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“The Play More Matching Grant expenses, while they billet with From preseason to postseason, teams shop and earn cashback
continues that legacy and reinforces local Québec families.” – NSWC toward expenses, manage their banking and budget, collect fee
our commitment to remove financial Winterhawks, North Vancouver, payments, and more. Teams across North America have earned
barriers so youth can participate in British Columbia $39M and counting. FlipGive is a certified B-Corporation. For more
their favourite sports.” information, please visit flipgive.com.
The Play More Matching Grant “The Tillsonburg U10 Twisters,
was available in two programs: the Team Hughes, is a group of young About Home Hardware Stores Limited
spring/summer program which female athletes that share a Home Hardware Stores Limited is Canada's largest Dealer-
provided $25,000 in contributions contagious enthusiasm, hardworking owned hardware, lumber, building materials, and furniture home
from April 18 to July 8, 2022; and the attitude, and big love for the game of improvement retailer with close to 1,100 stores under the Home
fall/winter program which offered Ringette. Many are new to the team Hardware, Home Building Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre,
$50,000 in funding from August 8 to this year. The girls are getting to and Home Furniture banners. Founded in 1964 in rural St. Jacobs,
December 2, 2022. know each other, on and off the ice, Ontario, Home Hardware remains 100% Canadian owned and
“Families spend $30-$40 billion and are quickly beginning to bond operated. Through the Home Hardware network, Dealer-Owners
each year on their kid’s sports as a team. They would love to attend have extensive distribution and marketing capabilities as well
activities. It’s never been more a tournament in Niagara Falls in as access to thousands of quality, brand name and private label
expensive to keep your kids in March and have been working hard products. Home Hardware Stores Limited has received designation
sports and the impact of double- to achieve their fundraising goals. as one of Canada's Best Brands and Best Managed Companies
digit inflation is putting an even This grant money will go towards and is committed to helping Canadians with all of their project
tighter squeeze on families,” said tournament fees, lodging and team needs. More information about the company is available at
Amy Halpenny, FlipGive CEO. “The meals while on the road. Ringette homehardware.ca. For more information, please contact: media@
Play More Matching Grants offered has been dubbed the fastest game homehardware.ca
through our partnership with Home on ice. The sport is centered around
Hardware helps bridge this growing teamwork with special passing
gap so families across Canada can rules. Kids learn to work together,
keep kids playing the games they celebrate, and cheer for one another
love.” all while establishing lifelong
This is the second year that friendships.” – The Tillsonburg U10
Home Hardware’s has partnered Twisters, Tillsonburg, Ontario
with FlipGive to host a matching “The Penetang Flames are a
grant program. Since the program’s B Centre team that have refined
inception in 2021, the Play More their skills through excellence in
Matching Grant has helped more coaching and team development
than 1,250 youth sports teams in to transform into a competitive AA
Canada with $125,000 in matching team. Although we cannot play in
grant contributions. the regular season AA Division, we
will use this money to enter more
TESTIMONIALS AA tournaments where the team
will be exposed to a higher level
“For the first time post COVID, of competition required to grow
Québec is holding the internationally as a team and individually. We will
renowned Tournoi International also be using the money to pay for
de Hockey Pee-Wee de Québec in hockey tournaments, exhibition Real Cedar: it has a long life while
February, with teams attending and games, and additional development
participating from as far as the Czech and practices.” – Penetang Flames, improving the quality of yours.
Republic. The NSWC Winterhawks Penetanguishene, Ontario You may be aware that Real Cedar is naturally resistant
minor hockey program has a long to rot and decay, making it very long-lasting, but did you
and storied history of attending To learn more about the Play More also know recent studies show that wood like Western Red
this tournament and representing Matching Grant and the teams who Cedar in the built environment reduces stress and stress-
the North Shore of the Vancouver have benefitted from the program, related diseases? Pretty impressive given Real Cedar’s also
and lower mainland community. visit Play More Matching Grant incredibly attractive and completely sustainable.
This year, our U13 A1 hockey team Canada | Recipients.
is committed to bringing the best
in Canadian hockey, not just on About FlipGive
the ice, but in sportsmanship, Founded in 2016, FlipGive offers
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Play More Matching Grant will go make and manage money so they
towards securing athletes travel and can play more and spend less. Cos design | cosdesign.com.au. Photography by Patrick redmond.
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