TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN KIDSPORT CALGARY ......days a week Hayden can just be a regular kid and forget everything else. “HE HAS LEARNT HOW TO SWIM AND SKATE WITH BASIC STEPS, ALSO

T W O T H O U S A N D N I N E T E E N

KIDSPORT CALGARY & AREA

ANNUAL REPORT

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

For KidSport, 2019 marked a couple of big milestones - 24 Years of

supporting kids in Calgary and area, assisting a total of over 50,000

kids, and expanding our organization to include free equipment in

addition to fee assistance! Through a continued commitment, hard

work and passion to continue to deliver on KidSport’s mission,

our team was able to once again deliver on our promise to our

community to not turn away anyone that is qualified for our

assistance. We are steadfast in our commitment to ensure

that every kid needing our assistance gets a chance to

play. We are very excited to have expanded our ability

to deliver on our mission in 2019 with the merger

of the Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank into our

organization giving us the ability to now provide free

equipment in addition to registration fee assistance

all through one organization.

We are grateful that in 2019 we were able to

improve upon our fundraising in 2018, which

was a very tough year. In 2019 we cultivated

new partnerships, stewarded existing

partnerships and set the course for what

we hope will be an amazing 2020 as we

celebrate 25 years of KidSport here in

our community and across Alberta. We

enter each year with great optimism

for what our team and organization

are able to accomplish. As we

entered 2020, we are excited

to share all of the amazing

content, stories and initiatives

we have built to engage our

community around our

25th anniversary.

In the fall of 2019 we announced the merger of Comrie’s Sports

Equipment Bank into the KidSport Calgary family resulting

in the combination of two grassroots organizations that are

breaking down the barriers facing low income families when it

comes to access to sport for their kids. The merger brings both

organizations under the leadership of one board with the focus

on providing the families we support with both services under

one roof and one process. This expansion of KidSport to include

the Sports Equipment Bank also gives our donors, partners,

sponsors, volunteers, ambassadors and sport partners the ability

to support both organizations in a simple and impactful way.

Our work is not done! 2020 is a huge year for us as we celebrate

the past as well as build for the future as more and more

kids and their families are needing our assistance each year.

Economic struggles and a global pandemic will make 2020 more

challenging then we had imagined even a few months ago. We

will not let this deter us. We firmly believe sport will be more

important than ever as we band together as a community to

overcome COVID-19 and look to restart our daily lives. Sport

will be an outlet that will unite us once again while ensuring

no one in our community is left behind. What sport looks like

when it does return may be different, but the power it has to

inspire, motivate, develop and grow our community’s kids will

not change. The need for KidSport to open the doors to sport

opportunities for the families who need us most will be on the

rise. For our organization to rise to this significant challenge that

lies ahead, we will need the support of you and our community

by our side so we can make sport possible again. Together we

will overcome these hurdles and leverage the power of sport to

unite our community once again!

WILSON ACTON, KIDSPORT CALGARY & AREA BOARD CHAIR

We believe that no kid should be left on the sidelines and

all should be given the opportunity to experience the

positive benefits of organized sport. KidSport provides

support to children in order to remove financial barriers

that prevent them from playing organized sport.

OUR MISSION

T W O T H O U S A N D N I N E T E E N

TOP TEN SUPPORTED SPORTS

1,024$207,213

40 OTHER SPORTS

162$54,477

LACROSSE

165$24,848

SKATING

Invested into minor lacrosse programsInvested into learn to skate programs

1689$451,303

SOCCER

540$135,438

GYMNASTICS

640$381,119

HOCKEY*

383$115,923

BASKETBALL

Invested into minor soccer Invested into local gymnastics clubsInvested into minor hockey Invested into local basketball programs

349$114,872

MARTIAL ARTS

214$69,765

FOOTBALL

340$117,467

DANCE

211$23,092

SWIMMING

Invested into the life skills of swimmingInvested into local martial arts programs Invested into dance programs in our community

Invested into minor football

“Comrie’s Sports Bank has helped my little familywith the equipment we needed to start our sports when I didn’t have the funds to purchase

equipment. I can’t thank everyone at Comrie’s and in the community enough for donating their

used equipment and for taking the time to help out my family who was in need. ”

“KidSport has helped me give something so invaluable to my son. Hayden has found lifelong friends, a sense

of discipline, learned what it means to work hard for a dream, which in his case was to

make it to AA, and most importantly with the help of KidSport for that hour or two 4

days a week Hayden can just be a regular kid and forget everything else.”

