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KSA donations 2015/2016 Submitted by Kitchener Sports Association The Kitchener Sports Association (KSA) raises money, mainly through the sale of 50/50 tickets at Kitchener Rangers home games, for the benefit of local minor sports groups, their athletes and charities. In the year ending June 30, 2016, KSA disbursed $182,390 to the following recipients: • 8 scholarships from 2015 (Mikala Baker, Justin Enns, Danielle Hak, Martha Helmers, Ousmane Kromah, Erynne Rowe, Cheyenne Sexton and Jaime Simons) • Athlete of the Year Program • Awards of Excellence Program • Boxing Canada • Cystic Fibrosis Canada • EMPWR Foundation (head injuries) • Family and Children’s Services • Food Bank of Waterloo • Kids Ability (sports equipment) • Kidsport (KW) • Kitchener Minor Baseball • KW Minor Boys Softball • Kitchener Minor Hockey • KMHA – Donna’s Kids Program • Kitchener Minor Soccer
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Kitchener Skating Club Kitchener Tournament Baseball • KW Ball Hockey • KW Community Foundation (KSA Legacy Fund) • KW International Children’s Games • KW Predators Volleyball • New Hamburg Minor Hockey • Pride Stables (fee assistance) • ROW Swim Club • Stanley Park Optimist Ball • Twin City Minor Football • Twin City Spinners Basketball • Waterloo Ravens Minor Girls Hockey • Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy • Waterloo Region Hall of Fame • Waterloo Region RC School Foundation • Waterloo Synchronized Swimming • Wilmot Aquatics Swim Club • Woolwich Soccer Club The Kitchener Rangers kicked off their 2016/17 season on Sept. 4 with their Annual Fan Fest and Barbecue. KSA has bundles and bundles of 50/50 tickets ready for sale — one of the winners may be yours! Go Rangers Go!
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1. Hockey Helps the Homeless (l-r): Greg Herner, Mel Barrie, Terry Barrie and Keith Thompson (Committee members - Keith also plays goal for one of the teams that will be participating in the upcoming event on Oct. 28 at RIM) 2. Young Rangers fans came out to celebrate the start of the new hockey season. 3. The opening faceoff: Kitchener went on to outscore the Mississauga Steelheads 5 to 1 in the exhibition season opener before 2,359 fans right after the Fan Fest and Barbecue. 4. The Rangers players were all out to meet their fans and sign souvenirs. 5. Kitchener Rangers players (l-r): Joseph Garreffa, Kyle Gentles, Connor Hall , Dylan Di Perna, Jake Henderson and Giovanni Vallati 6. Kitchener Rangers players(l-r): Connor Bunnaman, Dylan Seitz and Greg Meireless (Rangers BBQ, Sept. 4)
Upcoming KSA dinner meetings: Sept 20, Oct 18 and Volunteer Recognition Dinner on Nov 22 — You’re invited! For more information on the KSA, visit www.kitchenersports.ca. Kitchener Rangers website is www.kitchenerrangers.com For more information on making a donation, volunteering, sponsoring and/or playing on one of the 16 teams in the upcoming Hockey Helps the Homeless event on Friday, October 28, visit www.hockeyhelpsthehomeless.com and select “Waterloo”
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Fall Volleyball Tournament • Nov 27 at Conestoga College • Register your team at www.playpuresports.com