosting a morning sports radio show in Hamilton at TSN 1150, anchoring Sportsnet Central, and hosting hundreds of NHL and Blue Jays post-game shows. Jamie also served as the host of Calgary Flames broadcasts for Sportsnet during the 2006-07 and 2007- 08 seasons on top of covering the Oilers, Stampeders and Eskimos as the Alberta Bureau reporter. Before that he had stops as a sports anchor/reporter in Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Edmonton.
Tonight’s Entertainment Darcy Oake Darcy Oake, a thrilling Canadian illusionist, won the coveted People’s Choice Award in Seattle and performed at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He calls Winnipeg home, but his talents are renowned globally as he was a finalist on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. From sleight of hand to death-defying escapades, this master magician grabbed the world’s attention, ushering in an exciting new era of an age-old art form. Darcy is a performance artist whose modern interpretation gratifies the hunger of audiences seeking spectacle and nail-biting feats of illusion. Inspired by classic sleight of hand techniques, Darcy transports the crowd to another dimension with exhilarating visuals and logicdefying exploits.
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Supporting Youth in Manitoba
Every child deserves the opportunity to achieve their physical, intellectual and social potential. Not all children have the same opportunities to participate in sports and recreational programming. Make the sport of hockey and the summer camp experience more accessible to youth by removing barriers that prevent kids from participating in organized sport and enjoying outdoor adventures. In addition, ensure mental wellness education is available to all Manitoba teachers and students to emphasize the importance of mental wellness and provide the tools needed to overcome current and future challenges and stresses. By supporting a child in their academic, camp or hockey endeavors, you help ensure that no child gets left on the sidelines. You can donate to support youth by clicking on Make A Donation on the website’s top-left menu. All donations will receive a tax receipt.
Empower potential by making kids feel good about themselves and making them believe that they can achieve anything!
Your generosity makes a difference $1,800 provides one season of hockey academy to a student athlete $600 provides Project 11 to one classroom $280 provides one week of summer camp for a child
Established in 1930, Camp Manitou is a summer camp and year-round outdoor recreation facility located five minutes outside of Winnipeg. With its forests, large grass playing field, and the surrounding Assiniboine River, Camp Manitou’s 39 acres accommodate a wide range of activities and educational programming that challenge campers, build confidence, and create memories. Camp Manitou is the perfect environment for youth to step out of the everyday, connect with nature, recharge, and find balance. Outdoor programming is delivered with the goal of being accessible, affordable, and inclusive for
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Manitoba children, youth, and community groups from diverse social and economic backgrounds and with varying abilities. At Camp Manitou everyone belongs. It’s a place where, regardless of socio-economic background, youth are empowered to learn and grow, build self-confidence, and develop physical and intellectual skillsets that cultivate leadership, citizenship, and equip them for a bright and successful future. Learning through experience in the outdoors can be like discovering a whole new world.
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Since assuming the operations of camp in 2014, the True North Youth Foundation continues to build on Camp Manitou’s legacy as a safe, inclusive, and encouraging community for youth, regardless of socio-economic challenges. Since 2014, camper days have gone from 5,373 to more than 17,800 in 2019. Past fundraising and programgenerated surpluses have funded more than $6.3 million in capital improvements at Camp Manitou in the same time span. While these additions have made it possible to deliver quality programming and accommodate more campers, Camp Manitou has reached its peak at a 200 camper per day capacity and the demand from community groups and individuals continues to grow. Dedicated to welcoming as many Manitoba youth of all ages to benefit from enriching camp experiences, the True North Youth Foundation has embarked on an ambitious and exciting expansion plan. The 11-acre expansion project at Camp Manitou will accommodate as many as 400 campers per day as well as enhance programming for campers ages 12 to 17. Camp Manitou will be home to a new 10,000-square-foot lodge and 2.6-acre custom-made lake, and will offer new year-round activities geared toward teens, including canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and beach volleyball. These new additions have all been designed to create opportunities for young people to take risks, connect with others and develop skills which will allow them to gain confidence and be contributing members of their communities. To learn more, visit: TNYF.ca/ManitouExpansion
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Project 11 is an engaging cross-curricular proactive mental wellness program that targets Manitoba’s Health Education and Language Arts outcomes for students in kindergarten through Grade 8 and a high school curriculum pilot is currently underway with a full provincial launch anticipated in fall 2022. With a stronger sense of wellness, students will have a greater ability to cope with life’s challenges in a positive and healthy way.