“HE HAS LEARNT HOW TO SWIM AND SKATE WITH BASIC STEPS, ALSO SOCIAL SKILLS SUCH AS INTERACT WITH PEERS AND INSTRUCTORS,

TAKE TURNS, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, ETC. WE CANT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT HELP ESPECIALLY WITH MY FINANCIAL BARRIERS.”

“MY SON HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT ANY SPORT HE PLAYED AND I AM SO GLAD YOU COULD HELP KEEP HIM ACTIVE. YOU HAVE ALSO HELPED PROVIDE HIM WITH WONDERFUL

MALE COACHES WHO COULD SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE HIM IN PLACE OF NOT HAVING A FATHER IN THE PICTURE. THIS HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE!”

5,717 KIDS ASSISTED IN 2019AGE

# OF KIDS

STRATHMORE

40 | $12,342

CALGARY

5,182 | $1,565,118

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY

42 | $12,821AIRDRIE

227 | $65,414

TURNER VALLEY

23 | $6,280

OTHER

12 | $1,354

HIGH RIVER

43 | $10,109

COCHRANE

92 | $30,218

COMMUNITY

CHESTERMERE

56 | $15,731

KIDS ASSISTED

FUNDS DISTRIBUTED

CALGARY BREAKDOWN

NW 1721 - 34%

SW 911 - 18%

NE 1417 - 28%

SE 1012 - 20%

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WAS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN CALGARY & AREA , ASSISTING

24 YEAR IMPACT

LO C A L K I D S H AV E B EEN S U PP O R T ED BY K I D S P O R T C A LG A RY, R EQ U I R I N G A F I N A N CI A L D I S T R I B U T I O N

O F OV E R $ 1 3 . 8 M I L L I O N D O L L A R S .

2013 2714 KIDS $652,000

2014 3412 KIDS $915,354

2016 4386 KIDS $1,186,208

2017 4987 KIDS $1,428,419

2018 5647 KIDS

2019 5717 KIDS $1,765,256

$1,620,659

2020 6000 KIDS $1,800,000

2015 $1,246,1934221 KIDS

OUR IMPACT IN CALGARY & AREA

SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES

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12-15

16-18

6-8

516

336

423

309

468

GIRLS

2052

10-12

0-5

13-16

17-18

6-9

917

394

873

345

1136

BOYS

3665

SKATE SHACK

SPECIAL THANKS TO ULS L ANDSC APING WHO M AKE THIS PROGR AM POSSIBLE!

The KidSport Recycling program continues to grow with

new business partners, residential supporters, sports

teams and facilities being added weekly. The program

continues to be operated through the generosity of Gord

and Laurie Clayton with a strong alliance with Happy

Can Bottle Depot. All with the vision to support more

kids through a transparent and professional refundable

beverage container program – One bottle or can at a time!

Get your business, household, golf course, condo building,

facility or team involved and together we can turn your

empties into sport opportunities for deserving kids in our

community.

KidSportRecycling.ca

@KidSportRecyclingYYC

2019 saw KidSport Recycling partners recycle more then 3 million containers!

SPORT CALGARY – ALL SPORT ONE DAY (2 VENUES)

EQUALS OVER 10,000 KIDS & THEIR FAMILIES ENJOYING THE CHANCE TO SKATE THANKS TO OUR KIDSPORT CALGARY SKATE SHACKS.

32 SCHOOLS 23 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSCALGARY ZOOLIGHTS

October 29 Comrie’s Sports Bank and KidSport Calgary came together under one roof and one board of

directors to provide the families we serve a one stop shop ensuring qualified families have the access to fee

assistance and no cost equipment. The Comrie’s Sports Bank has been operating for 5+ years now and have

been generating a significant impact within our community. Now together we have two programs with one

outcome in mind -getting more kids in our community the access to sport they need and deserve.

A KIDSPORT CALGARY PROGR AM

COMRIE’S SPORTS BANK

2019 IMPACT

10,148 PIECES O F E Q U I P M E N T D I S T R I B U T E D

27 SHIPMENTS TO 19 COMMUNITIES D ELI V ER ED BY ROSEN AU TR A N SP O RT I N SO U TH ER N A LB ERTA .

3,005 KIDS ASSISTED W I T H N O - C O S T E Q U I P M E N T

921 VOLUNTEER HOURS P O W E R E D C O M R I E ’ S S P O R T S B A N K

61,186 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTED 16,097 KIDS ASSISTED WITH NO COST EQUIPMENTSINCE OPENING AUGUST 2014

RECYCLING PROGRAMPROGRAM

BEVERAGE

CONTAINER

RECYCLING

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K I D S P O R T C A L G A R Y

K I D S P O R T C A L G A R Y

“THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMRIE’S SPORTS EQUIPMENT BANK TO HELP MY SON TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY

SPORTS AND SEE SMILE IN HIS FACE.”

“YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ALLOWED MY DAUGHTER TO FLOURISH WHILE SHE TRIES THESE NEW ACTIVITIES. THE CLASSES HELP US GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND ALLOW

US TO FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.”

CORE PARTNERS:

BILL COMRIE & FAMILY

A KIDSPORT CALGARY PROGR AM

25 YEARS OF KIDSPORT

K I D S P O R T C A L G A R Y

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

2020 is the 25th Anniversary for our local KidSport chapter here in Calgary & Area. This is a milestone

year for our organization as we look to celebrate the past 25 years, as well as paving the way for the

next 25 years of KidSport positively impacting our community.

We are celebrating 25 years here in Calgary and across Alberta as KidSport opened our

doors throughout the province for the first time in 1995. That year our local chapter

led by some amazing volunteers supported 92 kids! 25 years later we are set to

support over 6,000 kids with sport registration fee assistance and another 3,000

kids with no cost equipment through our Comrie’s Sports Bank program.

To make this year as big as it can be, we need you to join us. Whether you are a

local business, sports team, volunteer, donor, service group, family foundation,

community association or sports organization we have a role for you to play as we

make 2020 our biggest year yet.

Sport plays a critical role in the development of our kids. This is what led to the

development of the backbone of our 25th Anniversary which is focused around the

concept of When we play, we learn! This simple concept using key sport skills

like hard work, respect, perseverance, play, listen, don’t win, practice

and help others to fill in the blank.

Check out www.kidsport25.com to learn all the

ways you can get involved including: becoming

a sponsor, supporting an upcoming event,

volunteering, donating, joining the Coach the

Coach campaign, getting yourself involved in

#PlayitForward25 or just spreading the

word as an advocate for KidSport and

our community! #KidSport25

5,717 kids were assisted and over $1.7 million dollars

were invested back into our local sports community and

economy to ensure KidSport kids had the support they

needed so they could play! 2019 brought in a record

number of kids assisted, and dollars distributed for our

local KidSport chapter here in Calgary & Area. This is an

exceptional statement to make following a challenging

year for fundraising in 2018.

We continue to focus on strong governance and oversight

for our organization to ensure the donor dollars we

receive are focused on getting more kids in the game.

We continue to try and find new ways to raise more

sustainable dollars to ensure we can provide the life

changing investment into local kids who need us. The

immense impact and investment we have on our local

sports community is often an understated reality of the

millions of dollars we send out in sport registration fees

to our sport club partners.

2020 is a big year as we work to use our 25th Anniversary

year to raise more local dollars than ever before. These

dollars will continue to contribute to the current need

that continues to rise. They will help us build sustainability

as we try and grow our managed fund, and will allow us

to consider important decisions like raising our annual

funds available per child that are needed to keep up with

the ever growing cost of sport. We are 100% community

funded so this will only happen with further involvement

of our donors, event partners, sport clubs, corporate

partners and sponsors.

We cannot continue to make all of this happen without

the support of our community. It is you who can help

us by investing your time and dollars to ensure KidSport

Calgary & Area is always in the position to make sport

possible for those less fortunate in our community.

*2019 financial information above is unaudited. KidSport Calgary

& Area Financials are audited annually by KPMG. The 2019 audited

Financial Statements will be available on our website following the audit

completion and our AGM in April 2020.

We are fortunate to have a very diverse fundraising pool. Here is a breakdown of where the over $2.3 million in 2019 (combined KidSport Calgary and Comrie’s Sports Bank fundraising):

FUNDRAISING BREAKDOWN

STRATEGIC PARTNERS 48%

THIRD PARTY EVENTS 21%

MAJOR EVENTS 17%

INDIVIDUAL & CORPORATE DONORS 13%

SPORT TEAMS 1%

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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING HALL OF FAME DONORS – Johnny Gaudreau, JC

Anderson Family Foundation, The Prosser Charitable Foundation, Murphy Oil, and Peters & Co.

