Jumpstart fundraiser at Canadian Tire Paris raises awareness of youth sports organizations and funding

The Jumpstart Fundraising and Awareness event at Canadian Tire in Paris was a success and organizers are already looking to make it an annual occurrence. The June 22nd free family event helped to create awareness within the community about what sports programs Paris has to offer to help kids stay active. At the same time, families had the chance to learn about Jumpstart and how to access the national program that provides financial support to ensure no youth is left on the sidelines and every youth has equal opportunity to access sports and remain active.

Despite the intense heat, everyone enjoyed an afternoon of music and lively entertainment from Core Dance Studio - special thanks to Nicole. The heat didn’t stop the littlest guests from enjoying the bouncy castle and Nicole kept them happy with free face painting. The Paris Volunteer Firefighters showed up to cool down the crowd. This event raised just over $1,000 bringing the Paris Canadian Tire store’s fundraising total, to date, at just over $3,000.

“We still have a few more days to capture funds and we are doing that by continuing our Bradley Smoker Raffle (value of $420), to the end of the month and we will be drawing the winner on Sunday, June 30th,” said Megan MacDonald, Store Manager

Tickets for the raffle can be purchased at Canadian Tire Paris and all funds raised will go directly to Jumpstart!

MacDonald sent a big thank-you to all the sports teams and groups that helped to make this event a success as well as the ladies who worked Heaton up the Grill for providing some delicious food!