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Indigenous Hockey Equipment Drive

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Indigenous Hockey Equipment Drive

In the first year of the hockey equipment accumulation, Graham McWaters (Campaign Founder) reached out to his son’s Richmond Hill team for equipment donations who helped raise 8 bags of equipment and numerous hockey sticks. The first delivery of equipment was sent to Beausoleil First Nation on Christian Island.

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Inspired by the first hockey drive in 2015 there have been numerous drives with each growing larger than the last to the point where over 1,000 bags of hockey equipment are accumulated and donated each fall to numerous Indigenous communities in Ontario. 

 

For the first time since inception, on November 6, 2023, we delivered 100 bags and 200 sticks to the Indigenous community in Behchoko, Northwest Territories…one hour northwest of Yellowknife. The 17 skids of  equipment travelled over 4,500 KMs to reach its destination by train and truck.


We collect gently used and new hockey equipment through hockey equipment drives normally co-hosted with hockey associations.

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Please take note that we don’t need the following:

socks, jerseys, jocks, undergarments and neck guards.

 

Please check out our recent media postings below

 

See below for important collection dates in 2024

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for more information about the drive and how you can be apart contact graham mcwaters, mcwaters1@rogers.com or 416.809.2130

RECENT MEDIA
 

VIDEOS

10 Years of the Indigenous Hockey Equipment Drive

THE BEHCHOKO PROJECT: YELLOWKNIFE, NWT

OHL: TRUTH & RECONCILIATION

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CTV NEWS - NORTHERN ONTARIO

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CTV NEWS - BARRIE

ARTICLES

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BRADFORD TODAY - NEWMARKET LIBERAL

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CBC NEWS - EAGLE LAKE FIRST NATION

PHOTO GALLERY

UPCOMING DRIVES

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October 5th, 2024
Gala Centre Arena

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
5152 Thorold Stone Rd.
Niagara Falls, ON L2E 0A2

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October 18th
Milton Memorial Arena
77 Thompson Rd. South

October 19th
Milton Sports Centre
605 Santa Maria Blvd.

OUR SUPPORTERS

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