December 2019, we welcomed some great new multi-year supporters as part of our KidSport – Comrie’s Champions Club. Special thanks to Bill Comrie, Sanjel Energy Services, Moonbeam Foundation, Sue Riddell Rose and Mike Rose, Team Canada Alumni, Flames Alumni, ARC Financial Corp, Viewpoint Foundation, Robert Michaleski

These groups above highlight some of our top partners and donors. However, as an organization that is 100% community funded, it takes many more amazing partners, sponsors, events and donors to support the ever-growing demand for KidSport in our community. We are truly a team made up of a wide segment of our community that is committed to giving every qualified child the

K I D S P O R T C A L G A R Y

PARTNERSTEAM KIDSPORT CALGARY & AREAThe backbone of our organization is our amazing volunteers. This unbelievable group committed over 2,000 hours

in the office, at fundraising events, at resource fairs and with Comrie’s Sports Bank sorting, organizing and outfitting.

BOARD & STAFF // KIDSPORT CALGARY & AREA // COMRIE’S SPORTS BANK

Wilson Acton

Al Coates

Chris Protti

Murray Sigler

Aaron MacNeil

Josh Crittenden

Kevin Kobelka

Travis Rhine

Shauna MacDonald

Jeremy Gackle

Rob Kerr

Peter de Jong

David Benson

Lisa Parham

Jeff Shepherd

Chelsea Ince

Kelly Oehlerking

Kelley Walker

Ben Sherven

Kevin Webster

Gbema Olutogun

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Paul Ritchie

Kirsten Hunter

Ben Kormos

Al Smith

Chris Bright

Curtis Loyns

TEAM KIDSPORT CALGARY – A Special shout out to all the amazing athletes, Olympians, coaches, media

personalities and business leaders who stand with us as we work to make it So ALL Kids Can Play!

HOW TO GET INVOLVEDInvesting in the youth of our community, through sport, will provide them with life changing experiences that will make us a

stronger community for the future. Join our team in 2020 and be part of our 25th Anniversary of making it So ALL Kids Can Play!

HERE ARE A FEW WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING US.

Contact us to have a discussion if you are interested in joining and supporting our team!

KEVIN WEBSTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR // [email protected] // 403-202-0251

SUGGEST KIDSPORT/COMRIE’S AS THE CHARITY OF CHOICE FOR AN EVENT YOU ARE A PART OF, YOU KNOW OF OR THAT YOUR

COMPANY RUNS.SPREAD THE WORD

JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM OF MONTHLY DONORS.MONTHLY DONOR

INTRODUCE US TO YOUR COMPANY’S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT OR SPONSORSHIP TEAM SO WE CAN BUILD A GREAT

PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.SPONSOR OR DONATE

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF UNIQUE WAYS TO GIVE TO SUPPORT OUR CAUSE. GET IN TOUCH WITH US SO WE CAN SHARE SOME IDEAS

WITH YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION.UNIQUE METHODS OF GIVING

CONSIDER WHAT ROLE YOU OR YOUR COMPANY CAN PLAY IN THE BUILD UP TO AND CELEBRATION OF OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY

AS A KIDSPORT CHAPTER IN 2020.25 YEAR CELEBRATION

AND SEE IF YOUR COMPANY OFFERS A VOLUNTEER MATCHING PROGRAM.VOLUNTEER OR DONATE

“SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ICONIC ELECTRIC &

CONTROLS, ANY OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS

HAD TO HAVE A VERY DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE

IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. KIDSPORT CALGARY &

AREA FIT THIS NEED FOR US AND CONTINUES TO BE

AN IMPORTANT PART OF COMMUNITY, SPORTS AND

IMPACTING KIDS IN A POSITIVE WAY!”

“AT CP WE KNOW THAT A RAILROAD MAY SERVE AS THE ARTERIES OF A NATION, BUT AT ITS HEART IS COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY THROUGH CP HAS

HEART, WE’RE IMPROVING THE HEART HEALTH OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, CP HAS HEART HAS

COMMITTED MORE THAN $20.5 MILLION TO HEART HEALTH INITIATIVES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER

WITH GREAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE KIDSPORT TO FOSTER HIGHER LEVELS OF ACTIVITY IN YOUTH, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, EVERYONE HAS A HEART.”

“The Glencoe Club’s partnership with KidSport has been a natural fit.Partnering with KidSport Calgary & Area has provided The Glencoe Club with opportunities to

live out its mission of Creating Exceptional Experiences by helping to create lasting memories

for children in their athletic, recreational, educational and social pursuits, as well as in serving

the larger sport community.

Together we are meeting our member’s needs to feel connected to our community, while

providing our Club with new and innovative ways to give back to youth in the sports community.

By collaborating with KidSport Calgary & Area, the Club is able to provide more youth with the

opportunity to participate in sport and help them learn vital skills to succeed in life. Through

KidSport Calgary & Area, the Glencoe Club has assisted the next generation to live a healthier life,

while helping more youth to build positive relationships and invaluable life skills for their futures.”