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The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy (WJHA) is a sports-based program offering at-risk youth the opportunity to be part of a team environment, learn new skills, and benefit from academic supports and mentorship that will help them grow and thrive in the program, in school, and beyond. Through hockey, the program aims to increase school attendance and high school graduation rates within socially and economically challenged schools in Winnipeg. Multifaceted programming includes guest speakers, field trips, after-school sessions, tutoring, and life-skills development that prepare students for their future. Students enter the program as early as in Grade 4 and benefit from successive programming themed for their age group through to graduation. In 2021, the WJHA celebrated the graduation of 38 student athletes, marking the fourth year of graduates who have journeyed through the entire WJHA program. Graduates who might have otherwise struggled to stay in school are excelling in academics, being awarded scholarships, and pursuing post-secondary education or gaining employment through the skills they have acquired in the program.
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Prizes will be available for pick up at Bell MTS Iceplex – True North Youth Foundation offices as of Tuesday, December 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To arrange prize pick up email Sydney Parker at: sparker@tnse.com. Delivery is available for large items upon request within Winnipeg city limits. Delivery or shipping outside Winnipeg city limits will be at your own cost.
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14kt. white gold diamond pendant set with 1.03cts TW diamonds.
Value: $6,000
Raffle tickets are available for sale online at TNYF.ca/RAFFLE The raffle closes at 9 p.m. and the winning number will be posted at approximately 9:30 p.m. You can check to see if you are the winner by visiting TNYF.ca/RAFFLE.
Tickets: 1 for $20 | 3 for $50 | 10 for $100 | 50 for $250
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Thank You Event Supporters Aikens Lake Wilderness Lodge
Mark Gray
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Michael and Shelly Labay
Andrew Stibbard
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Pan Am Clinic Foundation
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Robert Reimer and Alison Thiessen
Flour & Flower
Ruby and Roy Childs
George and Pam Sigurdson
Ryan and Stacie Turner
Helen Kasdorf
Kerry and Kathy Knudsen
Jason and Elizabeth Wagner
Stino and Lanette Siragusa
Kevin and Karen Becker
Tony’s Team Transport / Alliance Bus Canada
Kevin and Melanie Chief Maple Leaf Construction Mark and Sharon Berkowitz
WASAC 1x1 Architecture
Thank You to the 2021 Winnipeg Jets Gala Committee Brad Andrews, Kyle Balharry, Scott Brown, Julie Chartier, Mark Chipman, Tyler Esquivel, Suzi Friesen, Dwayne Green, Kiera Nelson, Sydney Parker, Norva Riddell, Curtis Robson, and Anders Strome. This evening would not have been possible without the tremendous support of True North management and staff. The True North Youth Foundation would also like to thank our host for the evening, Ace Burpee and Darcy Oake for his entertaining illusions. A special thank you to Nate Schmidt, Jamie Thomas, Kevin Bieksa and Craig Heisinger for their contributions. Our deepest thanks to all who make this evening possible including the players, coaches and musical performers. A special thanks to the dedicated volunteers who put together and delivered the gift boxes, the production team who shared their expertise and to sponsors. Most of all, we would like to thank those individuals who supported us by attending this event.
THANK YOU MANITOBA Every sponsor, donor, volunteer, employee, and partner has played a part in empowering potential in the youth of our community. Thank you for believing in the True North Youth Foundation (TNYF) and the work it does to empower potential in youth by providing meaningful opportunities to belong, learn, and contribute. Whether through the academic support of the WJHA, the adventure of outdoor education at Camp Manitou or the wellness curriculum of Project 11, the TNYF delivers consistent and innovative programming, provides tools and resources, and creates a community that supports and encourages youth to achieve their full physical, social, emotional and intellectual potential. By supporting the foundation, you helped positively impact the lives of more than 75,000 Manitobans last year.
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